Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute, adjunct professor of public policy at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and contributing editor of The American Prospect. He edits an "education page" on the Electronic Policy Network (http://epn.org).

Rothstein authored, with Karen Hawley Miles, Where's the Money Gone? Changes in the Level and Composition of Education Spending published by the Economic Policy Institute (1995). He co-edited, with Edith Rasell, School Choice: Examining the Evidence, also published by the Economic Policy Institute (1993).

In addition to education, he also researches international trade and labor standards, and is a founding member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. Prior to his work at the Economic Policy Institute, Rothstein was a program analyst for the Los Angeles School Board, a high school teacher, and union officer.

Rothstein welcomes comments and inquiries about his work, via e-mail to rothstei@oxy.edu .

Lawrence Mishel is the research director of the Economic Policy Institute. He is the author, with Jared Bernstein and John Schmitt, of The State of Working America, 1996-97, published by the Economic Policy Institute (1997), and has authored previous editions of The State of Working America. He is also author, with Ruy Texeira, of The Myth of the Coming Labor Shortage (EPI, 1990); and of Manufacturing Numbers (EPI, 1988). He edited, with Paula Voos, Unions and Economic Competitiveness (EPI, 1992).

Mishel holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin, and his articles have appeared in a variety of academic and non-academic journals. His areas of research are labor economics, wage and income distribution, industrial relations, productivity growth, and the economics of education.

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