A long and persistent middle-class squeeze
More than one-third of all income growth since 1989 has gone to the top one-tenth of 1% of all earners. Read more
- February 3, 2010
Analysis & Opinion
Budget reflects weakened economy, EPI analysis shows
The Obama administration released its fiscal year 2011 budget today, and its budget projections continue to reflect the poor state of the economy. Read more
- By John S. Irons February 1, 2010
Unions not an important impediment to removing ineffective teachers
On January 12, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, delivered a speech at the National Press Club calling for more thorough evaluation of teachers, and simplified due process rules for removing ineffective teachers. EPI Research Associate Richard Rothstein had the following response, originally posted at the National Journal web site, to the Weingarten speech: Read more
- By Richard Rothstein February 1, 2010
Tomorrow’s Recovery.gov Numbers Won’t Tell Whole Job Creation Story
On Saturday, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board will post additional data on the employment impact of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. When interpreting the headline Recovery.gov estimate, it is important to keep in mind that this number represents only a portion of the full jobs impact of the Recovery Act. Read more
- By John S. Irons January 29, 2010
Spending freeze could spell disaster
EPI President Lawrence Mishel says the proposed freeze on non-defense discretionary spending will make it harder to create the millions of new jobs that are badly needed. Read more
- By Lawrence Mishel January 27, 2010
Mishel outlines large-scale jobs creation effort required
During a Senate hearing on jobs creation, EPI President Lawrence Mishel said that policies to create jobs must be large enough to address the massive size of the current unemployment crisis. Read more
- January 25, 2010
Number of job seekers per job opening rises to 6.4 in November
Many more jobs needed to support a strong recovery. Read more
- By Heidi Shierholz January 12, 2010
One in four black, Hispanic workers is underemployed
Unemployment rate does not count millions of "involuntary part-time" workers. Read more
- By Andrea Orr January 8, 2010
EPI’s guide to health care reform
In the complex debate over health care reform, many key issues are often overlooked or misunderstood. Read more
- By Andrea Orr January 7, 2010
Exposing some health care urban legends
Support for the Senate's proposed 40% excise tax on higher cost health plans is based on the false assumption that expensive health care plans are lavish and a lack of understanding about all the other factors besides quality that drive up health care costs.
- January 6, 2010
How the jobs crisis creates an education crisis
Research shows that poverty has a negative impact on a child's performance in school and that children whose parents have experienced a layoff are more likely to be held back a grade. In a piece originally published in The National Journal, EPI Research Associate Richard Rothstein explores how America's children can benefit from policies to create jobs. Read more
- By Richard Rothstein January 4, 2010
Many highly profitable companies cut jobs in 2009
A review of the corporate layoffs of 2009 shows many were carried out at highly profitable businesses. Read more
- By Andrea Orr December 23, 2009
A bleak future for black children
Algernon Austin, director of EPI's program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy, discusses how persistent high unemployment for black workers will make it harder for black children to succeed in school and beyond. Read more
- By Algernon Austin December 16, 2009
Progress on immigration
EPI Vice President Ross Eisenbrey applauds new immigration reform legislation. Read more
- By Ross Eisenbrey December 15, 2009
EPI applauds Obama’s focus on jobs
President Obama's latest proposals for creating jobs include some of the same strategies outlined in EPI's American Jobs Plan. Read more
- By Lawrence Mishel December 8, 2009
Signs of healing in the labor market, though unemployment remains in double digits
November unemployment dips to 10%, but millions of jobs are still needed. Read more
- By Heidi Shierholz December 4, 2009
“We can’t afford not to act.”
EPI President Lawrence Mishel’s statement on the White House Jobs Summit. Read more
- By Lawrence Mishel December 3, 2009
Green jobs, with strings attached
Recovery Act investments should be used to create manufacturing jobs ... in the U.S. Read more
- By Owen E. Herrnstadt December 2, 2009
Teenage Jobs and Minimum Wage
Contrary to a popular argument, there is little evidence the recent minimum wage increase has contributed to declining teen employment. Read more
- By Heidi Shierholz November 25, 2009
Hungry on Thanksgiving
American families have less abundance to celebrate this Thanksgiving: A record number are struggling to put food on the table. Read more
- By Kathryn Edwards Anna Turner November 24, 2009
