Hear and meet one of the nation’s leading economists, Jared Bernstein, talk about income inequality, the state of the middle
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Oregonians will soon get a chance to hear one of the nation’s leading economists, Jared Bernstein, give his take on
The income gap that separates Oregon’s richest families from everyone else increased over the past three decades, according to a
It is well known that the official definition of poverty, based on a formula developed in the early 1960s, undercounts
$96,000 a day. That’s Nike CEO and president Mark Parker’s compensation, according to the newest list of executive pay at
Statement by OCPP Policy Analyst Jason Gettel on Census Data Release Poverty in Oregon increased yet again last year, and
Today the U.S. Census Bureau announced a decline in the share Oregonians without health insurance — evidence that public structures
The first two full years of economic growth following the end of the Great Recession brought mixed news for Oregon.
Labor Day is a particularly appropriate date to assess the state of Oregon workers. Such a review, unfortunately, reveals the
An Oregon Center for Public Policy analysis of recent income data shows the continuing suffocation of Oregon's middle class. That,
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