Hilary Wething
@hilweth
Economist @Economicpolicy. Previously @PSUPublicPolicy. Previously @uwevansschool.
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13-03-2013 20:41:58
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What is the purpose of the economy? “To promote capacities in righteous ways” Darrick Hamilton 🔥🔥🔥 #careconference IWPR
My latest Economic Policy Institute research with Katherine deCourcy finds:
· Low-wage workers’ wages surged between 2019 and 2023 after decades of slow growth
· The fastest wage growth over the last four years has been among historically disadvantaged groups
Full report:
epi.org/publication/sw…
'Women are more than half the population, almost half the workforce, and drive consumer spending–but how they feel about the economy hasn’t been a central part of the conversation. That has to change.' Dr. Kate Gallagher Robbins and Anwesha Majumder for Fortune fortune.com/2024/03/13/we-…