Research Roundup

Reports by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on state cuts to low-income families, the Economic Policy Institute refuting the idea that the nation is broke, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy on progressive revenue components of the recently enacted state budget in Connecticut, and the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy on how low-wage jobs have dominated New York City’s job growth since the bottom of the Great Recession.

Tax Shell Game: How Much Did Offshore Tax Havens Cost You In 2010? – In this analysis, U.S. PIRG assesses the economic and fiscal loss states and the nation as a whole experience as a result of offshore corporate tax havens. For instance, they find that the U.S.