economy Archive
These are tough times in America for many of her citizens of all creeds and colors. Decades of wage stagnation and a declining middle class have left millions of Americans anxious about the present and pessimistic about the future. According …
Are you a social worker who wishes to empower others to make long-term financial behavior change? If empowering others to improve their financial circumstances is your goal, then you must first start by healing a very important relationship. This …
They think we don’t notice but we do – my groceries are shrinking. There is nothing wrong with manufacturers and retailers making a fair profit but the joke is on us. Every little bit of profit is being eked out …
Thursday, May 28 at 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT This webinar is completely free and registrants will receive a recorded video of the presentation! Register Now! The “sharing/collaborative economy” is an on-demand movement changing the way people …
You could be forgiven for assuming that the Great Recession of 2008 and recent increases in worldwide food prices would have caused significantly more people around the world to slip into poverty over the past several years. But according to …
Written by Jake Rosenfeld, University of Washington Editor’s note: this is the first in a weekly series of articles on organized labor, to culminate on International Workers Day on May 1. The US labor movement was once the core institution …
A new report shows that the lowest income households in the U.S. are struggling to find affordable rental housing in every state across the country, as well as in the 50 most populous metropolitan areas. This situation is not likely …
Dr. Lawrence M. Berger is the 12th director of the venerable Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a professor and chair of the Ph.D. program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social …
After losing the House in 2010 and now the Senate four years later, Democrats seem bereft of ideas about how to reconnect with the electorate. Democrats seem to have a grip on the White House and Hillary Clinton appears to …
As a social worker on the Hill I have had a front row seat during battles over the welfare state. Usually the main combatants are Republican conservatives who continue their relentless quest to reduce government’s involvement in providing for indigent …
