PERI's Katherine Moos discusses December's employment data, which shows that for the second time in history women outnumber men in the U.S. workforce.
In The Real News Network interview, PERI's Gerald Epstein discusses his new book, "The Political Economy of Central Banking: Contested Control and the Power of Finance"
In The Real News Network interview, PERI's James K. Boyce discusses his new book, "The Case for Carbon Dividends."
In The Real News Network interview, Christian Weller discusses his study showing that caregivers of children or elderly parents are less likely to have decent retirement savings.
PERI's Robert Pollin applauds Germany's commitment to transition away from coal and provide its coal workers with transition support, but he notes that the exit timeline isn't rapid enough to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals.
In The Real News Network interview, PERI's Shouvik Chakraborty discusses India's climate disasters fueled by the government's resource mismanagement and fossil fuel consumption.
In The Real News Network interview, PERI's James K. Boyce discusses his new book, "Economics for People and the Planet: Inequality in the Era of Climate Change."
In The Real News Network interview, PERI's Gerald Epstein discusses the limitations of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), while Bard College Professor Randall Wray defends MMT.
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In an interview on New England's WGBY, PERI's Jeannette Wicks-Lim discusses her study "Economic Analysis of Medicare for All," coauthored by Robert Pollin, James Heintz, Peter Arno, and Michael Ash.
In The Real News Network interview, PERI's Gerald Epstein discusses the recent jobs report, hidden unemployment, and the gap between productivity growth and wage growth.