July 17, 2018 | In the News
It’s widely believed that online shopping poses the greatest threat to New Jersey’s malls. Retail forecaster Forrester predicts that Web sales will constitute 11 percent of total U.S. retail this year, up from 8 percent in 2013. That doesn’t seem like a huge chunk, so...
July 12, 2018 | Alumni Spotlight, News
by Zoe Linder-Baptie MPP/MCRP ’18 Jazmyne graduated from the Bloustein School in May 2018 with a Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree and a concentration in race and economics. Her journey has been busy, and she continues to move onward and upward. Later this year,...
July 10, 2018 | In the News
Marcella Traina was 13 years old when she first encountered a problem with the 12th Street and Avenue C intersection. As she crossed the street, she had to run away from a passing car, just barely escaping injury. Ever since that moment, Traina, a junior public policy...
July 10, 2018 | In the News
Nine years into recession recovery, the upper 1 percent is thriving, while workers’ chances to see increased wages are waning, experts say. Unions are eroding in influence, as globalization and technology (checkout computers at Target instead of cashiers) are...
July 7, 2018 | In the News
Bill Rodgers, Rutgers University professor and economist, and Joe Watkins, Republican strategist, discuss why wages haven’t grown much amid a tight labor market and what the strong June jobs reports says about the U.S. economy. CNBC, July 6, 2018
July 6, 2018 | In the News
Economists and policy experts say New Jersey is in a unsustainable bubble that will most likely burst next year, causing layoffs. And the government, they say, has not implemented policies that will help residents earn higher wages and spend more as consumers. The...
July 6, 2018 | In the News
“Crossing signs give you a clear indication of exactly where you should be looking,” LaMondia says. “But with Children At Play signs, you’re always supposed to be watching for children in the roadway. How are you supposed to change your behavior?” That’s the question...
July 4, 2018 | In the News
The state’s average weekly paycheck grew 1.8 percent from 2016 to 2017, while wages grew 3.9 percent nationally, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The slow growth placed the Garden State at 50th among all states and Washington, D.C., beating only...
July 4, 2018 | In the News, News
It’s counter intuitive really in New Jersey to even compose a list of wonks. The state so often – even routinely – prides itself on primitivism, and those sub-human, profane interactions that fall only very loosely within the rubric of politics. And yet – don’t laugh...
July 3, 2018 | In the News
As Housing Secretary Ben Carson moves to make life more difficult for America’s struggling poor from his well-furnished, secure office in Washington, D.C., a national exhibit, “Evicted,” has opened in the National Building Museum across town. The...
July 3, 2018 | In the News
Kessler Foundation has issued five Impact Reports highlighting successful outcomes of major grants supported under its Signature Employment Grant(SEG) program. Since 2004, Kessler Foundation has provided more than $41.5 million to support initiatives that create or...
July 3, 2018 | In the News
The role of nuclear power in decarbonizing the electric power system as a way to address global warming divides climate scientists who see urgency in slashing carbon dioxide emissions but worry about nuclear power’s safety challenges. “The future for the [nuclear]...
July 3, 2018 | In the News
Reyes is part of a growing number moving from cities back to the suburbs, helping to stop a migration that has been draining New Jersey since the beginning of the decade. It has sparked the housing market, along with conflicts that come with economic growth. But it...
July 2, 2018 | In the News
As Housing Secretary Ben Carson moves to make life more difficult for America’s struggling poor from his well-furnished, secure office in Washington, D.C., a national exhibit, “Evicted,” has opened in the National Building Museum across town. The...
June 23, 2018 | In the News
Social media and our comments section have been ablaze after we took a look at a panel’s proposal to merge the 191 New Jersey municipalities with less than 5,000 people. But to a pair of researchers at Rutgers University, the plan is dead on arrival. Not because...
June 15, 2018 | In the News
Charles Brown, a transportation expert at Rutgers University, says that one reason the programs have struggled to reach minorities is that minority groups have different traditions, languages and cultures but seem to be treated as one large entity by bike-share...
