While most of us pay 14% in taxes, the average billionaire pays 8%, and often times none — according to Karen Dolan, Director of the Criminalization of Race and Poverty […]
Powerful Corporations driving high inflation — Shawn Fremstad
“Today’s high inflation is being driven by excessively powerful corporations”, according to Shawn Fremstad, Senior Policy Fellow for the Center for Economic and Policy Research. “Until recently, strong employment gains […]
Baby’s First Years Study and the Child Tax Credit
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and other universities recently published the findings of a four-year study called Baby’s First Years, which looked at the impact of “poverty reduction on […]
Dolan: Build Back Better plan is a “foot in the door”
“A foot in the door” — that’s how Karen Dolan, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, calls the Biden “Build Back Better Bill” making its way through Congress. Though […]