American Progress press release:
Release: Center for American Progress Releases New Report from Inclusive Prosperity Commission that Offers Bold New Prescriptions to Reinvigorate Middle Class and Reduce Growing Income Inequality
15 January 2015
Washington, D.C. - The Inclusive Prosperity Commission, or IPC - a transatlantic group convened by the Center for American Progress and chaired by former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and CAP Distinguished Senior Fellow Lawrence H. Summers and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Parliament Ed Balls - today released a robust report aimed at establishing sustainable and inclusive prosperity over the long term in developed economies, with a specific focus on raising wages, expanding job growth, and ensuring broadly shared economic growth. In July 2013, CAP announced the creation of the IPC - composed of high-level American and international policymakers, economists, business leaders, and labor representatives - charged with developing new and thoughtful solutions to spur middle-class growth. The report analyzes the global trends that are buffeting the middle class and those who want to get into it, as well as new ideas to address it. In addition to co-chairs, Lawrence H. Summers and Ed Balls, members of the IPC include: E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Chrystia Freeland, Canadian MP and Vice Chair, Committee on International Trade; Jennifer M. Granholm, former Governor of Michigan; ... John Van Reenen, Director, Centre of Economic Performance, London School of Economics
This press release from the Center for American Progress was published on January 15, 2015
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Related publications
Report of the Commission on Inclusive Prosperity, Lawrence H. Summers and Ed Balls (Eds), Center for American Progress, January 2015
Related links
John Van Reenen webpage
Productivity and Innovation Programme webpage