Lawrence Mishel News
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September Job Report Doesn't Address Wage and Wealth LossesUnderstanding how the high unemployment has hurt everyone by keeping wage gains down
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Bad Economy Puts Obama In Tight Spot With Young Voters… recession, the Pew study shows. "All downturns disproportionately impact young people and this one is no different," said Lawrence Mishel , president of the Economic Policy Institute. "Everyone's situation deteriorates in a downturn. No one escaped and …
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Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan: Buy Less, Pay Less
… responsible for their own decision-making,” Cain said in an interview with Fox’s Chris Wallace earlier this month. Lawrence Mishel , president of the center-left Economic Policy Institute, took issue with Cain’s plan, saying it would disproportionately …
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President Obama pushes job creation at N.C. forum
… commercial buildings more energy-efficient. Such projects typically create jobs quickly but would require federal funding. Lawrence Mishel , of the Economic Policy Institute, says "these are all small things that might add up to something and might not …
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The Presidential Planner
… Solmssen, Siemens Stephanie Burns, Dow Corning Phaedra Ellis Lamkins, Green for All Reed Hundt, Coalition for the Green Bank Larry Mishel , EPI Alan Blinder, Princeton University Paul Krugman, Princeton University Joe Stiglitz, Columbia University Bob Greenstein …
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White House Jobs Summit: Real Progress or PR Stunt?
… exceeding even the administration's claims that the stimulus had saved or created 640,000 jobs. The stimulus, said Lawrence Mishel , president of the Economic Policy Institute, "was a bold and effective plan that's already created close to 1.5 million …
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Record Layoffs Send Workers Job Hunting
… manufacturing, retail and even technology and digital industries. "We've lost 150,000 [jobs] last month alone," said Lawrence Mishel , president of the Economic Policy Institute. "That will continue, concentrated in the housing-related sector, manufacturing …
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Women Across the Board Dropping Jobs
… highly remarkable that the progress of having more women coming into the labor force evaporated in this past decade," said Lawrence Mishel , president of Economic Policy Institute. That may seem like a small number, but those 2 percentage points represent about …
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Clinton seeks to re-evaluate NAFTA
… we've had a serious conversation about that." Her comments are reassuring to some of her husband's liberal critics, says Larry Mishel , president of the Economic Policy Institute, which raised concerns about the Clinton-era trade deals. "There are many …
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Study Finds More Americans Working Long Hours
… hours more per week than their white counterparts. Blacks work more hours than whites at every income level, said economist Larry Mishel , a co-author. To be black in America is to work more just to keep up, he said. Rich Hispanics Work Most The study also …