EPI Alert: News Conference Call-The State of Working America 2006/2007
30 August 2006
News Advisory:
NEWS CONFERENCE CALL Thursday, August 31st at 11 AM Eastern and 1 PM Eastern
The five-year-old economic expansion that began in late 2001 has posted some impressive results, most notably faster productivity growth. Yet, real income is lower for the typical family than in 2000, while the incomes of the best-off families have grown rapidly. The dimensions of these disparities and trends in living standards are painted in detail in the 2006-2007 edition of The State of Working America, now available to journalists under embargo.
In this 10th edition of the Economic Policy Institute's definitive volume, authors Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, and Sylvia Allegretto have updated and expanded the book's scope to offer the most comprehensive portrait yet of the economic challenges facing today's middle- and low-income working families. It's a portrait centered around a seeming contradiction. On the one hand, the economy is frequently characterized as robust in terms of big-picture indicators such as the gross domestic product. On the other hand, the wages and incomes that shape most Americans' living standards continue to fall behind expectations.
New in this edition is the chapter and fact sheet on income mobility, and fact sheets on young workers, African Americans, Hispanics, unions, and health care and pensions.
EPI will hold two news conference call briefings with the book's authors on Thursday, August 31st at 11 AM Eastern and 1 PM Eastern.
TO JOIN the news conference call on Thursday, August 31st at either 11 AM Eastern or 1 PM Eastern, email news@epi.org, or call the Communications department, 202-775-8810.
The 10th edition of The State of Working America and press kit are available online for preview by journalists UNDER EMBARGO until Saturday AM, September 2, 2006.
PREVIEW the password-protected, embargoed book and press kit online: http://www.epinet.org/docs/news/swa06/
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Password: embargo
UNDER EMBARGO until Saturday AM, September 2, 2006
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