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Since its creation, KRC has become a leading source of independent analysis of Pennsylvania’s economy and public policy. KRC is located at 412 North Third Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101‐1346. Most of KRC’s original research is available on the KRC/PBPC website at www. [krc-pbpc.org](krc-pbpc.org. KRC welcomes questions or other)[. KRC welcomes questions or other](krc-pbpc.org. KRC welcomes questions or other) inquiries about its work at 717‐255‐7181.  \nAbout the Authors  \nStephen Herzenberg, KRC’s executive director, holds a PhD in economics from MIT. He writes widely on how Pennsylvania and the United States can achieve an economy that works for all. His writings for national audiences include Towards anAI Economy That Works for All, Keystone Research Center, 2019; Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education, Economic Policy Institute (EPI), 2005; New Rules for a New Economy: Employment and Opportunity in Postindustrial America, Cornell/ILR Press, 1998; U.S.-and Mexico Trade: Pulling Together or Pulling Apart?, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, 1992.  \nMuhammad Maisum Murtaza is a research associate who joined KRC in 2020 after interning for the organization in summer of 2019. He has an undergraduate degree in economics from Pennsylvania State University where he also got experience teaching and organizing lesson plans for an ecology course that he approached from a sustainability perspective. He was later a guest lecturer, for that same course, tackling the basic economic trade-offs of expanding conservation and social services. During his internship with KRC, Maisum helped Stephen Herzenberg write The State of Working Pennsylvania 2019 and is now working on several projects on sustainability, immigration, and new developments in the labor force.  \nClaire Kovach is KRC’s senior research analyst. She [holds a Ph.D. in](holds a Ph.D. in) Sociology from The Pennsylvania State University where her research centered quantitative measurement of poverty and material hardship. She interned with The Center on Budget and Policy priorities in Washington, D.C. where she worked on datadriven poverty and immigration policy topics. Her most recent work for a national audience is Poverty and the Incidence of Material Hardship, Revisited.  \nAcknowledgments  \nThanks to Stephanie Frank, KRC office manager, for generating the charts, figures and cover for this report; Ryan Markel for making the maps; Kirstin Snow, communications director for KRC and its Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC), for assistance with the release of the report; and to Erica K Freeman, deputy communications director, for editing the document.  \nCover Art  \nWorkers on the Cathedral of Learning, 1934 by Harry W. Scheuch  \nCourtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29985643@](https://www.flickr.com/photos/29985643@)[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/29985643@)N06/3314830802  \nSupport KRC  \nThe work of KRC is supported by grants from charitable foundations, research contracts with various organizations, and contributions from organizations and individuals who share KRC’s vision of broadly shared prosperity in Pennsylvania. To learn how you or your organization can support KRC, please visit the KRC website at [www.krc-pbpc.org](www.krc-pbpc.org) or call 717‐255‐7181.  \nExecutive Summary  \nThe United States and Pennsylvania economies are at a pivot point: will we build forward better or will we build back the same? Will we make things even worse? A glass-half-full person might interpret the data as evidence we are on a promising path. A glass-half-empty person might see us on an unpromising path. But the reality is the path we take sti","cbCainJuWWSbhXhf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainJuWWSbhXhf","pdf",2788551,37,"English","# Executive Summary\n## The Economywide Impact of COVID","[{\"question\":\"What is the main policy question driving the 2021 analysis?\",\"answer\":\"Whether leaders will build forward with actions that increase economic and racial justice, or allow conditions to worsen as working people and low-income communities face persistent hardship.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report compare federal vs. state policy direction in 2021?\",\"answer\":\"It argues federal policies are mostly headed in the right direction, while state-level policies are mostly headed in the wrong direction during 2021.\"},{\"question\":\"Which economic areas does the report emphasize as priorities over the next few years?\",\"answer\":\"It stresses infrastructure and climate at the federal level, and at both federal and state levels it prioritizes labor rights and voting rights as key issues in a capitalist democracy.\"}]","State of Working Pennsylvania 2021 | PDF",1792052295,93]