According to the Economic Policy Institute, infant care alone costs about $10,000 in Florida and about $16,000 for both an infant and a 4-year-old. The organization estimates that for the typical Florida family, that’s 30 percent of the household income.
Spectrum News
November 24, 2021
The analyses are the first in a series of annual reports planned from the Minneapolis Fed through 2028, and they’ve already garnered pushback from advocates for the $15 minimum wage. A written critique published by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank based in Washington, D.C., calls the Minneapolis changes in employment “implausibly large” and likely attributable to other factors, given that the Minneapolis minimum wage last year increased by only 75 cents at small employers and $1 at large employers.
TwinCities.com
November 24, 2021
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said last month that Biden “absolutely” wanted to bring the minimum wage up to $15 and that he thought it was “long overdue.” In January, the Economic Policy Institute found that 32 million workers would benefit from a federal minimum wage of $15 an hour. That included one-third of Black workers.
Business Insider
November 24, 2021
Immigrants without authorization typically take these jobs because they have the fewest options, Daniel Costa, the director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, told Insider.
Business Insider
November 24, 2021
Jeff Faux, founding president and now distinguished fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, is the author of ‘The Servant Economy’ and ‘The Global Class War.’
The American Prospect
November 23, 2021
Those people, by the way, certainly wouldn’t be able to afford to provide care for their own loved ones. Home health care workers, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found in a new report, make on average $13.18 an hour, about half what the average U.S. worker is paid. That’s slightly better than a child care worker, who makes on average $13.50 an hour. Just under 26% of home care workers have employer-sponsored health benefits; only 20.7% of child care workers do. Despite the fact that children are our future, we don’t really care about them, either.
Daily Kos
November 23, 2021
Immigrants without authorization typically take these jobs because they have the fewest options, Daniel Costa, the director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, told Insider.
Business Insider
November 23, 2021
Features Josh discussing Jerome Powell’s nomination for Federal Reserve Chair.
Spectrum News
November 23, 2021
Since China joined the WTO, the number of jobs in the U.S. manufacturing industry has been decreasing. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the trade deficit with China cost about 2.7 million jobs between 2001 and 2011, including manufacturing and other industries.
The BL
November 22, 2021