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With faltering job and wage growth, the labor market looks weak, which will constrain consumption growth in the future
Analysis: Job market not as strong as hoped Dec 03, 2004
We can expect an increased number of people seeking work, thereby causing unemployment to rise even though there will be consistent job growth
Bush confidence surges on jobs gains Nov 05, 2004
Bush has already shown that his response to a job problem was very ineffectual, without a well-suited tax package
EPI: Middle-class income down since 2000 Oct 21, 2004
We're looking at persistent unemployment that is going to be extraordinarily damaging to many communities. There is a ton of pain in the pipeline
Economic Outlook: Rally pauses for breath Jun 22, 2009
You're spreading a small amount of money over a large amount of activity, so on average, you're not providing much incentive whatsoever
Jobs bill scaled down in U.S. Senate Feb 13, 2010
Lawrence Mishel is president of the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., a progressive think-tank that seeks to advance the interests of American workers. He has been at EPI since 1987, first serving as Research Director, then as Vice-president and in 2002 became President.
Mishel is the senior author of EPI's biannual (even-numbered years) flagship publication, The State of Working America, a comprehensive summary of the United States labor market and living standards, which first appeared in 1988.
From the EPI Web site a/o Feb. '09: