Q&A: Labor economist says Wisconsin’s infrastructure at risk

The study of economics has been derisively called the ?dismal science? since the mid-19th century. But no one would describe labor economist Laura Dresser, associate director of the UW-Madison?s Center on Wisconsin Strategy, as dismal ? even if the statistics she produces these days aren?t particularly cheerful. Dresser?s work at COWS focuses not just on the numbers but on providing policy ideas to help close the ever-widening wealth gap in the U.S.