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How America’s Big-Box Retailers Turn Their Economic Power into Political Influence
Research
November 24, 2014
Catherine Ruetschlin
Sean McElwee
More than 1.2 million African Americans in 175 communities across the country have councils that do not descriptively represent them
Research
October 30, 2014
If we do not close voter turnout gaps, our democracy is destined to become less and less representative in the coming decades.
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October 23, 2014
Spoiler alert: they do not. Rules work in corporations favor and against workers.
Why better measures of government output can help us grasp potentially damaging tradeoffs between fiscal austerity and collective needs.
In 2013, Walmart spent billions repurchasing shares of its own stock. It should have spent it raising wages.
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June 4, 2014
Catherine Ruetschlin
Amy Traub
Extreme wage gaps within the fast food industry has made its sector the most unequal in the American economy
Millions are working hard to move forward, or just to make ends meet, and getting nowhere. This policy agenda can change that reality.
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October 14, 2013
Miles Rapoport
Jennifer Wheary
How the dominance of politics by the affluent & business undermines economic mobility in America
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February 13, 2013
David Callahan
J. Mijin Cha
This Explainer explores how the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is used in measuring our economic growth and whether alternative measures are also needed to provide a more comprehensive outlook of economic progress.
Research
January 29, 2013
This Demos Explainer explores the tension between political support for deficit reduction versus job creation and economic security policies.
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December 7, 2012
African Americans remain disproportionately excluded from corporate and nonprofit board membership in New York City.
While GDP has been steadily increasing, indicating a growing economy, other metrics of progress show a very different picture.
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January 26, 2012
Lew Daly
J. Mijin Cha
Dan Thompson
Now is the time for citizens, workers, employers, and policymakers to come together once again to rebuild pathways to the middle class, create good jobs with fair pay and decent benefits, and ensure that prosperity is broadly shared for the next generation.