His policies may fail to deliver, but his rhetoric answers a question millions of Americans are asking about a globalized economy: What about me?
Archives: Media Mentions
Reinventing the Past
Heather Boushey reviews MIT economist Peter Temin’s book “The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy.”
What President Trump doesn’t understand about job creation (and destruction)
Why Are We Now Talking about “Unfinished Business”?
Paying for the Second Shift
AAUW Outlook magazine reviews “Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict.”
An English soccer team still explains America’s job woes
TalkPoverty summer reading series: Finding Time
The truth about the gender wage gap
Whose Issues Are They? The Politics of Work, Childcare, and Family in an Election Year
Childcare is one driver of economic insecurity for many Americans. Issues that political observers long considered “women’s issues” – including child care, paid leave, and equal pay – are now being recognized as economic issues that affect all families. What is driving this shift? How are candidates and policymakers framing their agendas to include them? How are political platforms shifting to include work and family issues under broader messages about economic opportunity?