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Testimony on Low-Wage Work: How Our Tax Dollars Drive Inequality
Good Afternoon. My name is Amy Traub and I am a senior policy analyst at Demos. We are a public policy organization working for an America where we...
Jobs & Income
Underwriting Bad Jobs: How Our Tax Dollars Are Funding Low-Wage Work and Fueling Inequality
Every day, Americans benefit from public structures that contribute to our quality of life. When we walk into a clean, well-maintained post office;...
Jobs & Income
Debtors' Prison: The Politics of Austerity Versus Possibility
One of our foremost economic thinkers challenges a cherished tenet of today’s financial orthodoxy: that spending less, refusing to forgive debt, and...
Stuck: Young America's Persistent Jobs Crisis
Young adults are in a critical period of change and choices, as they confront the decisions that will pave the way to their futures. But the...
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David Callahan on the Bill LuMaye Show: Demos' Underwriting Bad Jobs Study
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Demos Senior Fellow David Callahan spoke with Bill LuMaye about the central finding in Demos' recent report, Underwriting Bad Jobs.
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