School’s Open but There’s Less Funding for Kids
Kids are back in school across Pennsylvania and the nation, but many of them are likely seeing the fallout...
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The Labor Market is a Buyer’s Market
Do you know many unemployed people these days who are turning down jobs while holding out for a better...
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Sizing Up the August Jobs Picture
Welcome back from your Labor Day Holiday! While we were releasing the State of Working Pennsylvania 2011 last week,...
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Out with Austerity Economics, In With a ‘Moral Economy’
We released our annual State of Working Pennsylvania at the Keystone Research Center today. Bottom line: the report shows...
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Painting a Fuller Picture of Gas Drilling in PA Economy
The folks at the Penn State Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center, a collaboration of the university’s College of...
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News Flash: PA Public-Sector Jobs Not Path to Riches
The Economic Policy Institute has a new report out documenting — surprise, surprise — that jobs in Pennsylvania state...
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Building a Competitive Insurance Marketplace in PA
So have you ever used Travelocity to book a flight? Or the Consumer Reports web site to research a...
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If Energy Investment Bankers Have Doubts, So Should We
More doubt is being cast on the Marcellus Shale Coalition’s recent economic impact study. This time, by the energy...
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Public Employment Job Losses a Drag on Economy
Add this to the list of reasons that the economic recovery is limping along. Our friends at the Center...
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The Standard and Poor’s Downgrade
The economic news of the past two weeks has been decidedly grim. On July 29, new data confirmed that...
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Tax Flight Is a Myth, Report Finds
We’ve heard it before. If you increase state taxes, people will up and leave for lower tax states —...
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More Americans Drawing Income from Unemployment, Social Security
By Emma Lowenberg, Intern The fact that the economy is still struggling is not news to anyone. The national...
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