Inclusive Economy Report

Rise and Shine: Improving Retirement and Enhancing Savings

Ida Rademacher, executive director of FSP, recently testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee.

March 31, 2022

The Economy Forward Framework: How Midsized Cities Can Achieve Inclusive Growth in the Knowledge Economy

Tulsa Innovation Labs (TIL), Heartland Forward, and the Aspen Institute have joined forces to establish the first framework for measuring inclusive economic growth designed specifically for midsized cities in the United States.

March 30, 2022

The US labor shortage is the deserved outcome of a systemic failure to value workers

The trauma that the pandemic inflicted on workers followed decades of declining wages and working conditions. To bring people back, make work better.

March 29, 2022
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The History of the National Labor Relations Act and the Future of Worker Power

While their causes of discontent vary, it is clear that workers today are looking to renegotiate the terms of work.

March 28, 2022
Hotel workers on strike in Chicago

Centering Black Women in Our Economic Recovery

Racial and gender injustice has long prevented women of color from accessing quality jobs and equitable healthcare. We can fix that.

March 16, 2022
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Portable Benefits in Action: A Roadmap for a Renewed Work-Related Safety Net

A universal safety net could better deliver benefits to workers, encourage a dynamic labor market, and promote economic security for all.

December 14, 2021
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Scaling Lending to Entrepreneurs of Color: Part I – Core Operational Challenges

Providing loans and grants to diverse entrepreneurs has been seen by many as an important way to address the racial wealth gap.

November 17, 2021
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Building Wealth Inclusively Through Business Ownership

Although business ownership may not be the primary way that most individuals and families build wealth in the United States, in any capitalist economy it’s a route that cannot be ignored.

October 18, 2021