Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Ryan Young and Economic Policy Institute’s Robert Scott discussed the current state of supply chains and the larger implications of international trade
C-SPAN
December 13, 2021
It’s the latest example of the country’s growing CEO wage gap. In August, Washington D.C.-based think tank Economic Policy Institute estimated that CEO compensation had grown by 1,322% since 1978, compared to just 18% for overall compensation.
CNBC
December 13, 2021
As companies have pulled out all the stops to bring people back to work, the minimum wage continues to be a hot topic of conversation. The Economic Policy Institute notes several potential benefits of a $15 federal minimum wage, including an increase in wages for 59% of those below the poverty line.
GoBankingRates
December 13, 2021
In April 2020, the national unemployment rate reached its highest level on record. And the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) reports that as of October 2021, nearly 17 million workers had suffered some sort of economic setback resulting from the pandemic.
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2021
China flexed its economic muscles and used the WTO to its advantage, engaging in currency manipulation and using state subsidies to bolster its manufacturing sector, say critics. That’s given Beijing an unfair competitive edge, and has harmed U.S. industry. An analysis by the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute in January 2020 estimated that the U.S. trade deficit with China resulted in the loss of 3.7 million jobs from 2001-2018.
Politico
December 13, 2021
“Job openings and hires rose, as quits ticked down,” said Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
Marketplace
December 13, 2021
According to the Economic Policy Institute, HCL Technologies “appear to have been underpaid by at least $95 million.” Its analysis is based on a review of an internal HCL document that came to light as part of a “whistleblower lawsuit” against the firm, EPI added.
WRAL TechWire
December 13, 2021
Our friends over at the Economic Policy Institute view the November numbers as a temporary blip, and project that the economy is on track to add a total of well over 6.5 million jobs by the end of 2021 and a full recovery by the end of 2022. That’s also a credit to the Biden program.
The American Prospect
December 13, 2021
But even with a smaller-than-expected number for November, job gains this year have totaled more than 6 million, “putting us well on track for a full recovery by the end of 2022,” according to Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute
CNN Business
December 13, 2021
“The pace of recovery is still uneven. This was one month where we did see a significant drop in unemployment rates for Black women in particular,” said Valerie Wilson, a director at the Economic Policy Institute. “Otherwise, we continue to see the known and established disparities in unemployment rates.”
CNBC
December 13, 2021