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Is this a Soft Landing or the Start of a Recession?

“We’ve really shored up our economy in a way that we haven’t done in many, many years, and we’re really reaping the benefits of that,” said Rakeen Mabud, chief economist and managing director of policy and research at progressive think tank the Groundwork Collaborative. “The labor market is in really good shape, and that’s all in spite of the Fed’s efforts rather than because of it.”

April 24, 2023 Vox
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Sanders Counters GOP Giveaways With Tax Hike on Estates of Ultra-Wealthy

Survey data released Tuesday by the progressive advocacy group Groundwork Action found that nearly 75% of U.S. voters, regardless of party affiliation, want Congress to prioritize cracking down on wealthy tax cheats and closing loopholes that benefit the rich.

April 18, 2023 Common Dreams
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Morning Money – Gary Gensler Tests the GOP Oversight Machine

First in MM: New polling on the deficit, taxes — Nearly 7 in 10 voters believe the best way to reduce the federal deficit is by hiking taxes on the wealthy and on corporations, according to a new poll by…

April 18, 2023 Politico
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Ripping Off the Invisible Straitjacket

Senators, congresspeople, and their staffs are supposed to be the engines of legislative policymaking, responding to and accountable to the preferences of their constituents. CBO is supposed to be the camera, taking a look at these policies and reflecting back…

April 14, 2023 The American Prospect
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ICYMI: Groundwork’s Lindsay Owens Caps Off The American Prospect’s Special Issue on Economic Policy Models

Today, Groundwork Collaborative’s Executive Director Lindsay Owens concluded The American Prospect’s April special issue, “Washington’s Secret Policy Engine,” with her piece, “Ripping Off the Invisible Straitjacket.”

April 14, 2023 Groundwork Collaborative
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How Janelle Jones’s Story About Black Women and the Economy Caught On

In 2020, she gave her narrative a name, “Black Women Best.” She came up with it while working for a progressive nonprofit called Groundwork Collaborative, which conducted focus groups across the country to find a narrative about how the economy…

April 13, 2023 New York Times
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Biden’s Subdued Reaction to OPEC+ Cuts Foreshadows Economic Slowdown, Carries Risk

Lindsay Owens, executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, a liberal nonprofit group that focuses on economic issues, said oil companies had the means, motive and opportunity to raise prices following the OPEC+ output cut, just as they did last summer following…

April 13, 2023 Reuters
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Groundwork’s Chief Economist Reacts to March PPI Report

The Producer Price Index (PPI) released today shows U.S. producer prices fell in March by the most since the start of the pandemic. The data follows yesterday’s Consumer Price Index report, which showed inflation has fallen for nine straight months. …

April 13, 2023 Groundwork Collaborative
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Groundwork’s Chief Economist Reacts to March CPI Report

Today’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report shows inflation at 5.0% year-over-year in March – down from 6.0% in February.

April 12, 2023 Groundwork Collaborative
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Five Takeaways from a Strong March Jobs Report

“The Fed’s unrelenting rate hikes have been hammering away at the labor market. But workers are not to blame for rising prices and should not have to lose their jobs in the name of combating inflation, economist Rakeen Mabud of…

April 7, 2023 The Hill
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