A 2018 report by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute concluded that the benefits of regulations outweigh their costs by a 7-to-1 ratio, with a net gain to society of more than $100 billion per year, while a lack of “sensible regulations can lead to economic catastrophe and the loss of millions of jobs.”
The Atlantic
July 20, 2022
Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, laid out a hypothetical example: “Let’s say you had a little bit of bargaining power in the fall because employers had to work a little harder to attract and retain you, and maybe you got higher wages, maybe you got some kind of a signing bonus,” she said. “There’s nothing structural in our economy that makes that last permanently, or even in the medium term.”
Business Insider
July 20, 2022
According to a 2019 report by the Economic Policy Institute, “The teacher shortage is real, large and growing” not only in California, but at the national level. A study, published in 2016 by the Learning Policy Institute, predicted that “by 2020, an estimated 300,000 new teachers will be needed each year, and by 2025, that number will increase to 316,000.” A 2022 report by the same institute showed two-thirds of surveyed districts had more vacancies than before COVID-19.
San Jose Spotlight
July 20, 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the public teaching workforce appears to have shrunk by nearly 7%, according to the Economic Policy Institute. And a Rand Corp. survey last month found that about one-third of teachers and principals said they were likely to leave their current job by the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
Boston Herald
July 20, 2022
According to Accounting Today, many national groups are in support of the bill, including the Children’s Defense Fund, Public Citizen, the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the American Federation of Teachers, Americans for Tax Fairness, the Center for American Progress, the Center for Disability Rights, the Center for Economic and Policy Research, the Economic Policy Institute, the Institute for Policy Studies’ Program on Inequality, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the National Consumer Law Center and many more.
GoBanking Rates
July 20, 2022
In fact, the value of the federal minimum wage is at its lowest point since 1956, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. (paywall).
MarketWatch
July 20, 2022
A report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released last week finds that since the $7.25 an hour wage was established in 2009, its real value has declined 27 percent, bringing the value of the federal minimum wage to its lowest point in 66 years.
Truthout
July 20, 2022
Even before COVID, U.S. schools were struggling to fill open educator positions for over a decade: Between the 2008-09 and 2015-16 school years, the number of people graduating with education degrees decreased more than 15%, according to a recent Economic Policy Institute report.
Chalkbeat
July 20, 2022
According to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute, the value of the federal minimum wage has reached a historic low, as the consumer price index showed record inflation in the month of June.
Marketplace
July 20, 2022