Bursting the Bubble, a report that we produced with The Commonwealth Institute of Virginia and the DC Fiscal Policy Institute takes a deep look into the recent economic growth in the national capital region and finds that this prosperity is
“While much of the D.C. region has bounced back from the recession, certain segments of the population are benefitting from this recovery more than others, a new report from the Maryland Center on Economic Policy, the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute,
We’ve been highlighting aspects of Bursting the Bubble, a new report we’ve released along with the Commonwealth Institute and the DC Fiscal Policy Institute showing how the unequal economic growth of the national capital region has not created broadly shared
While Maryland and its economy certainly benefit from being part of the national capital region, the greater DC area’s prosperity is not broadly shared. Most of the benefits of the region’s economic growth have flowed to upper-income earners, with others
Most workers in the national capital region are struggling just to get by, seeing their wages stagnate or fall while the highest earners are enjoying strong wage growth, according to a new region-wide report – Bursting the Bubble — published
Living in the national capital region looks like it has its advantages. Employment levels are back to where they were before the recession. The unemployment rate is far lower than that of the country as a whole. Incomes are high,
