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The Hill: Ending WIC competitive bidding could harm millions of women and children
"Competitive bidding has saved WIC an average of $1.7 billion per year in recent years, all of which goes back into the program, enabling WIC to serve about 2 …
The New York Times: What to do now to prepare for the next recession
"'A slowing economy,' Wendy Edelberg, the director of the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, told me, 'is always, in my mind, at risk of going into…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
