Heather Long

The American Families Plan is part of a bold gamble Biden wants to make: that he can improve the lives of lower- and middle-class Americans without unleashing years of inflation, slower growth and less incentive to work.

Economists expect many of the price hikes to be short-lived as the market adjusts, but there’s a possibility that the economy could overheat — causing prices to continue to rise.

A new era has arrived of greater worker power, higher housing costs and very different ways of doing business.

Average pay just topped $15 an hour at U.S. restaurants, one of many sectors forced to raise wages to lure back millions of workers.

Stress and uncertainty are starting to impact the economic recovery.

The economy is undergoing massive changes. There’s a big mismatch at the moment between the jobs available and what workers want.

The economy is undergoing massive changes. There’s a big mismatch at the moment between the jobs available and what workers want.

The economy is undergoing massive changes. There’s a big mismatch at the moment between the jobs available and what workers want.

September marked the weakest hiring this year, and an alarming number of women had to stop working again to deal with unstable school and child-care situations.

The irony, and challenge, of the moment are that at precisely the time for U.S. policymakers to think bigger about remaking the workplace to meet the needs of women, we are going in the exact wrong direction.