Press Release
Black Workers See Boosts in Wages, Benefits Through Unions
New research shows that Black workers who are represented by a union enjoy substantial benefits compared to their nonunion counterparts.
Economic Security and Poverty
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Donald Trump Becomes Jimmy Carter
While once mocked for urging Americans to live with less, Jimmy Carter’s legacy of modesty and moral leadership contrasts sharply with Donald Trump’s recent pivot to similar rhetoric—an alarming shift that exposes the economic chaos and detachment from reality within his administration.
Press Release
Most Ecuadorians Believe Economy, Security Haven’t Improved Since President Noboa Took Office
Majority Also Say that Noboa Has Used the Presidency to Advance Family Business Interests
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Can Trump Tank the Biden Economy? Here Are Eight Ways
Biden handed a strong economy to Donald Trump. Can he manage to tank it?
The Implications of Rate Hikes and Coal Power Domination for West Virginia Household Budgets
Explore the impact of rate hikes in West Virginia’s residential electricity market and the domination of coal power.
Press Release
The High Black Employment Rate Nationally Obscures Differences at the State Level
Although Black employment is currently the highest in a generation, things look different at the state level. States with the largest prime-age Black jobs deficits were New York, Illinois, and Michigan.
Press Release
Southern Governors’s Climate Change Policies Fail to Protect Low-Income Residents
As summer turns up the temperature in states below the Mason-Dixon line, low-income residents there brace for extreme heat and weather exacerbated by climate change.
Press Release
US Affordable Rental Housing Policy is Actually Designed to Enrich Real Estate Developers
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and the Faircloth Amendment dampen the expansion of affordable rental housing while enriching real estate developers and investors.
Report
Customer Tips Are Providing the Lion’s Share of Wages to Tipped Workers
The so-called “tip credit” subsidizes employers & short-changes workers.
Article
Corporate America Must Step Up to Save the Child Tax Credit
An expansion of the Child Tax Credit would boost businesses by giving more purchasing power to people who need it.
