Unemployment benefits complicate return of small businesses boston25news.com/news/health/un…

.NU School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs’s Alan Clayton-Matthews and Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino and UMass Dartmouth’s Michael Goodman write that some combination of federal funds, rainy day funds, and tax increases would be needed to prevent deep spending cuts during the #COVID19 pandemic. trib.al/PtnacQN

Thank you ⁦Michael Goodman, Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino and Alan Clayton-Matthews for getting to the heart of the matter. “History shows that spending cuts are more harmful than tax increases during recessions” PeriodT ⁦The Boston Globe⁩ bostonglobe.com/2020/05/15/opi…

Alan Clayton-Matthews, Michael Goodman and Alicia Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino weigh in with a revenue plan for Massachusetts to "avoid painful cuts to essential social services, local aid to cities and towns, and investments in K-12 and higher education." 1/2 bostonglobe.com/2020/05/15/opi…

The state needs to generate more revenues and to NOT cut social services in the middle of the crisis. Temporarily raising taxes > austerity and greater suffering. HT Michael Goodman

RI unemployment soars to 17 percent, state reports, in April. That's up from about five percent in March. RI jobless rate now above national rate.

ICYMI: Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino Michael Goodman and Alan Clayton-Matthews from Northeastern U. argue for using a mix of rainy-day funds, federal aid and some tax increases instead of cutting local aid, safety net programs or schools. #MA #mapoli #COVID19Recovery ow.ly/WKf150zLuMb

ICYMI — Our own Mike McCarthy discusses the implications of our latest data brief with Ted Nesi on WPRI 12 wpri.com/new-england/ma…

A new study conducted by the #PublicPolicy Center at UMass Dartmouth reveals that the #SouthCoast region is more reliant on essential #frontline workers compared to the rest of MA. WPRI 12 wpri.com/new-england/ma…

ICYMI- Our own Mike McCarthy on WPRI 12 discussing our recent data brief profiling the #FrontLineHeroes of the #SouthCoast

#MassBenchmarks is the journal of the Mass. economy. Editors represent a wide swath of higher ed and government expertise. Michael Goodman is quoted here about the recent unemployment rise. @https://commonwealthmagazine.org/economy/mass-unemployment-claims-unexpectedly-increase/

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#MassBenchmarks Co-Editor Mike Goodman weighs in on the recent rise in unemployment in Massachusetts. ow.ly/XW0550Aeh26 Michael Goodman

A great opportunity to make a difference and to work with PPC and UMass Dartmouth alumnus Trevor Mattos!

States Face Daunting Budget Gaps. What Can Be Done? #mapoli

"Filling in state budget gaps to maintain public spending without counterproductive cuts can position our nation and states for a more rapid & sustainable #economicrecovery," write EconoFactOrg's Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino, Michael Goodman & Alan Clayton-Matthews. ow.ly/VC4t50AixpQ

At a time when independent analyses of state finances and policy is indispensable, this is tough news. The Public Policy Center was first launched in 1983, per State House News

Now more than ever we need our institutions of higher learning supporting these types of Centers.