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Rules for Non-Radicals: Economic Interventions that Might Actually Make a Difference

With the labor participation rate at 50-year lows and millions of Americans no longer counted as unemployed, many Americans are convinced the American Dream is in need of a bailout. But what does that look like? “Radical realism” — not socialism — may very well be the answer.

The Rent Bubble: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You

Among the lesser-reported impacts of the Great Recession, during which time millions of Americans lost their homes to foreclosure, is the continuing surge in rental housing demand. Demand has inflated rental rates in already costly markets throughout the country. But rental price inflation is not just a problem hitting high cost of living regions in …

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Equal Opportunity Hiring: Sunshine Laws for Digital Job Seekers

With unemployment holding at a four-year low of 7.5 percent and the national economic outlook improving modestly according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job market recovery is nonetheless slower than at any time since World War II, a UCLA Anderson Forecast study shows. The question remains even as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …

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