Read select chapters from SWA

Several chapters from SWA 2008/2009 are available:

Read Table of Contents

Read Executive Summary

Read Introduction

Read press release

Read Unions and the Economy (excerpted from SWA 2008/2009, Chapters 3 and 8)

Read Chapter 7: Health—Life expectancy gap grows as coverage declines

Read Chapter 8: International comparisons—How does the United States stack up against its global peers?
Read press release for this chapter

Read an excerpt from Chapter 3 (Wages) on executive pay

See also EPI Economic Snapshots featuring data from the 2008/2009 edition, as well as downloadable tables and figures from the book.

Select chapters excerpted from The State of Working America 2006/2007 are archived here.