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- Every $1 spent on food stamps resulted in $1.73 in GDP growth http://www.economy.com/mark-zandi/documents/Stimulus-Impact-2008.pdf 63 comments
- "The U.S. economy will weaken significantly if Mr. Trump’s economic policies are fully implemented as he has proposed. The economy will suffer a recession that begins in early 2018 and extends into 2020" https://www.economy.com/mark-zandi/documents/2016-06-17-trumps-economic-policies.pdf 8 comments politics
- Even minimum wage critics can agree that when the City of Seattle passed a minimum wage hike in 2014, it did something responsible: It hired a team of economists to take a hard, fair look at the effects. https://www.economy.com/dismal/analysis/datapoints/284098/the-seattle-minimum-wage-experiment-so-far/ 131 comments politics
- The Macroeconomic Consequences of Mr. Trump’s Economic Policies https://www.economy.com/mark-zandi/documents/2016-06-17-trumps-economic-policies.pdf 14 comments politics
- Troubling Signs of Minimum Wage Damage in Los Angeles https://www.economy.com/dismal/analysis/datapoints/256050/troubling-signs-of-minimum-wage-damage-in-los-angeles/ 5 comments technology
- lucrative job options for felon https://www.economy.com/dismal/analysis/datapoints/255258/We-Are-Not-a-Nation-of-Freelancers/ 27 comments cscareerquestions
- The US is not a nation of increasing freelance work, and multiple job holders are not increasing. https://www.economy.com/dismal/analysis/datapoints/255258/we-are-not-a-nation-of-freelancers/ 4 comments economy