Taxes and Budget

Migration Mythologists Flee Facts

Maine has gained more taxpayers and income than it has lost going back to the early 1990s, according to IRS tax records. In other words, for every […]

Joel Johnson

Posted November 24, 2014

Tags Economy, Income Tax, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Dean Baker to Deliver MECEP's 2014 Shepard Lee Lecture

Economist, writer, commentator, and blogger Dean Baker will deliver the next Shepard Lee lecture on Monday, December 1 at Portland Public Library’s Rines Auditorium. Baker is […]

Posted November 6, 2014

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (October 2014 edition)

It’s down to the wire as Mainers go to the polls next week to choose a governor, both houses of the state legislature, a U.S. Senator, and […]

Posted October 31, 2014

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (September 2014 edition)

This month, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau on poverty, income, and health insurance revealed Maine to be an outlier among states in providing health coverage […]

Posted September 29, 2014

Tags Economy

Jobs and Income

Maine’s Economic Recovery: Limited job growth, persistent underemployment, and declining incomes

For months, we’ve written about Maine’s anemic economic recovery relative to the rest of the country. Today’s August jobs report does little to change that story. Maine […]

Garrett Martin

Posted September 19, 2014

Tags Economy, Employment, Jobs, Recession

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (August 2014 edition)

MECEP Matters 8-29-2014 In This Issue Interns Lend MECEP Their Talents, Creativity, and Hard Work New Report: Living Wage for a Single Maine Adult with Two Kids: […]

Posted August 29, 2014

Tags Economy

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (June 2014 edition)

MECEP Matters June 2014 In this issue: Putting Economic Data in Context Health Care Expansion Veto Override: One More Vote Employment Statistics: MECEP Looks beyond the […]

Posted June 30, 2014

Tags Economy

Jobs and Income

Jobs Recovery Nationally Showing Promise, But Maine Still Lags Far Behind

Today’s national jobs report highlights an important milestone. As a nation, we have recovered 101 percent of jobs lost during the recession. Clearly we are headed in […]

Garrett Martin

Posted June 6, 2014

Tags Economy, Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Today's Employment Report “Shows that Maine’s Labor Market Continues on a Slow Path to Recovery”

Weak employment growth for prime-working-age adults and Maine’s large number of part-time workers are concerns; recovery remains confined largely to urban areas. Augusta, Maine (Friday, May 16, […]

Posted May 16, 2014

Tags Economy, Jobs

Maine’s Economy

MECEP Matters (April 2014 edition)

MECEP Matters April 2014 edition In this issue: Property Tax Relief: A Major Win for Maine’s Working Families Health Care Expansion Veto Override: One More Vote Employment […]

Posted April 30, 2014

Tags Economy

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Migration Mythologists Flee Facts

Dean Baker to Deliver MECEP's 2014 Shepard Lee Lecture

MECEP Matters (October 2014 edition)

MECEP Matters (September 2014 edition)

Maine’s Economic Recovery: Limited job growth, persistent underemployment, and declining incomes

MECEP Matters (August 2014 edition)

MECEP Matters (June 2014 edition)

Jobs Recovery Nationally Showing Promise, But Maine Still Lags Far Behind

Today's Employment Report “Shows that Maine’s Labor Market Continues on a Slow Path to Recovery”

MECEP Matters (April 2014 edition)