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Congress Should Heed President Biden’s Call for Fundamental UI Reform
The underfunded UI system poorly serves unemployed workers, particularly low-paid workers, women, and workers of color.
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Tracking the Post-Great Recession Economy
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Economic growth is key to improving living standards and the quality of life across the United States.
We examine how changes in the economy affect federal and state budgets, and how federal and state budget and tax proposals would affect economic growth. We also examine trends in employment and promote reforms to strengthen the unemployment insurance system, provide more adequate federal and state minimum wages, and create policies that would lead to full employment.
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Congress Should Heed President Biden’s Call for Fundamental UI Reform
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Hardship rates fell sharply in late March, according to Census Bureau data released this week. But millions of people are still without their pre-pandemic income sources and are borrowing to get by....
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The Act extends...