Economic Resources
Jobs / Working Conditions / Opportunity
Advocates / Services
Economic Opportunities Program (EOP) — The Aspen Institute: “advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy. We recognize that race, gender, and place intersect with and intensify the challenge of economic inequality and we address these dynamics by advancing an inclusive vision of economic justice.” Conducts the Working in America discussion series.
Articles/Essays/Op-eds
Biden’s Quietly Radical Care Plan, Bryce Covert. “The candidate is talking about child care and elder care in the same breath, and making them part of his economic package. Both changes are long overdue.”
The Future of Work Isn’t What People Think It Is, Ai-jen Poo and Palak Shah. “Fetishizing coding and robots misses the real engines of our economy.”
The Jobs We Need, The Editorial Board
Why Americans Are Dying from Despair, Atul Gawande. “The unfairness of our economy, two economists argue, can be measured not only in dollars but in deaths.”