Ross Eisenbrey
September 2, 2011
EPI Vice President Ross Eisenbrey, Jared Bernstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities senior fellow, and Mary Filardo, Executive Director of the 21st Century School Fund, detail the benefits of fixing America’s crumbling schools while addressing the nation’s jobs crisis.
Richard Rothstein
August 29, 2011
In this commentary, EPI research associate Richard Rothstein reviews Steven Brill's new book Class Warfare and analyzes current education reform policies.
August 22, 2011
These public comments by labor law expert Ellen Dannin explain why the proposed amendments should be approved.
Daniel Costa
Ross Eisenbrey
August 17, 2011
EPI supports the actions of hundreds of foreign student guestworkers in the J-1 visa program who are protesting abusive conditions by the Hershey and Exel companies in Pennsylvania.
Lawrence Mishel
August 12, 2011
In this commentary for "The American Prospect," EPI President Lawrence Mishel offers policy advice and solutions to our economic problems.
August 11, 2011
In a new proposal released today, the 21st Century School Fund, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and EPI propose the enactment of a new program, Fix America’s Schools Today, designed to fund the maintenance and repair of public schools in the United States.
August 10, 2011
EPI President Lawrence Mishel says Rep. Schakowsky's proposed jobs legislation will deliver real benefits to American families and communities.
John S. Irons
August 1, 2011
The agreement to raise the debt ceiling just announced by policymakers in Washington not only erodes funding for public investments and safety-net spending, but also misses an important opportunity to address the lack of jobs in the labor market.
Lawrence Mishel
August 1, 2011
In this statement, Lawrence Mishel says we should end the need to legislatively raise the debt ceiling since debt decisions are already made when budget bills are passed, and instead, hold our elected officials accountable for their budget decisions.
Andrew Fieldhouse
July 29, 2011
While Congress frantically debated an eleventh hour resolution to an artificial crisis of epic proportions, the real crisis in the labor market went ignored—and is about to be amplified by bad policy choices.
Rebecca Thiess
John S. Irons
July 28, 2011
With the United States inching closer to the Aug. 2 deadline for Congress to approve a debt limit increase, EPI's Rebecca Thiess and John Irons raise a handful of important points to keep in mind.
Ethan Pollack
July 28, 2011
EPI's Ethan Pollack analyzes the House Speaker's proposal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for massive spending cuts and finds that the flawed plan would slash the non-defense discretionary budget, which houses 95% of all non-defense public investments.
July 19, 2011
In a letter released publicly to President Obama and Congress on Tuesday, a group of renowned economists outlined the reasons why a balanced budget requirement into the Constitution is "very unsound policy."
Ross Eisenbrey
July 18, 2011
In this commentary, EPI Vice president Ross Eisenbrey explains the legal basis for the National Labor Relations Board's complaint against the Boeing corporation.
July 12, 2011
EPI's research on proposed changes to Social Security demonstrates why President Obama should reconsider his willingness to put one of America's most valuable safety nets on the bargaining table.
Elise Gould
July 6, 2011
Elise Gould, EPI's director of health policy research, lauds the state for passing legislation that provides cost-effective benefits for workers and their families.
June 29, 2011
In this letter organized by the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for American Progress, 235 world-renowned economists call on Congress to raise debt limit.
Andrew Fieldhouse
June 27, 2011
In this commentary, EPI Federal Budget Policy Analyst Andrew Fieldhouse outlines the potential benefits of Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison's Put America to Work Act.
John S. Irons
June 24, 2011
In this commentary, EPI Research and Policy Director John Irons explains why the debt ceiling debate ignores economic realities and the need for more jobs.
John S. Irons
Andrew Fieldhouse
June 23, 2011
In this editorial, EPI's John Irons and Andrew Fieldhouse explain how more fiscal support -- a payroll tax cut, or even better, increased infrastructure investment -- would help to ease the country's jobs crisis. They stress that economic policy must be focused on job creation, not on cutting spending or reducing the deficit, which will reduce employment.
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