Overall, the number of Americans who said they weren’t working for a variety of reasons fell by 5 million to 102 million in the latest Census survey, a promising sign, said Elise Gould, senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. Returning to work typically lags a decline in case counts because many people have to stay home for a few days after testing positive.
CNN
February 25, 2022
The report’s findings align with earlier accounts of soaring executive compensation during the pandemic. According to the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, CEO pay skyrocketed nearly 19% in 2020 compared to a roughly 4% increase for the average US worker.
Business Insider
February 25, 2022
With an average cost of more than $15,000 for infant child care a year, according to the Economic Policy Institute, child care in New York is expensive and unaffordable for many families. But, there is a proposal to invest in childcare and it could help lift 80,000 New Yorkers out of poverty, based on an analysis from Columbia University and Robin Hood.
News 10
February 25, 2022
There is not a one-size-fits-all method for minimum wage. The numbers obviously vary, sometimes significantly, state-by-state, and even within individual jurisdictions within a state. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) says that 40 localities in the U.S. have set minimum wages higher than their state’s minimum wage.
Click on Detroit
February 25, 2022
A 2019 study by the Economic Policy Institute estimated that employers spend $340 million annually on union-avoidance firms. Starbucks, for example, currently retains counsel from Littler Mendelson, P.C., the law firm with the largest union-avoidance practice in the U.S.
Fortune
February 25, 2022
“This activity is occurring despite the obstacles current labor law poses to workers to effectively engage in their fundamental right to strike,” Margaret Poydock, a policy analyst and government affairs specialist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, said in a statement. “Crucial reforms like the PRO Act would strengthen the right to strike and help ensure that workers have the leverage they need to secure their share of economic growth during the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.”
Business Insider
February 25, 2022
Rachel Greszler and Heidi Shierholz talked about the U.S. economy and the Biden administration’s economic policies.
C-SPAN Washington Journal
February 25, 2022
For Black families, particularly those dealing with the weight of poverty, threatening situations are plentiful. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 64 percent of Black children have been exposed to one or more frightening or threatening experiences, while only 48 percent of white children are.
Nonprofit Quarterly
February 25, 2022
Another problem for Democrats is geography: Progressive activists form a consistent critical mass only in deep-blue cities or states — which limits their ability to win over moderate voters in other parts of the country. Universities and progressive think tanks like the Roosevelt Institute and Economic Policy Institute abound with innovative ideas about how to narrow the income gap, expand and lower the cost of health care, craft a Green New Deal, curb the power of Amazon and its corporate ilk. But their plans lie fallow without a well-organized constituency of working-class Americans that can elect enough politicians to turn them into law.
New York Times
February 25, 2022