Isaac Shapiro
Research Associate
Areas of expertise
Regulation • Labor policy • Poverty and income trends • Tax policy
Biography
Isaac Shapiro joined EPI in 2011 to direct work examining the economic effects of government regulation. He previously worked for nearly two decades at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, where his national policy research concentrated on working poor, income distribution, and tax issues, and where he assisted in the coordination and development of the Center’s research agenda. Shapiro also founded the Center’s International Budget Project. Shapiro has worked as a senior adviser at the Save Darfur Coalition, as special assistant to U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, and for a Member of Congress. He is the author of numerous reports, articles, and op-ed pieces, and is the co-author of two books, Working But Poor: America’s Contradiction, and Protecting American Workers. He also edited A Guide to Budget Work for NGOs.
Education
MPP, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
BA, Washington University
Publications by Isaac Shapiro
Blog
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May 1, 2013 | Will Apple follow in Nike’s failed footsteps?
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April 24, 2013 | $100 billion to Apple shareholders, any to Apple workers?
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Feb. 26, 2013 | New Investigation Finds Alarming Conditions at Three Apple Suppliers
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Jan. 16, 2013 | Apple’s own data reveal 120,000 supply-chain employees worked excessive hours in November
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Jan. 9, 2013 | NYT story emphasizes Apple’s positive statements, obscures ongoing labor abuses
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Dec. 20, 2012 | French investigative report adds to concerns that conditions faced by iPhone 5 workers remain dire
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Oct. 11, 2012 | Romney budget hides nearly $9 trillion of painful consequences
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Sept. 25, 2012 | Nearly four years in, what do cost-benefit data show for the major Obama EPA rules, and what do they imply for the economy?
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Sept. 24, 2012 | Foxconn riot, strikes, coerced student labor, and more: All’s not well with iPhone 5 production
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Sept. 20, 2012 | New evidence of disturbing working conditions in iPhone production
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Sept. 20, 2012 | Majority of elderly households fall into category maligned by Romney
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Aug. 24, 2012 | Apple in China: Failing to make good on its commitment?
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Aug. 6, 2012 | Investment, employment trends belie claims that regulation and ‘too much government’ impede recovery
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June 29, 2012 | Foxconn is no exception: New report finds labor violations common throughout Apple’s supply chain
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May 1, 2012 | Apple’s executive pay, profits, and cash balance show ability to assist its factory workers
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March 22, 2012 | Report to Congress confirms large benefits, modest costs of new EPA rules
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Feb. 16, 2012 | CBO, CRS, EPI find toxics and other EPA rules have benign economic effects
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Feb. 2, 2012 | Obama’s SOTU claim is right: Regulations can improve the free market
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Jan. 31, 2012 | Record low capacity utilization in electric sector inconsistent with “regulations kill jobs” mantra
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Dec. 6, 2011 | What David Brooks gets right – regulations aren’t tanking the economy – and what he misses
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Nov. 28, 2011 | Getting the economic facts right during the House regulatory debate
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Nov. 17, 2011 | Bad regulatory diagnosis leads to wrong legislative cure
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Nov. 14, 2011 | The timing is right for construction-related environmental jobs
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Nov. 10, 2011 | Economic benefits from two fuel standard rules alone offset much of modest compliance cost of all Obama EPA rules
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Sept. 20, 2011 | EPA and the economy: Much ado about 0.1 percent
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Sept. 12, 2011 | Obama’s ‘billion-dollar’ rules could provide annual benefits approaching $200 billion
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Sept. 6, 2011 | Business economists differ from House orthodoxy on regulation, uncertainty, and tax hikes
Report
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Nov. 8, 2012 | Polishing Apple: Fair Labor Association gives Foxconn and Apple undue credit for labor rights progress
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Nov. 22, 2011 | A quick guide to EPI’s research on the costs and benefits of regulations
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Nov. 22, 2011 | A quick guide to the evidence on regulations and jobs
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Sept. 19, 2011 | The combined effect of the Obama EPA rules
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Aug. 18, 2011 | Crain and Crain’s OSHA cost estimates are way off base
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Aug. 5, 2011 | The facts support raising revenues from the highest-income households
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July 6, 2011 | Historically deep job loss, but not an unusual recovery
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May 31, 2011 | Tallying up the impact of new EPA rules
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April 12, 2011 | Regulation, employment, and the economy: Fears of job loss are overblown
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March 9, 2011 | An Unmistakable Pattern: New government reports underscore that the benefits of regulations far exceed the costs
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Aug. 30, 2006 | Nine Years of Neglect: Federal Minimum Wage Remains Unchanged for Ninth Straight Year, Falls to Lowest Level in More than Half a Century
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June 20, 2006 | Buying Power of Minimum Wage at 51-year low: Congress Could Break Record for Longest Period Without
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Feb. 16, 2005 | The Lukewarm 2004 Labor Market: Despite Some Signs of Improvement, Wages Fell, Job Growth Lagged, and Unemployment Spells Remained Long
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Feb. 12, 2004 | Missing the moving target
Economic snapshot
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May 15, 2013 | Apple cash may grow despite return program
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Aug. 8, 2012 | Government regulation isn’t impeding the recovery
Commentary
March 20, 2013 | $45+ billion for Apple shareholders, nothing yet for Apple workers
Feb. 12, 2013 | Apple’s self-reporting on suppliers’ labor practices shows violations remain common: Mixed results on labor and human rights, no overall progress in health and safety
April 30, 2012 | Comparing the pay of Apple’s top executives to the pay of the workers making its products
April 20, 2012 | Prospects for improved working conditions for Apple workers: Lessons from the EPI panel
April 1, 2011 | The economic—and other—benefits of regulations