1. Fiscal Cliff Deal was a Raw Deal for Low-Income, Working-Class People
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In a fascinating recent post The Nation’s Greg Kaufman pulls together a range of responses from economic justice advocates and researchers (including me) on whether the fiscal cliff deal was a good one ...

2. Having Your Minimum Wage and EITC, Too
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... supporters of both the minimum wage and the EITC. My CEPR colleague, Dean Baker —who Soltas links to in order to make his case that liberals have a "minimum wage or nothing" view— is, for example, a long-time ...