Falling Behind
The Economic Security of Northwest Families since 1990
An analysis of economic security in the Northwest during the "boom" of the 1990s, with a look at why unemployment and poverty rose during the so-called "boom" years.
June 1, 2003
Media contact:
Eric Hess
erich@sightline.org
206-447-1880 ext. 109
In "Falling Behind," Sightline Institute finds that during the 1990s, a period in which the region was regarded as an epicenter of opportunity, the Northwest's economic security actually declined. Poverty rose; the unemployment rate surpassed the national average; and income disparities widened faster than in the rest of the country.
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