Intelligent.com collected the data for this report from the National Center for Education Statistics, the United States Department of Labor, EducationData.org, and the Economic Policy Institute.
Intelligent.com
November 24, 2021
Fast forward 200-plus years and we find that working from home is making a vibrant renaissance with some panic-induced assistance from a virus. 4.7 million of us, according to the Economic Policy Institute, have the privilege of earning a paycheck by pecking at symbols atop a layer cake of integrated circuits; all while donning a bathrobe. (I happen to have one on at the moment).
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
November 24, 2021
The hospitality industry was one of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 3.5 million jobs lost in 2020, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute.
University of Central Florida
November 24, 2021
Features Josh discussing Jerome Powell’s nomination for Federal Reserve Chair.
Spectrum News
November 24, 2021
Black and Hispanic unemployment rates remain well above the rates of their white counterparts, according to an analysis by nonpartisan think tank, the Economic Policy Institute.
Axios
November 24, 2021
Terri Gerstein is the director of the State and Local Enforcement Project at the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program and a senior fellow at the Economic Policy Institute.
The American Prospect
November 24, 2021
Monique Morrissey is a staff economist at the Economic Policy Institute, where she focuses on retirement security, executive compensation, the Federal Reserve, and financial markets.
Common Dreams
November 24, 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 24, 2021
A study of the workforce released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) delineates 1979 as the point where significant changes started to accelerate a large chasm between workers and wages. Whereas the mid-20th century reflected a time of advances for working class Americans, “The decades since 1979 have been characterized by erosion of the minimum wage and overtime-pay standards, a decline in unionization and cultural and political acceptance of excessive executive pay.”
The Malibu Times
November 24, 2021
The Economic Policy Institute published a report last year that found Black children nationally are five times as likely as white children to attend schools that are highly segregated by race and ethnicity.
NC Policy Watch
November 24, 2021