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Equitable Growth
@equitablegrowth
Non-profit research & grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas & policies that promote strong, stable & broad-based economic growth
Jun 16, 2022 • 15 tweets • 13 min read
Starting NOW 🚨 We're live at the @fordschool virtual Unemployment Insurance symposium, where @alixgouldwerth is going to be talking UI financing this morning. We've got a three part-presentation from @alixgouldwerth today:
✅ The problems with UI
✅ Approaches to addressing these problems
✅ Unexpected ways that financing shapes program participant experience
Jun 15, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Starting in 30 minutes 🗣️ @socialinsurance's webinar on the "Economic Security for the 21st Century" report

Our @alixgouldwerth served on the study panel & this afternoon will be joining other experts to discuss their findings on how to better provide stable + adequate income👇 This new report breaks out economic security into four pillars: 🟩 Labor 🟩 Benefit 🟩 Protection 🟩 Equity

nasi.org/reports/resear…
Jun 15, 2022 • 20 tweets • 13 min read
Starting now ⏰ @mlholder999 + @oscarthinks are talking current inflation for @NextCityOrg's Bottom Line Conversations series. As we begin today's conversation, @mlholder999 reflects on what drew her to economics in the first place and her enduring interest in the issue of work and the position of different groups in the American labor market.
Jun 15, 2022 • 20 tweets • 7 min read
This morning, we're watching the @FTC + @JusticeATR panel on pharmaceutical merger reviews, featuring our @Raksha_Kopparam, a senior research assistant.

Streaming live starting now📽️ …-of-pharmaceuticals.videoshowcase.net/the-future-of-… The panel kicks off talking about prior conduct as a factor in mergers.

Coordination within the pharmaceutical industry isn't always a bad thing. Look at the collaboration to develop a novel vaccine during the pandemic, says @Raksha_Kopparam—but that's not always the case Screenshot of ongoing recor...
Jun 14, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
It’s time for #EGReads! 📚 Every Tuesday, we share a few things we’re reading this week. Equitable Growth staff and members of our wider network attended and participated in #LERA74th. Read our round-up of highlights from the event, which focused on strengthening workers' voices in the workplace. equitablegrowth.org/lera-2022-part…
Dec 2, 2020 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
As a mission-driven organization, Equitable Growth believes in collaboration and respect as part of our core values. Claudia Sahm’s version of what transpired in her time at Equitable Growth is not based in fact. As President and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Heather Boushey is not involved in day-to-day management or programming. Heather was not Claudia’s supervisor, and Claudia’s former supervisor does not report to Heather.
Aug 5, 2020 • 23 tweets • 23 min read
The federal government *CAN* help the economy recover and ensure that recovery is broad-based and equitable. @equitablegrowth's @dsmitch28 lists 21 actionable policy recommendations to combat the #coronavirus #recession 👇equitablegrowth.org/twenty-one-pol… (1/x) 1. We need #UnemploymentBenefits! UI helps workers weather an economic crisis while keeping demand for goods and services from plummeting. The emphasis on work disincentives reflects racist biases against low-income workers of color. equitablegrowth.org/factsheet-unem… (2/x)
Jun 5, 2020 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
The @BLS_gov just released its May #JobsReport ... As the overall #unemployment rate declined to 13.3%, this was led by a decline in *white* unemployment from 14.2% to 12.4%. (1a/x) Meanwhile, Black #unemployment *increased* slightly from 16.7% to 16.8% and Hispanic unemployment declined from a historic high of 18.9% to 17.6%. (1b/x)
Feb 7, 2020 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
The @BLS_gov just released their monthly #JobsReport! @equitablegrowth's @LipstickEcon & @AustinClemens2 dig deeper into the data with our monthly #JobsDay charticle. Here we go! (1/6) 1. Prime-age employment-to-population ratio increased to 80.6% in Jan. reflecting a healthy labor market 10 years into the expansion. (2/6) #JobsDay
Mar 8, 2019 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
The @BLS_gov released their monthly #JobsReport this morning. @equitablegrowth has 5 charts to help explain the current state of the labor market 1/7
equitablegrowth.org/equitable-grow… The prime-age employment rate was unchanged in February, reflecting the low growth of payroll employment in the labor market.