Sources

Public, Private, Partnerships (P3s)
& The Shareholder Economy

  1. $900B – The White House. (n.d.). Investing in America. https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/

  2. 60,000 – U.S. Department of Transportation. (n.d.). Investing in America: 60k projects and counting - USDOT celebrates Biden-Harris infrastructure projects. https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/investing-america-60k-projects-and-counting-usdot-celebrates-biden-harris

  3. 2X – U.S. Department of the Treasury. (n.d.). Unpacking the boom in U.S. construction of manufacturing facilities. https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/unpacking-the-boom-in-us-construction-of-manufacturing-facilities

  4. 1,600,000 – BlueGreen Alliance. (2023, September 12). New report compares U.S. manufacturing record of Biden-Harris and Trump administrations. https://www.bluegreenalliance.org/resources/new-report-compares-us-manufacturing-record-of-biden-harris-and-trump-administrations/

  5. 5.9 million and 2.1 million – U.S. Census Bureau. (2023, September 7). Annual business survey releases new data on employer business characteristics. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/annual-business-survey-employer-business-characteristics.html

  6. $3,142 trillion – U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2024, February). Gross domestic product, second estimate; Corporate profits, preliminary estimate, second quarter 2023. https://www.bea.gov/news/2024/gross-domestic-product-second-estimate-corporate-profits-preliminary-estimate-second

  7. 2.5% – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. (n.d.). GDPNow. (updated on 10/1/204) https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnow

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The Great Affordability Crisis for
Low-and-Middle Income Families

  1. 12.9% – U.S. Census Bureau. (2024, September). Supplemental poverty measure. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/09/supplemental-poverty-measure.html

  2. “….and inflation erupted in parallel to record corporate profits.” –  Bivens, J. (2023, September 25).Profits and price inflation are indeed linked. Economic Policy Institute. https://www.epi.org/blog/profits-and-price-inflation-are-indeed-linked/

  3. 5.6x Higher and 400% – Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2023, October 2). Home price-to-income ratio reaches a record high. https://jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-price-income-ratio-reaches-record-high-0
    a. Highest point since early 1970s.

  4. 10x and 1,600% – 
    a. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (n.d.). National health expenditure data: Historical. https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical
    b. USA Facts. (2023, August 23). How much is spent on personal healthcare?https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-is-spent-on-personal-healthcare/

  5. 2–3x and 214% – 
    a. Child Care Aware of America. (n.d.). Catalyzing growth: Using data to change child care. https://www.childcareaware.org/catalyzing-growth-using-data-to-change-child-care/#ChildCareAffordability
    b. U.S. Census Bureau. (2024, January). Rising child care costs. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/01/rising-child-care-cost.html

  6. 4-5x and 1,200% – 
    a. National Center for Education Statistics. (2020). Table 330.10. Average undergraduate tuition and fees and room and board rates charged for full-time students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution: 1963-64 through 2019-20. U.S. Department of Education. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d19/tables/dt19_330.10.asp
    b. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (n.d.). College tuition and fees: A closer look at the Consumer Price Index (CPI). U.S. Department of Labor. https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/college-tuition.htm