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Higher education: worth the investment?

The Maneater Student Newspaper • April 17, 2012 • Katie Yaeger

The University of Missouri student newspaper The Maneater cites Hamilton Project data showing that a four year college degree has a rate of return of 15.2 percent.

Washington Stuck Fighting Wrong Health-Care Battle

Bloomberg • April 17, 2012 • Peter Orszag

In Bloomberg, Peter Orszag discusses positive changes occurring in the health care industry, and contrasts these changes with the debates currently occurring in DC.

Milton Friedman Proved Wrong by Aluminum Market

Bloomberg • April 10, 2012 • Peter Orszag

Hamilton Project Advisory Council member Peter Orszag discusses factors surrounding the aluminum market, and price changes in recent years.

Long-term jobless find it much harder to find work

Tulsa World • March 25, 2012 • Michael Overall

Hamilton Project Director Michael Greenstone is quoted on how  finding a job becomes more difficult the longer you are unemployed.

Liza Mundy’s ‘The Richer Sex’ Predicts Gender Role Reversal

The Huffington Post • March 19, 2012

The Huffington Post cites a Hamilton Project study showing that higher earning women marry more frequently then women in lower income brackets.

Big Business should stop ignoring Washington

Fortune • March 15, 2012 • Glenn Hutchins and William Galston

Advisory Council member Glenn Hutchins and Brookings Senior Fellow William Galston discuss the need for business and government to work together to solve America's economic problems.

Why Men Are Attracted to High-Earning Women

Time Magazine • March 15, 2012 • Liza Mundy

Time Magazine cites Hamilton Project showing that marriage rates for women in top income brackets have risen, while falling for women in lower income brackets.

Close Recovery 2020! We’re Barely on Pace to Close the Jobs Gap This Decade

The Atlantic • March 12, 2012 • Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson of The Atlantic covers The Hamilton Project's jobs gap, which is the number of jobs that the U.S. economy needs to return to pre-recession employment rates while absorbing those entering the labor force every month. 

Misled by Myths About Moonlighting in America

Bloomberg • March 6, 2012 • Peter Orszag

Advisory Council member Peter Orszag discusses the misperceptions surrounding number of Americans working second jobs.  As of January 2012, about 5 percent of workers worked at least two jobs.

Massachusetts Takes Aim at Red Tape .

The Wall Street Journal • March 4, 2012 • Jennifer Levitz

Hamilton Project Director Michael Greenstone is cited on the difficulties states have rescinding regulations in The Wall Street Journal.

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