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June 30, 2022
Marketplace: School lunches aren’t free to everyone anymore. Some advocates think they should be.
"Whereas programs that are universal, or nearly universal, do a better job of actually reaching the people who need them most. 'But you’ve got to recognize tha…
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May 27, 2022
Politico: Inflation blame game: Sorting out the culprits
"Wendy Edelberg, director of The Hamilton Project and a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, said the war certainly contributed to r…
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May 17, 2022
The New York Times: What higher interest rates could mean for jobs
"If spending on durable goods declines sharply, 'I could easily see that creating a recession, because suppliers would be stuck with a massive amount of invent…
Commentary
May 16, 2022
MarketWatch: Fix these 3 things so federal and state governments can offer more targeted help during the next recession
"While the lessons from this recession continue to unfold, the next recession may arrive sooner than we hope. Now is the time to identify lessons from the econ…
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April 13, 2022
The Hill: Five parts of the economy where you can see inflation
"'We’ve definitely been talking about gasoline inflation over the last year. But what happened as a result of the invasion, it just took it to a new level of a…
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February 1, 2022
The Washington Post: Same-gender female couples make $30,000 less a year than their male counterparts
"The research, undertaken by the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project, an economic-focused policy think tank, found an income gap of nearly $30,000 between…
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January 21, 2022
Axios: Women in same-gender partnerships face a double pay gap
"A new analysis from The Hamilton Project, a policy think tank at The Brookings Institution, offers new info, delving into five years of Census data on same-ge…
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January 8, 2022
The Washington Post: ‘I’m barely clinging onto work’: Exhausted parents face another wave of school shutdowns
"'This round of potential school closures is hitting at a very different point than prior in the pandemic,' said Lauren Bauer, an economic studies fellow at th…