Ethan Pollack

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Ethan Pollack

Ethan Pollack is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, specializing in the federal budget, tax policy, and public investments.  Prior to EPI, he worked at the Office of Management and Budget and the George Washington Institute of Public Policy, and on the staff of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (Bowles-Simpson Commission).

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Why Romney can’t move to the center

Ethan Pollack - U.S. and Us - 8/5/2012
After five months of voting, it appears we finally have ourselves a Republican nominee. While Mitt Romney has not officially won the nomination, at this point it is only a formality...

Too early to celebrate economic Spring

Ethan Pollack - U.S. and Us - 23/3/2012
Last month, the US economy added 227,000 jobs, and data from the two previous months were revised upwards by 60,000 more jobs.  This marked two full years of job growth, in which 3.5 million jobs were added overall.  New housing construction is finally beginning to pick up, industrial production is improving, and unemployment claims are at their lowest level in four years.  This...

Three myths about President Obama’s budget

Ethan Pollack - U.S. and Us - 22/2/2012
On February 13, President Obama released his fiscal year 2013 budget. It is a good opportunity to address three common myths about the budget that have been floating around. These myths are technically true, but highly misleading...

As the campaign marches on, so too does the housing crisis

Ethan Pollack - U.S. and Us - 8/2/2012
After weeks of negative ads, glossy mailings, and otherwise intense campaigning, the circus that is the GOP presidential primary election has finally left Florida and Nevada. While residents in those two states may be breathing a sigh of relief, there’s one thing they probably wish the campaigns could also take with them, along with their lawn signs: their massive foreclosure crisis...