In testimony to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, EPI Research and Policy Director John Irons said the Recovery Act is creating and saving jobs. "The true impact of the Recovery Act," Irons said, "will be far greater than the sum total of recipient reports." READ MORE
EPI’s Spotlight on the Jobs Crisis highlights the widespread social and economic problems caused by several years of high unemployment and the need for more policy action to create jobs. READ MORE
A broad coalition including EPI, the AFL-CIO, Center for Community Change, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, NAACP and National Council of La Raza issues a statement on the need for more policy action to create jobs. READ MORE
An examination of the three competing health reform bills finds the House bill has the most sensible employer mandate. READ MORE
EPI President Lawrence Mishel says the recently announced White House summit to address the jobs crisis is "necessary and welcome." READ MORE
Pace of job loss slows in October, but unemployment keeps rising. READ MORE
EPI President Lawrence Mishel says October's unemployment rate should send an alarm that more help is needed. READ MORE
During a recent discussion with Vice President Joe Biden about the economic challenges of the middle class, EPI President Lawrence Mishel explained how economic policies had left so many people squeezed. READ MORE
EPI's Research and Policy Director John Irons addressed the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board November 2 on ways that a simpler, fairer tax policy could help promote economic growth. But he stressed that tax policy was not the only tool for doing so. READ MORE
EPI's new Web site offers exclusive data on the recession and the jobs crisis, nationwide and state by state. READ MORE
The economy’s newfound growth relies almost totally on the Recovery Act. And that’s just fine. READ MORE
The authors of an EPI book that proposes a new system for tying teacher pay to performance recently spoke on a panel at EPI about the benefits and challenges of the four-tiered pay structure they recommend. READ MORE
In an October 23 editorial for National Public Radio, EPI President Lawrence Mishel praised the Obama administration's plan to limit executive pay at firms that received bailout funds. READ MORE
Proposed tax on "Cadillac plans" could make health care less affordable for many Americans. READ MORE
During a September 30 panel discussion, economist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman explained why many common fears about federal budget deficit spending are unfounded and why further government investment would be good for the economy both today and in the future. READ MORE
As Recovery.gov prepares to post recipient reports on jobs created through Recovery Act investments, EPI’s Research and Policy Director John Irons cautions against reading too much into the data. The report will cover only a small fraction of the Recovery Act funding. READ MORE
"The question is not if the state should intervene in the market, but in whose interest," EPI Founding President and Distinguished Fellow Jeff Faux recently said during a speech in Santiago, Chile, describing one of the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis. Faux argued that a new system of regulation was needed but it may have to grow up from a grass roots level. READ MORE
Doug Hall, EPI's Director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN), discusses some highlights of EARN's annual conference last month in Detroit. READ MORE
Most Americans think the government’s economic policies have helped banks and large investment companies far more than average workers or small businesses. A new survey finds broad consensus that the Recovery Act has helped the economy “a little,” but even broader agreement that more needs to be done. READ MORE
Unemployment, now at 9.8%, has been on the rise for two and a half years. In its editorial, Wanted: Leadership on Jobs, The New York Times, cited many of the same concerns that EPI has been highlighting, such as long-term unemployment, and urged the federal government to invest more to create jobs. Along with the high official unemployment rate, the Times notes, more than half a million people dropped out of the work force last month. The employment rate, or the share of the population with a job, now stands at 58.8%, the lowest level in 25 years. READ MORE
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