Other candidates for board slots include Valerie Wilson, director of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy; Lisa Cook, a professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University; William Spriggs, chief economist at the AFL-CIO and Karen Dynan, a former top Treasury official under President Barack Obama and an economics professor at Harvard University.
Bloomberg
December 3, 2021
“They don’t have any fantastic policy tool available to them” to address the drivers of elevated inflation, said Josh Bivens, research director at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
Wall Street Journal
December 3, 2021
Home care workers make an average of under $14 an hour, or less than $30,000 a year, according to a new study from the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal group. Most of the workers are women, and many are of color.
The New York Times
December 3, 2021
C’est pourqoui Lawrence Mishel espère des changements en particulier des sanctions plus fortes, de l’administration Biden.
Alternatives Economiques
December 2, 2021
Dollar Tree’s decision to push higher costs onto consumers follows a growing trend of companies citing inflationary pressures in the economy to justify price hikes—even as they bring in record profits and lavishly reward their executives and shareholders. In 2020, according to a recent analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, CEOs made 351 times as much as a typical worker, and CEO pay has soared by 1,322% since 1978.
Common Dreams
November 24, 2021
Workers advocates, however, are still steadfastly against the measure. David Cooper, a senior analyst for the Economic Policy Institute (paywall).
Orlando Sentinel
November 24, 2021
Recently, there has been a resurgence of workers to form unions and gain the right to organize a union and bargain collectively to improve wages and working conditions. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 60 million people, or nearly half of all nonunion workers, say they want a union in their workplace. Yet only 12 percent of all workers are represented by unions.
Albany Times Union
November 24, 2021
Contrary to the parliamentarian’s ruling, however, reports by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and economists say that immigration reform does affect the budget significantly; not only would the proposal move the country’s immigration policies in a more humane direction, but it would also have significant and positive impacts on the economy, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Truthout
November 24, 2021
The representatives also contend that the Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough’s memorandum was issued despite “evidence to the contrary,” citing sources including the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute about the beneficial impact immigrants have on the U.S. economy.
Michigan Advance
November 24, 2021