The first supposed end of globalization was the financial crisis of 2008. Then, in 2016, it was the Brexit referendum, which the Economic Policy Institute suggested could be “the end of globalization as we know it.”
The Washington Post
April 8, 2026
Even if an actor were to make $1,300 a week for 52 weeks, their gross annual income would be $67,600, well below the $72,551 needed to adequately support one adult with no children in D.C. as estimated by the Economic Policy Institute Family Budget Calculator
Washington City Paper
April 6, 2026
Celine McNicholas, director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute, agreed that Trump’s budget requests have become “increasingly ridiculous.”
“They no longer represent a reasonable starting place for budget negotiations,” she said. “Still, they do represent a statement of values—and a serious statement of this administration’s position. Positions can be both serious and ridiculous.”
Bloomberg Law
April 6, 2026
“It seems like, one, that was used for smuggling contraband,” said Adam Hersh, a Washington, D.C., economist who formerly worked at the Economic Policy Institutethink tank, “so they have cracked down on that a lot, not just drugs, but other things. Two, the big Chinese retail companies that do direct shipping avoid paying tariffs, or other companies like if you trade on the Amazon marketplace to import it and warehouse in the U.S., the Temus and Sheins and things like that, were big beneficiaries of de minimis.”
Detroit News
April 6, 2026
EVENT: The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) holds a virtual State of Working America Q1 Economic Briefing, beginning at 1 p.m.
Associated Press Daybook
April 6, 2026
Sources:
- Economic Policy Institute. “How Not to Stimulate the Economy.“
Investopedia
April 6, 2026
A study by the Economic Policy Institute found an 18% pay gap between men and women in Missouri on average. The head of a non-profit group in Missouri, which aims to improve economic opportunities for women, says the percentage is not surprising. Wendy Doyle of United We of Missouri spoke with Sue Danielson.
KFEQ Radio
April 6, 2026
The inability to earn a decent wage can result in adverse knock-on effects later in life. In the U.S., which ranks 23rd in the World Happiness Report, women are more likely than men to face poverty, especially as they age: 17 percent of women between the ages of 70 and 79 — and 22 percent of women 80 and older — live in poverty, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. Men in these age groups experience poverty at a rate of 11 percent and 17 percent, respectively.
The Keene Sentinel
April 6, 2026