Released in time for Labor Day 2008, the advanced edition of EPI's authoritative volume The State of Working America 2008/2009 is now available. Described as the "most comprehensive independent analysis of the U.S. labor market" by the Financial Times, the 11th edition shows that the business cycle that started in 2001 will be one for the record books. In fact, for the first time on record, middle-class families are at the end of a recovery without ever having regained the ground they lost during the previous recession. Gross domestic product and historically high productivity growth should have raised paychecks up and down the income ladder, but instead the benefits of that growth have bypassed most of the people who made it possible. Prepared biennially since 1988, The State of Working America scrutinizes family incomes, jobs, wages, unemployment, wealth, poverty, and health care coverage, describing the economy's effect on our nation's standard of living. Order your copy of the full 11th edition, and be sure to check out our special online previews.

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What's new...

· Downloadable tables and figures from the new 2008/2009 edition are now available.

· Unions and the Economy (excerpted from SWA 2008/2009) is now available online, as are several full chapters from the new edition.

· Order your copy of SWA 2008/2009 now!

· Several EPI Economic Snapshots featuring data from the latest edition are now available.

The State of Working America remains unrivaled as the most-trusted source for a comprehensive understanding of how working Americans and their families are faring in today's economy.
—Robert B. Reich