Unemployment Insurance serves as a critical income support program for U.S. workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own. It is also a valuable tool to stabilize the U.S. economy and support workers during recessions and other periods of economic uncertainty. Within the field of labor economics, it is a well-established finding […]
Since coming to power in early 2025, Republican majorities in Congress have shifted resources away from the nation’s social insurance programs, most notably to offset the cost of H.R. 1, the most regressive budget bill in decades. These actions threaten the health care coverage of 11 million people on Medicaid and 4.5 million people receiving
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Microsoft Copilot helped draft this event recap. The Washington Center for Equitable Growth recently hosted its latest Econ 101 briefing aimed at providing in-depth evidence for policymakers on how U.S. social insurance programs boost economic mobility and support broad-based economic growth. This briefing on November 20 was primarily for state policymakers, highlighting the importance of
The approaches to international trade taken by the first and now second Trump administrations have been an endless jumble of tariff negotiations and ever-changing policies. Since 2018, duties have been imposed, revised, suspended, and reinstated, leaving U.S. businesses unsure of whether to plan for protectionism or relief. Though change has been a true constant of the Trump
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An intimate but meaningful dinner in Toledo celebrated the work carried out over the past years by Italy’s Consul in Detroit, Allegra Baistrocchi, who is nearing the end of her mandate. The event was organized as a tribute by the partners with whom the Consulate has built projects, institutional relations, and economic initiatives that have
As new and groundbreaking technologies emerge, they can function as a blank canvas onto which people project both aspirations and anxieties. Artificial intelligence—despite its quick uptake in broader society and its rapid evolution so far—is still loosely defined in the public imagination and crosscutting in ways that can make it difficult to discern informed insight
