Nancy Cleeland

Nancy Cleeland writes for the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan Washington DC think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to build a more fair and prosperous economy. She has extensive experience reporting for newspapers on international trade, immigration and the low-wage economy, and co-authored a Pulitzer Prize-winning series on Wal-Mart's labor practices for the Los Angeles Times.

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  • The Incredible Shrinking Paycheck

    February 20, 2008

    Feeling squeezed? It's official: if you're not in management, the value of your paycheck is dropping at an alarming rate.

  • Half-a-Loaf Stimulus

    February 13, 2008

    Good news in the stimulus package: low and middle income Americans receive cash to rev a slowing economy. Bad news: tax breaks for businesses won't help much at all.

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