The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute has said that if the country were to boost the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, workers would receive over $108 billion in additional pay and earnings would rise for 1 in 3 Black workers.
MarketWatch
July 1, 2022
When economists and policymakers look to study previous recessions, they will be using dates that “don’t necessarily represent the full breadth of experiences in this country,” said Valerie Wilson, who is director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy as well as president of the National Economic Association. “More diversity on the committee will bring in perspectives and other ideas about how we understand the health of the economy.”
CNN Business
July 1, 2022
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks to Josh Bivens from the Economic Policy Institute about what’s really behind high prices and supply issues contributing to inflation.
NPR All Things Considered
July 1, 2022
This, too, must be reformed. To understand more, we shall turn to New York State. In an interview with Policy Reform Now, David Cooper, director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network at the Economic Policy Institute, described the pioneering example of the Empire State’s minimum wage law.
Policy Reform Now
July 1, 2022
“Esta decisión causará un dolor económico inmediato en 26 estados donde es más probable que se prohíba el aborto y donde las personas ya enfrentan salarios más bajos, menos poder de los trabajadores y acceso limitado a la atención médica”, dijo Heidi Shierholz, presidenta del Instituto de Política Económica, en un comunicado.
La Opinion
July 1, 2022
Others say abortion access is an “economic right” for women. “Access to abortion and abortion services can have powerful impacts on abortion patients’ economic outcomes, including what kinds of jobs they can and cannot take, educational attainment, chances of being in poverty and financial distress, and so much more,” said Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank.
MarketWatch
July 1, 2022
“Abortion rights are economic rights, and this decision means the loss of economic security, independence, and mobility for abortion seekers,” Heidi Shierholz, president of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, said in a statement on Friday.
New York Times
July 1, 2022
“Abortion rights are economic rights, and this decision means the loss of economic security, independence, and mobility for abortion seekers. Low- and middle-income people, especially Black and Brown women, will bear the brunt of the impact,” Heidi Shierholz, the president of the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, said Friday.
MarketWatch
July 1, 2022
“This decision will cause immediate economic pain in 26 states where abortion bans are most likely and where people already face lower wages, less worker power, and limited access to health care,” said Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, in a statement released Friday. “The fall of Roe will be an additional economic barricade.”
CNN Business
July 1, 2022
“Abortion rights are economic rights,” said Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute. “This decision means the loss of economic security, independence, and mobility for abortion seekers,” she said, which will impact women of color the most.
Reuters
July 1, 2022