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Kathryn Anne Edwards

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The American Worker Has Lost All Leverage

The American Worker Has Lost All Leverage

Judging by the 4.1% unemployment rate, the US labor market would appear to be thriving. Most any economist would say this is about as good as it gets,...

22.01.2025 10

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Kathryn Anne Edwards

Don’t Let the Data Fool You: The US Is Failing Working Women

Don’t Let the Data Fool You: The US Is Failing Working Women

The US economy notched a welcome, if puzzling, milestone in 2024 when the labor force participation rate among prime-age women — 25 to 54 — rose...

14.01.2025 5

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The Future of the Middle Class Is ‘Low-Skilled’ Work

The Future of the Middle Class Is ‘Low-Skilled’ Work

Many US workers start the new year following some time off for the holidays. It’s hard to put an exact number on just how many but consider that...

08.01.2025 70

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The Wrath of DOGE Is Coming for Federal Workers

America has elected a president who has empowered two businessmen with no experience in public service or governing to effectively rule over the...

21.12.2024 10

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Kathryn Anne Edwards

The Influencer Economy Exposes a 70-Year Problem for Women

The holidays are upon us, and more than ever the burgeoning influencer economy is having an impact on what consumers buy. Few reliable statistics...

14.12.2024 10

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Kathryn Anne Edwards

Republicans Have a Warped Sense of Work Ethic

Republicans have a math problem. Their top priority upon assuming control of the House, Senate and White House in January will be to extend the Tax...

06.12.2024 2

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Kathryn Anne Edwards

The IRS Shows What Government Efficiency Really Looks Like

Between all the talk of fiscal commissions and efficiency agencies, it seems like the question of the day is how to make the US government operate...

22.11.2024 10

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Kathryn Anne Edwards

Musk’s Efficiency Department Is Highly Inefficient

After spending $118 million of his personal wealth on the campaign to reelect Donald Trump as US president, billionaire Elon Musk has been tapped...

15.11.2024 30

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Universal Pre-K Is Worth the Cost. We Now Have Proof.

The case for federally funded, universally accessible child care is simple: The private market can’t deliver it adequately or affordably to meet...

25.10.2024 1

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The Jobs Numbers Don’t Lie, But Politicians Do

Amid all the lies put forth by Republicans during this campaign, a remark last week from Senator Marco Rubio might have gotten lost: He said the...

11.10.2024 4

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Private Equity Will Trigger a Child Care Crisis

Making predictions can be an exercise in futility but here goes anyway: The US will experience a child care crisis within the next 10 years. The...

03.10.2024 1

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Harris’ Child Care Plan Is Flawed

“My plan is that no family, no working family, should pay more than 7% of their income in child care.” That’s what Vice President Kamala Harris...

26.09.2024 10

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Make Social Security the Model to Fix the Minimum Wage

One of the few things Democrats and Republicans agree on these days is that it’s past time to raise the federal minimum wage, which has been stuck...

17.09.2024 1

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Want Cheaper Grocery Bills? Give Kids Free School Meals.

For American households, the good news is that inflation rates have largely returned to pre-pandemic levels. Perhaps most importantly, economists...

12.09.2024 10

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Parental Stress Is an Underappreciated Drag on the Economy

It’s official. Parenting is difficult. So much so that US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has issued an advisory about the stress and mental health...

06.09.2024 2

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Tim Walz Reminds Us of Social Security's True Purpose

In a speech at the Democratic National Convention accepting the party’s nomination as vice president this week, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz talked...

23.08.2024 6

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Cash Welfare Works. Just Don’t Call It That.

Whatever you want to call it — universal basic income, basic income, guaranteed income, basic income guarantee — the idea is simple: every...

16.08.2024 1

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America's Fertility Policy Gap Is Bad Economics

Even if you didn’t care about or respect women’s choices when it comes to having children, the “childless cat ladies” comments from Donald...

06.08.2024 3

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Kathryn Anne Edwards

Women Are America's Working Class Now

It's an election year, which means we'll be hearing a lot from both Democrats and Republicans claiming that their party is the one true champion of...

29.07.2024 2

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Kathryn Anne Edwards

Conservative Fiscal Hawks Have Flown the Coop

The clearest way to glean the true intentions of a political party is sometimes by examining what it doesn't prioritize. So, what stands out from...

23.07.2024 30

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Quality Childcare for $15 a Day? We Can Do It!

Not many were expecting a lot of policy substance at the US presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump — and they didn’t get it. At...

15.07.2024 2

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Kathryn Anne Edwards