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Economists and politicians debate whether or not we’re technically in a recession, but most Americans feel we’ve been in a recession for years.

The Campaign for America’s Future has designed "The Stress Test" to show how the economy affects working families. By assessing the condition of the job market, housing, health care, and household costs on a state-by-state basis over time, "The Stress Test" illustrates the troubles families face. Use this report to talk about the real impact of conservative policies and need for a new, progressive economic strategy.

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As American consumers buy a sharply increased share of their goods from overseas, the American government has been cutting back its ability to regulate and inspect imports. Americans consumers are thus exposed to increasing numbers of products that were neither produced in America nor subject to American safety standards. The results put people at risk.

This briefing paper examines what conventional economics actually predicts about the effects of integrating the rich United States and poor global economies and provides rough empirical estimates of integration’s effect on American wages and inequality.

This study shows that the growing U.S. trade deficit with China has displaced numerous American jobs.

Bill Moyers interviews John R. MacArthur on trade policy and the public perception of free trade.