Gary Burtless

Time to change how we measure poverty? Evaluating alternate poverty measures

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

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Around the Halls: Should Congress extend enhanced unemployment compensation?

Lauren Bauer, Wendy Edelberg, Brad Hershbein, Tracy Hadden Loh, Mallika Thomas, Annelies Goger, Gary Burtless, Molly E. Reynolds, and John Hudak

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

A garbage dumpster is painted with 'No Job No Rent' and the anarchy symbol in Providence, Rhode Island on May 4 2020. (Photo by Samuel Rigelhaupt / Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How does COVID-19 unemployment compare to the Great Depression?

Gary Burtless and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

A sign is seen on the entrance to a Social Security office in New York City, U.S., July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC14BAB59BA0

Public pension reform in the U.S. presidential campaign

Monday, March 30, 2020

People stand on their balconies in an apartment building in New Jersey overlooking the Hudson River during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, U.S., March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Unemployment insurance as social protection and stimulus during the coronavirus crisis

Monday, March 30, 2020

Librarian Josh Soule turns on computers in preparation to teach senior citizens how to set up and use a Facebook account during a class at a branch of the New York Public Library in New York August 13, 2012. Seniors, some in their 90s, could soon be making new friends on Facebook thanks to New York libraries offering classes to help the elderly learn, or brush up their social network skills. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION) - GM2E88E0HHA01

Comments on “Employment and training for mature adults: The current system and moving forward” by Paul Osterman

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two of the three winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, are joined by MIT President Rafael Reif at news conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC1F716AFFB0

Experimental economists win Nobel Prize (and deserved to win)

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

A woman rides in a golf cart with her dog in Sun City, Arizona, January 6, 2013. Sun City was built in 1959 by entrepreneur Del Webb as America?s first active retirement community for the over-55's. Del Webb predicted that retirees would flock to a community where they were given more than just a house with a rocking chair in which to sit and wait to die. Today?s residents keep their minds and bodies active by socializing at over 120 clubs with activities such as square dancing, ceramics, roller skating, computers, cheerleading, racquetball and yoga. There are 38,500 residents in the community with an average age 72.4 years. Picture taken January 6, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)ATTENTION EDITORS - PICTURE 16 OF 30 FOR PACKAGE 'THE SPORTY SENIORS OF SUN CITY'SEARCH 'SUN CITY' FOR ALL IMAGES - LM2E91F0XAN01

Despite scary headlines, America’s elderly continue to prosper

Thursday, August 15, 2019

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Putting a tax on wealth means we first must measure it

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

A man looks over employment opportunities at a jobs center in San Francisco, California, in this February 4, 2010 file photo. The number of people filing new claims for unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose in the latest week to its highest level in close to six months, the U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday, August 12, 2010. The number of new claims for jobless benefits rose 2,000 to 484,000 in the week ended August 7, the second straight increase. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY) - GM1E68C1MMJ01

When the next recession hits, will unemployment benefits be generous enough?

Wednesday, November 28, 2018