May 7, 2021 | Economic Policy
Brief # 115 Economic Policy Is Change on the Horizon for Gig Workers? By Lily Lady Cook May 8, 2021 Summary: U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh told Reuters in an exclusive interview at the end of April that he supports reclassifying certain gig workers as employees....
Apr 27, 2021 | Economic Policy
Brief #115 Student Loan Forgiveness: Who Should Benefit and By How Much? Rosalind Gottfried April 25, 2021 Policy Americans owe 1.7 trillion dollars in student debt. This figure represents an increase of 102% from 2010. The issue is seen by many as one of...
Apr 6, 2021 | Economic Policy
Brief #113 How Biden’s Tax Plan Will Help Bolster the Economy Rosalind Gottfried Corporate Tax, Wealth Tax, Infrastructure, American Jobs Act April 5, 2021 Policy Biden is proposing an ambitious two part tax plan to expand the American economy. The cost will be...
Mar 26, 2021 | Economic Policy
Brief #112 The Federal Deficit and Uncollected Taxes Rosalind Gottfried Federal Deficit, Tax Cuts, IRS March 23, 2021 Policy Biden’s 1.9 trillion dollar American Rescue Plan is viewed as adding to the already ballooning federal deficit. Certainly the pandemic...
Mar 16, 2021 | Economic Policy
Brief #111 Biden Progressive Poverty Policies Rosalind Gottfried March 12, 2021 Policy President Biden’s 1.9 trillion dollar American Rescue Plan contains the most comprehensive anti-poverty program since President Johnson’s War on Poverty in the 1960s. The...
Feb 28, 2021 | Economic Policy
Agricultural Policy Brief # 1 2 New Congressional Bills Seek to Address Racial Inequalities in US Agriculture By Katherine Cart February 22, 2021 POLICY Racial inequity and farm policy, in this country, have long been indivisible; discrimination in...
