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Boeing is going, so time to woo new plane makers
John Burbank, EOI Executive Director What rhymes with going, going, gone? How about Boeing, Boeing, bawn? That doesn’t make sense in English, but it sure hits the nail on the head with the once loyal,...
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Big banks get their slice of the payday loan pie, too
While they haven’t been at the forefront of the predatory payday lending industry, big banks are trying to get a slice of the short-term, high-interest pie, too. Because payday lending is most often...
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Why are corporations hoarding so much cash?
In a recent policy paper, researchers with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis examined how much cash corporations were sitting on, and why. They found big companies are piling up record amounts of...
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We Decide How to Share Gains
By Stan Sorscher, EOI Board Member Last summer, a respected policy expert from the Brookings Institution spoke at a large meeting. He introduced himself, saying that he works with a lot of brilliant...
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New study shows payday lending hurts economy, jobs
Not only is payday lending a predatory industry, new evidence shows it is hurting our state economy. A March 2013 study by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development finds the burden of...
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Two public policies that would turn every bad job in America into a good job
By Colin Gordon, republished with permission from Dissent Magazine What happened to the good jobs? This is the question posed by fast-food workers who walked out in New York and Chicago in recent...
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Ballot measure to improve harmful working conditions at Sea-Tac Airport going...
This fall, local voters will decide whether Alaska Airlines and other large employers at Sea-Tac airport workers will pay workers a living wage and provide paid sick days. [Photo: smartjunco via Flickr...
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What it’s like for kids to grow up in Washington state: The good, the bad and...
Click to enlarge A new report rates the well-being of Washington’s kids as just above average. Here’s why. The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual Kids Count Data Book rates all 50 U.S. states on a...
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What does it take for a family to make ends meet in Washington state today?
A family of four living in Seattle requires over $70,000 a year to make ends meet. (Photo: SalFalko, Flickr) The “poverty level”, as most people know it, is the income line below which a person or...
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U.S. economy added 195,000 jobs in June, employment-to-population ratio edges up
This article, by Dean Baker, originally appeared in CEPR’s Job Bytes The Labor Department reported the economy added 195,000 jobs in June. With upward revisions to the prior two months data, this...
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