The Economic Policy Institute will release the galley edition of The State of Working America 2008/2009 on Labor Day (Sept. 1). Look to this site for excerpts of the book's findings in the weeks leading up to and following its release.

Prepared biennially since 1988, EPI's flagship publication sums up the problems and challenges facing American working families, presenting a wide variety of data on family incomes, taxes, wages, unemployment, wealth, and poverty — data that enables the book's authors to closely examine the impact of the economy on the living standards of the American people. The State of Working America 2006/2007 is an exhaustive reference work that will be welcomed by anyone eager for a comprehensive portrait of the economic well-being of the nation.

What's new...
· Check back soon for previews from the new edition.
· A new EPI report, Economy's Gains Fail to Reach Most Workers' Paychecks, analyzes the state of working America on Labor Day 2007, looking behind the latest data to the forces at work in an economy that doesn't seem to be playing by the rules.
· The State of Working America was reviewed in the journal Regional Studies.
· We have made available for download every table and figure that appears in The State of Working America 2006/2007. These are suitable for use in PowerPoint presentations and other media.

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