Research and Publications

By Tim Stuhldreher Originally published at Tim Stuhldreher’s Blog Paul Krugman muses on why deindustrialization left Detroit a basket...

• PA Economy
• Unemployment
• Marcellus Shale
• Jobs

Jennifer Stefano, the Pennsylvania director of Americans for Prosperity, published an op-ed in the Patriot-News Friday — the latest...

• Poverty
• Income Inequality
• Human Services
• Democracy

It appears more and more American college graduates are declining to start their own businesses due to the rising...

• Jobs
• Small Business
• PA Economy
• U.S. Economy
• Higher Education
• Unemployment

Toshi Seeger’s obituary last week in The New York Times brought a smile to my face. Toshi provided her...

• Wages
• Income Inequality
• Prevailing Wage

Philadelphia Daily News Columnist John Baer is right to suggest that Governor Corbett’s jobs performance since January 2011 is...

• PA Economy
• Unemployment
• Jobs

Cutting SNAP will increase hunger and poverty, hurt our local economy, and shift the pain of budget cuts onto...

• Safety Net
• PA Budget

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted 216-208 to pass a bill that separates agricultural support programs from...

• Federal Budget
• Recession and Recovery
• Human Services
• Federal Taxes