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Beyond Goods and Services: The (Unmeasured) Rise of the Data-Driven Economy

INTRODUCTION We live in a world where ‘data-driven economic activities’—the production, distribution and use of digital information of all types—are the leading edge of economic…

Investment Heroes: Who’s Betting on America’s Future?

American voters are finding it hard to get excited about this year’s presidential election. Job growth is slow. Economic growth is slow. Real wages have…

Occupational Licensing: How A New Guild Mentality Thwarts Innovation

The late economist Mancur Olson would have been a fan of Jonathan Ames. Ames is the creator of the HBO series Bored to Death as…

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Manufacturing Jobs Boom Is For Real

PPI’s Michael Mandel was quoted in CNN Money about the bottoming out of the manufacturing sector: “What we’re seeing is the bottoming out of manufacturing,” said…

The Recession and Unemployment

PPI’s Michael Mandel was quoted in The Washington Post about the long-term effects of the recession on unemployment. Many workers are nervous about their livelihoods…

The Big Companies Betting On America: AT&T And Verizon Lead The Way

PPI’s popular summer policy brief, Investment Heroes, was picked up this week over at Forbes with analysis and commentary from Diana Carew. Carew explains how…

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The Great Squeeze Persisted in 2012

New PPI research finds young people continued to be squeezed from the labor force in 2012 relative to people age 35 and over. More young…

Is the Labor Market for Colleges Grads Looking Up?

Young educated Americans are finally rejoining the workforce. According to BLS statistics, the labor force participation of Americans age 18-34 with a Bachelor’s or Associate’s…

Young People Turned Out to Re-Elect President Obama. Now What?

They defied the pundits: young people turned out to vote in numbers that rivaled their 2008 record. An estimated 23 million young people age 18-29…

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Manufacturing in the Age of the App Economy
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