From the Everett Herald: By Christine L. Owens and Marilyn Watkins In 1998, an overwhelming two-thirds of Washington voters supported a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage and adjust it upward each year to keep pace with the rising cost of living. As a result, there’s a bright spot on the horizon for Washington’s [...]
Back to school: MPA degree helps harness democratic spirit, drive social change
August 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
Excerpted from the inaugural edition of The Evans School Review, an annual peer-reviewed journal that publishes multidisciplinary research in public policy and management at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs: When I started at the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington (now the Evans School), I had little inclination [...]
Tax Flight Is a Myth: Higher State Taxes Bring More Revenue, Not More Migration
August 12, 2011 By 1 Comment
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Attacks on sorely-needed increases in state tax revenues often include the unproven claim that tax hikes will drive large numbers of households — particularly the most affluent — to other states. The same claim also is used to justify new tax cuts. Compelling evidence shows that this [...]
Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Job creation, not austerity, should be policy goal
May 13, 2011 By 2 Comments
In an NPR interview, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains why public investments in infrastructure, technology and education aren’t only good for job creation – they guarantee the “future potential output” of the economy. These types of investments pay huge dividends and have a high rate of return. By spending more on schools, roads and [...]
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