When employers compete for labor, we see wages rise, racial employment gaps narrow, and more opportunity for workers.

What to know about us:

• We’re pragmatic and opportunistic. We take advantage of (often fleeting) windows of opportunity to promote full employment via fiscal and monetary policy. Sometimes we find ourselves working with policymakers who we might not agree with on other issues, but who are allies in a particular policy moment. 

• There is a high degree of autonomy. If you prefer a highly structured working environment, we’re probably not the right fit for you. We collaborate, support, and help one another but most roles involve a lot of solo, self-directed work. There is seldom a roadmap and we will often ask even junior staff to figure things out from scratch.

• We focus on personnel (ie Fed Board nominees), Federal Reserve policy, and fiscal policy that sets the stage for sustainable full employment. There are lots of economic issues that are economically important that we don’t work on, because other groups are already doing great work in those areas. If our particular macro niche isn’t one of your top issues, we might not be a good match for your skills and passion. 

• We’re more grasstops than grassroots. Our audience is usually policymakers, macroeconomists, and the Fed itself, as well as the journalists and commentators that influence them. Grassroots work is extremely important, but many other organizations (including our friends at Fed Up) are better situated to do that work than we are. If your personal theory of change is focused on grassroots organizing, you might find our approach frustrating or inadequate.