Pelosi ought to be organizing economic history seminars for her caucus with people like Cecilia Rouse, Heather Boushey, and Jared Bernstein of the Council of Economic Advisers, and outside experts like Damon Silvers of the AFL-CIO and Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute, and a whole bunch of people who can make sure that House Democrats know this history.
New Republic
November 12, 2021
More than half of all workers who vote to form a union are still without a collective bargaining agreement a year later, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank.
Associated Press
November 12, 2021
“With these welcome gains on top of significant improvements early in the summer, the recovery appears to be getting back on track,” said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. “That said, significant job shortfalls remain, especially in leisure and hospitality as well as both private and public sector education employment.”
Sinclair Broadcast Group
November 12, 2021
The Illinois Economic Policy Institute’s report, which comes just days after the passage of a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, detailed I-290’s current infrastructure needs and examined the safety concerns, congestion problems and economic impact project.
The Chicago Sun Times
November 12, 2021
Caroline Hyde, Romaine Bostick & Taylor Riggs bring the news and analysis you may have missed after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today’s show tackles the jobs report Guests Today: Elise Gould of Economic Policy Institute, Christian Smalls of the Amazon Labor Union.
Bloomberg TV
November 10, 2021
Meanwhile, the United States, like all nations, is struggling to recover from job losses, income losses and business losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, the Economic Policy Institute reported that a $2 trillion-dollar investment in clean energy, energy efficiency, and infrastructure in various states would help economies recover and rebuild in ways that do not exacerbate climate change. Clean-energy investments would generate, for example:
Florida Phoenix
November 5, 2021
Myth No. 1: the productivity/pay gap. Progressives, including at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, assert that the gap between productivity and inflation-adjusted hourly compensation has been widening since the mid-1970s. However, this calculation deflates hourly compensation with the consumer price index, which long has been recognized as upwardly biased. Doing so weighs misleadingly on real hourly compensation. The gap narrows using the personal consumption expenditures deflator, a more accurate measure of consumer prices.
Barron’s
November 5, 2021
At the same time, anywhere from 36 million to 60 million Americans are subject to noncompete agreements, according to an Economic Policy Institute estimate. Noncompete agreements prohibit employees from going to work for a competitor within a certain time frame after leaving their job. Specific circumstances vary by contract, but generally, a noncompete is still valid even if an employee is fired from their job.
The Washington Examiner
November 5, 2021
“Some places have gone to try out what it means to actually be a high-road employer,” Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, said. “Reduced turnover, higher productivity, higher morale — through all that stuff you recoup the cost of the increased pay.”
VOX
November 5, 2021
The Economic Policy Institute argues that the “unceasing growth of wage inequality that undercuts wage growth for the bottom 90% reaffirms the need to place generating robust wage growth for the vast majority and worker power at the center of economic policymaking.”
The Collegian
November 5, 2021