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Lunchtime Must-Read: Peterson Institute: Labor Market Slack: Assessing and Addressing in Real Time

Peterson Institute: Event: Labor Market Slack: Assessing and Addressing in Real Time: “Live Webcast September 24, 2014…

…Demographics versus demand as determinants of US labor force participation. Erica Groshen… Betsey Stevenson… David Blanchflower… Julie Hotchkiss… Michael Kiley… Justin Wolfers, University of Michigan and PIIE…. Hhow estimates of labor market slack are constructed… David Stockton… Wendy Edelberg… William Wascher… Andrew Levin… Michael Horrigan…. Charles Evans…. Angel Ubide… implications of current labor slack for monetary policymaking… Laurence Ball… William Dickens… Jan Hatzius… Stephen Oliner… Adam S. Posen…. Implications of current labor lack assessments for structural reform… Karen Dynan… Jared Bernstein… Jennifer Hunt… Jacob Kirkegaard… Michael Strain…

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Lunchtime Must-Read: Peterson Institute: Labor Market Slack: Assessing and Addressing in Real Time

September 19, 2014

September 19, 2014

U.S. economic mobility trends and outcomes

U.S. income and wealth inequality are no longer increasing, but a return to the equitable levels of the mid-20th century isn’t likely anytime soon