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...
Feb 18, 2021 | Economic Policy
Brief #110 Economic Policy The Minimum Wage of $7.25 Has Not Been Raised Since 2009 Rosalind Gottfried February 15, 2021 Policy The debate regarding the efficacy of a $15 minimum wage is heating up since Biden included it in his Corona virus stimulus package. ...
Feb 15, 2021 | Economic Policy
Brief #109 New Efforts Seek to Reduce Growing Rates of Child Poverty Rosalind Gottfried February 8, 2021 Policy President Biden seeks to raise the child tax credit to $3600 for children under 6 and to$3000 for school age children under 18. This is up from the...
Feb 4, 2021 | Economic Policy
Which Companies are Profiting from the Pandemic? Rosalind Gottfried February 3, 2021 Policy With the roll out of COVID 19 vaccinations, and the Biden administration’s pledges to speed their dissemination, it might be imagined that the drug companies are reaping...
Feb 2, 2021 | Economic Policy
Economic Policy Brief #107 Biden’s Economic Executive Orders Rosalind Gottfried February 1, 2021 Policy In addition to his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, now being debated in Congress, President Biden has signed a number of Executive Orders affecting the ...
Jan 25, 2021 | Economic Policy
Economic Policy Brief #106 State and Local Jurisdictions Need Federal Aid to Be Viable Rosalind Gottfried January 25, 2021 Policy State and local government budgets provide the bread and butter of fiscal life and, because of the pandemic costs, require a...
