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All of Sightline's research, maps, and publications on how northwesterners are really faring economically.

To better measure how the Northwest's economy affects working families, Sightline created an economic security index for the Cascadia Scorecard, which serves as a better measure of how northwesterners are faring than traditional economic measures such as GDP. In this section, you'll find our latest version of the index, plus articles, graphics, and other resources on economic security.

Research & Publications
Cost Overruns For Seattle-Area Tunnel Projects Report
Cost Overruns For Seattle-Area Tunnel Projects
As a way to inform the debate over Seattle’s deep-bore tunnel, Sightline has prepared a basic comparison of other high-profile tunnels recently constructed in the area.
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Podcast: Putting a Price on Carbon
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Solutions
Report Other Economic Trends as Often as GDP
GDP figures are reported regularly. Why aren't other important economic trends, such as poverty and income?
Measure Gross National Happiness
Society needs to measure happiness as carefully as we do financial indicators such as income or gross domestic product. And we need to use these measurements to shape public policy.
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Resources
Organization
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
One of Canada's leading progressive voices in public policy debates for 25 years, CCPA is an independent research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice. http://www.bcpolicyalternatives.org
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Economic Opportunity Institute
EOI is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, public policy institute, which attempts to define the policy debate on the issue of economic security.  It focuses on concerns shared by middle-class families and low-income workers. http://www.eoionline.org
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Now On the Blog
Paul Krugman Versus Matt Taibbi
Two views on the risk of carbon market manipulation.
Eric de Place 11/04/2009
Gaming Cap and Trade: Should We Worry?
A look at the evidence -- and a path forward.
Eric de Place 11/03/2009
Have Cap-and-Trade Programs Been "Gamed"?
No.
Eric de Place 11/03/2009