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America, What Happened?: Trade, Tax Policies Hasten Loss of Good Jobs
"The great American jobs machine has been sputtering as the weakest jobs recovery on record has taken its toll," according to the Economic Policy Institute in its comprehensive annual report, "The State of Working America, 2006-07."
America, What Happened?: Workers’ Retirement Security at Risk
Today, just 37 percent of all workers have some kind of traditional pension plan, and that number continues to drop, the Economic Policy Institute says.
America, What Happened?: As Health Car Crisis Grows, CWA Backs 'Medicare for All'
Putting even more pressure on America's broken health care system, the number of people in the United States without health insurance jumped to 46.6 million last year as another 6.8 million people lost coverage over the past five years, the Census Bureau reported.
America What Happened?: Five Key Indicators of an Economy Gone Awry
By Lawrence Mishel and Ross Eisenbrey, Economic Policy Institute
What's wrong with the economy? Let us count the ways . . .
1. Profits are up, but the wages and incomes of average Americans are down.
America, What Happened?: Overview
"Ask yourself," politicians running for office like to say, "Am I better off than I was four years ago?"