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How the retail industry fails to meet the needs of the Black and Latino workforce.
Research
June 2, 2015
Catherine Ruetschlin
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad
Financialization is a major driver of growing inequality and undermines key sources of growth and job creation.
Research
February 10, 2015
How America’s Big-Box Retailers Turn Their Economic Power into Political Influence
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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.
Research
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.
This report presents new research on the scope of federally-supported employment in the private economy and shows how, using our over 1.3 trillion dollars in federal purchasing, the President of the United States can place over twenty million Americans on a pathway to the middle class.
Research
June 18, 2014
Robert Hiltonsmith
Lew Daly
In 2013, Walmart spent billions repurchasing shares of its own stock. It should have spent it raising wages.
Research
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
How Walmart Can Invest in Its Workforce Without Costing Customers a Dime
Research
November 19, 2013
Catherine Ruetschlin
Amy Traub
Millions are working hard to move forward, or just to make ends meet, and getting nowhere. This policy agenda can change that reality.
Research
October 14, 2013
Miles Rapoport
Jennifer Wheary
Fast food companies keep employees at poverty-level wages while reaping billions of dollars in profits. It drives inequality, slows growth, and lowers living standards.
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August 28, 2013
Catherine Ruetschlin
Amy Traub
How Our Tax Dollars Are Funding Low-Wage Work and Fueling Inequality
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May 8, 2013
Amy Traub
Robert Hiltonsmith
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.
Research
December 7, 2012
How Raising Wages Would Benefit Workers, the Industry and the Overall Economy
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November 19, 2012
Why over a lifetime, 401k fees can cost a median-income two-earner family nearly $155,000 and consume nearly one-third of their investment returns.
African Americans remain disproportionately excluded from corporate and nonprofit board membership in New York City.