Insights Blog
New Report: Disparities in NY Retirement Coverage
ReLab's new report, "The Retirement Crisis in New York," documents two trends in retirement plan coverage: 1) retirement plan coverage is declining for all New Yorkers, and 2) disparities in coverage continue to exist based on race, education and income.
SCEPA's working paper documenting the costs of the city's Hudson Yards project was featured in Gothamist, in an editorial by the New York Post, and an opinion piece in Gotham Gazette.
Due to lack of coverage and a systemic reliance on defined contribution plans, workers do not have enough saved for retirement.
The United Nation’s 2016 Paris Agreement, negotiated by 195 countries, creates a framework for keeping global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees celsius. The next task is determining how to pay for it in a fair way.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ramping up its collaboration with climate change experts in the academic community.
Book Draws Praise from Two Former Chairmen of White House Council on Economic Advisors
SCEPA Economist David Howell published an article in The American Prospect magazine arguing for the need to reframe the minimum wage debate.
SCEPA is proud to congratulate New School Economics PhD Heather Boushey on her appointment as chief economist of Hillary Clinton’s transition team.
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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.
