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Mostly Economics Podcast #21: Preserving Progress at State Level with Laura Dresser

Mostly Economics Podcast #21: Preserving Progress at State Level with Laura Dresser

Update: 2025-09-18
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Dean Baker interviews Laura Dresser, Associate Director of Wisconsin's High Road Strategy Center, about the power of state and local policy to improve working people's lives. They discuss how Wisconsin's anti-union legislation devastated labor organizing, successful state-level initiatives on minimum wage and community college programs, and the potential for progressive policies on childcare, transportation, and education when federal action is blocked.

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Mostly Economics Podcast #21: Preserving Progress at State Level with Laura Dresser

Mostly Economics Podcast #21: Preserving Progress at State Level with Laura Dresser