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1 0 3 About the Author JOSH BIVENS joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2002. He is the author of Everybody Wins Except for Most of Us: What Economics Teaches About Globalization and has published in both academic and popular venues, including USA Today, The Guardian, Challenge, and Worth. He is a frequent commentator on economic issues for a variety of media outlets, including the NewsHour on PBS, the Diane Rehm Show, NPR, CNN, CNBC, Reuters, and the BBC and has testified before Congress. He has previously worked at Roosevelt University in Chicago and for the Congressional Research Service. The Economic Policy Institute will publish The State of Working America, its flagship volume since 1988, exclusively on a new Web site in January 2011. The comprehensive economic data that has in the past been in book form will now be available online in a searchable and highly user-friendly format. With over 200 charts designed to give users a deep understanding of the economy’s effect on low- and middleincome American working families, The State of Working America online provides a comprehensive examination of eight broad issue areas: income, mobility, wages, jobs, wealth, poverty, health, and international comparisons. All of the site’s charts and data can be downloaded, and the site will also offer special features on a diversity of topics, including inequality and the Great Recession. visit StateOfWorkingAmerica.org in early January 2011 The State ofWorking America 2010/2011 U N B O U N D ! ...

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