Protecting Older Workers & Strengthening Retirement Security
Economic insights for a more equitable society
America Needs an Older Workers' Bureau
An Older Workers' Bureau within the U.S. Department of Labor would focus on older workers, an increasingly large and often vulnerable population that current research, data, and policies don’t address.
Climate Change & the Challenges to Labor
“On a dead planet, there are no jobs." Labor leader Reiner Hoffmann, who represents over 6 million workers in Germany, succinctly summarized why we came together to discuss the intersection of climate change and labor.
The Costs Behind NYC's Hudson Yards Project
SCEPA's research exposed the $2.2 billion in costs behind the so-called "self-financed" project. Check out the extensive news coverage.
Green Bonds for the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
The green bond market is emerging as an impactful financing mechanism in climate change mitigation efforts.
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SCEPA works to focus the public economics debate on the role government can and should play in the real productive economy - that of business, management, and labor - to raise living standards, create economic security, and attain full employment.
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The Real Driver of Rising Inequality
Wage suppression - not monopoly power - is fueling corporate profits and the growing gap between rich and poor.Read More
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Economics of Climate Change
Optimal Control of a Global Model of Climate Change
The economy-climate interaction and an appropriate mitigation policy for climate protection have been treated in various types of scientific modeling. This paper focuses on the seminal work by Nordhaus on the economy-climate link and extends that model to include optimal policies…Read More
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