The American Worker Project: Toward a New Consensus

At the heart of the ongoing realignment of American politics is a fierce debate over how to improve the lives of workers. But too often missing from this debate is a shared understanding—rooted in facts and statistical evidence—of just how well American workers are doing in the first place.

Featuring original analysis from EIG scholars, public opinion research, and a wide-ranging series of guest essays, The American Worker Project is an effort to forge a much-needed consensus about the condition of American workers that transcends partisan and ideological divides. Achieving such a consensus is the first step toward a more productive debate about the ideas and policies that will ensure the economy delivers on its full potential—so that American workers can reach theirs.