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Fast Company: What the Family and Medical Leave Act has meant for U.S. women
“In partnership with the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, Patel and her colleague Tanya Byker, who teaches economics at Middlebury College, have …
Kansas City Star: Hawley wants to shield Social Security, Medicare from debt ceiling talks. Experts say it won’t work
“‘It pretends that Social Security recipients and Medicare recipients are not actually part of a broader economy that would be completely hammered by this incr…
National Academy of Social Insurance: National Academy of Social Insurance welcomes fifty-one new members
“The Board of Directors of the National Academy of Social Insurance has approved the election of 51 distinguished experts to the Academy. The Academy’s members…
CNBC's Squawk Box: What experts think about Q4 GDP data
“To be clear, the slowdown that I expect we will see in the first quarter is a good thing. It will show that the economy is starting to rebalance, get on a mor…
C-SPAN, White House Press Briefing : Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
“Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary, that many of you speak with: ‘A default would be catastrophic . It would mean higher borrowing cost forever.’ And la…
NPR Detroit: Why another debt ceiling fight looms in Congress
“Wendy Edelberg is the director of The Hamilton Project and a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. She previously served as the Chie…
Semafor: The best arguments for and against minting a $1 trillion coin to solve the debt crisis
“Rather than a $1 trillion coin, Edelberg said, it's more conceivable that the Mint would print a platinum coin that is worth the exact amount of money the go…
Forbes Advisor: How a debt ceiling standoff could devastate your finances
“Some 70 million Social Security recipients would likely be among the first to feel the brunt of the Treasury running out of money," says Wendy Edelberg, direc…
