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Inclusive Capitalism for the American Workforce 
Richard B. Freeman, Joseph R. Blasi, and Douglas L. Kruse on why adopting broad-based incentive plans will improve economic performance and help restore the relation between worker incomes and economic growth. 
Video: What Is a Living Wage?
A video from CAP Action's American Worker Project explores what a living wage is and how it helps families, businesses, and the economy.
Creating Good Jobs in Our Communities
T. William Lester and Ken Jacobs examine living wage laws and how they affect job growth and economic development.Herman Cain’s Opportunity Zones Plan Relies on Failed Policies: Strategy for Economic Growth Targets Policies that Boost Wages, November 2, 2011
An Increased Minimum Wage Is Good Policy Even During Hard Times: Recent Studies Point to Higher Pay but No Job Losses, June 7, 2011
Jobs Are the Answer to Low Public Approval: Public Opinion Is Historically Tied to the Employment Rate, August 18, 2010
Workers Don’t Always Get the Red Carpet Treatment:
A History of Labor Negotiations in Hollywood with Interactive Timeline, March 5, 2010
Data Matters :
How the Nation’s Top Labor Cop Can Use Data to Drive Enforcement and Protect American Workers , March 4, 2010
Getting Out of the Deep Unemployment Hole:
High Job Losses in Recession Overshadow Economic Recovery , February 5, 2010
Meeting the Jobs Challenge:
How to Avoid Another Jobless—or Job-Loss—Economic Recovery, December 2, 2009
The Hidden Cost of Low-Wage Jobs:
Ask the Expert: David Madland and Christine L. Owens, October 20, 2009
Mixed News for Older Workers:
Elderly Workers Rely on the Labor Market to Salvage Retirement, September 4, 2009
Laboring Toward Recovery:
Unemployment Numbers Drop in July, August 7, 2009
Job Outlook Still Bleak:
Some Improvement in Employment, But Jobs Market Still Grim, June 5, 2009
New Progressive America: The Millennial Generation:
Millennials Are More Progressive than Other Generations, May 13, 2009
Harming Workers Until the Very End :
Bush’s Midnight Rules Changes and Weak Enforcement of Worker Protection Laws Jeopardize the Rights of Ordinary Americans , January 23, 2009
Workers’ Rights: Madland and Walter on Enforcing Workers Rights, December 8, 2008
Bush Economy Continues Tanking:
New Measures Needed to Help Workers , December 5, 2008
The Progressive Future Is Here: David Madland on the Youth Vote, November 5, 2008
Workers Rights: How to Achieve the American dream: Madland on How to Achieve the American dream, October 22, 2008
Building Better Retirement Plans: Lessons from the Financial Crisis, October 7, 2008
Millennial Economics: It Don’t Matter if You’re Black or White (or Hispanic): Young Adults’ Opinions on Economic Policy Are Becoming More Alike and More Progressive, October 6, 2008
Una Cuestion de Prioridades:
El Departamento del Trabajo bajo la administración de Bush, September 29, 2008
Second Stimulus Needed :
Ettlinger and Madland on the Economy, September 18, 2008
Bush Shirks Role as Top Labor Cop:
We Can Make Workplaces Safer Again, September 9, 2008
Job Losses Mount:
Unemployment Increases to 5.7%, August 1, 2008
Young People Want Progressive Economic Change:
Ask the Expert: David Madland, July 31, 2008
Millennials Are More Progressive and More Similar on the Economy:
Ask the Expert: Amanda Logan, October 27, 2008
Why Biased Media Coverage Matters:
David Madland on Media Coverage of the Economy, July 10, 2008
Journalists Give Workers the Business:
How the Media Ignores Ordinary People in Economic News Coverage, June 20, 2008
Record Unemployment Is a Clarion Call for Action:
Unemployment Sees Biggest Increase in 20 Years, June 6, 2008
A Tale of Two Conservatives:
Comparing Bush and Hoover on the Economy, June 5, 2008
The Progressive Generation:
How Young Adults Think About the Economy, May 6, 2008
Dismal Employment Numbers:
80,000 Jobs Lost, April 4, 2008
Employment Hits New Low:
More Bad News for Workers, February 1, 2008
Election: Conservative Positions on Social Issues:
Madland on the Conservative Positions on Social Issues, January 19, 2008
Labor Market:
Madland on New Lows for Workers, January 12, 2008
Responsible Investment:
Fiscal Policy for Progressive Growth, January 9, 2008
American Workers See New Lows: 2007 Ends with Employment Declines, January 4, 2008
Sole Sourcing:
Spending Tax Dollars at the Labor Department, November 29, 2007
Progressive Growth:
Transforming America’s Economy, November 28, 2007
Mixed Signals:
Job Growth Up But Concentrated, November 2, 2007