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Lovely discusses impact of Trump's tariff threats in TIME
"We had the chance to bring some people back into the workforce who had really been hurt under the recession. And I’m worried that’s going to be jeopardized before those people have a chance to get a full-time job," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
See related: Economic Policy, Labor, Latin America & the Caribbean, United States
Mitra discusses India's economic future in Economic Times
According to Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, "the real challenge now for the prime minister [of India] and his colleagues is job creation and expansion of the manufacturing sector."
See related: Economic Policy, Government, India, Labor
Lovely weighs in on redirecting production away from China in Christian Science Monitor
Already production of shoes, apparel, toys and other "footloose" industries has been shifting from China to Vietnam and other countries, partly due to rising wages in China, says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
Zwick discusses Uber, Lyft drivers strike in Agence France Presse
Austin Zwick, assistant teaching professor of public affairs, says the job actions are an attempt to shift the balance of power between drivers and platforms, which now have the power to arbitrarily determine compensation and benefits. "The joint strike plus boycott strategy appear unlikely to succeed nationally as it does not appear that all drivers and passengers are unified behind the cause."
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Dutkowsky discusses latest jobs report on TD Ameritrade Network
"It's just about all good," says Donald Dutkowsky, professor of economics, about the recently released jobs report.
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Lovely testifies before US-China Commission on US corps in China
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Jales paper on the effects of the minimum wage in a developing country published in Jour of AE
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Purser report on treatment of dairy farmworkers cited in NY Times
See related: Agriculture, Labor
Purser cited in Albany Times Union article on state dairy worker injuries
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Monnat article on the Great Recession and America's geography of unemployment published in DR
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