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The Hamilton Project at Brookings produces research and policy proposals on how to create a growing economy that benefits more Americans.
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What’s happening at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)? . In a new piece, Olivia Howard, Lauren Bauer, Celine McNicholas, and Margaret Poydock use administrative data to track NLRB actions:
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RT @BrookingsEcon: Trying to keep up with all of Trump's actions? Chase Parry and @davidmwessel collected trackers from @BrookingsInst, @la….
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For most of this year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which enforces employee protections, has lacked a quorum. How has this affected NLRB actions?. Olivia Howard, Lauren Bauer, Celine McNicholas, and Margaret Poydock explore the data:
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Olivia Howard, Lauren Bauer, Celine McNicholas, and Margaret Poydock use administrative data from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to assess the number of cases the NLRB closed, the reason...
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Happy back-to-school season! 🍎 Get ready for the upcoming school year by exploring our work on education: . Stay tuned for more work to come by signing up for our newsletter:
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Explore our data interactives on federal expenditures, real pay, trade, and more:
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Is pay keeping up with inflation? We’ve updated our wage tracker with the latest data through Q2 2025.
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An interactive shows changes in real pay using different pay measures and two inflation measures, PCE and CPI.
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What does the government spend money on, and why does the federal debt matter? Hear from @AvivaAronDine on @NPR's @planetmoney:
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Although it seems like the government can spend an endless amount of money, it cannot actually do all the things it wants to do. So the big question in this week's lesson is: How do we decide? Why...
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Explore your state’s SNAP payment error rates for FY 2003 through FY 2024:
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This data interactive shows SNAP payment error rates for the U.S. and for each state from fiscal year 2003 through fiscal year 2024.
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“It’s a very imprecise estimate that is now going to have very, very big consequences.” Lauren Bauer spoke to @SpotlightPA about using SNAP payment error rates to push SNAP benefit costs onto states:
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Pennsylvania could be on the hook for $800M to continue food assistance for thousands of residents, many of them children and older adults.
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“The American economy owes prime age women, especially mothers, a debt of gratitude for helping the economy climb out.” Lauren Bauer spoke to The 19th's @ChabeliC_ about our new analysis of prime-age labor force participation:
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And the workforce looks different than it did a generation ago, as more young men than ever before are staying home to care for family instead.
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Who is participating in the labor market? . Who is not participating in the labor market, and why not? . @AvivaAronDine, Lauren Bauer, and Eileen Powell offer seven economic facts about prime-age labor force participation:
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This set of economic facts takes stock of the labor market through May 2025, paying particular attention to prime-age labor force participation.
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Get ready for #JobsDay with a new set of economic facts about prime-age labor force participation:
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In a new @nytopinion piece, Hamilton Project Advisory Council members and former Treasury secretaries Robert E. Rubin and Lawrence H. Summers share their thoughts on the budget bill and the nation’s fiscal trajectory:
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Fighting the Fed, piling on tax cuts and pursuing a trade war will set American on an unsustainable path.
This bill is more budget busting than big and beautiful. We helped balance the budget but Trump’s plan unbalances our finances and our country. Read my @nytopinion piece with Bob Rubin. We were members of Bill Clinton’s economic team when the federal budget was balanced, the.
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RT @AvivaAronDine: Many working people will lose health care & SNAP due to struggles with work requirement documentation (paperwork). But m….
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Yesterday, USDA released FY24 SNAP payment error rates for states. Check out this data interactive that shows SNAP payment error rates by state from FY2003–24:
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Congress is considering stricter work requirements for SNAP and Medicaid. Lauren Bauer reviews the evidence:
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Changes in social programs over recent decades have markedly reduced poverty rates and the number of uninsured Americans, @econjared writes, citing work from @BobGreensteinDC: .
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WATCH: Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach warns that the budget bill’s state cost-sharing proposal would increase pressure on state budgets and the severity of economic downturns.
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