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• Toyota Agrees to Pay $180 Million for Clean Air Act Reporting Noncompliance

  According to Robert Scott of the Economic Policy Institute, if we could revalue our currency, “the U.S. trade deficit could be reduced by $200 to $500 billion, raising demand for U.S. exports (which are dominated by manufactured goods). Stopping currency manipulation and revaluing the dollar could create 2 to 5 million jobs”.

  Industry Week January 15, 2021
• Under Donald Trump’s Watch, the National Debt Increased by $7.8 Trillion

  “As always, there are some who seem more concerned about the rise in federal budget deficits and public debt than by the rise in joblessness and losses of income generated by the shock,” Josh Bivens, director of research, at the Economic Policy Institute, wrote in a blog post. “But prioritizing the restraint of debt in coming years over the restoration of pre-crisis unemployment rates is bad economics,” Bivens added.

  Newsweek January 15, 2021
• Unemployment Claims Rise Sharply, Showing New Economic Pain

  And the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning research group, says the number of workers displaced by the pandemic is far higher than the 10.7 million officially counted as unemployed in December. By the institute’s calculation, after adjusting for misclassification and undercounting and factoring in those considered to have quit the labor force, 26.8 million workers are jobless or have seen a drop in hours and pay because of the pandemic.

  New York Times January 15, 2021
• Young Change Makers: How Hannah Wen from Smarts & Arts, Reach for the Stars Is Helping To Make A Difference In Our World

  Additionally, the pandemic has also significantly impacted education. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the economic shocks following this economic recession and multiple natural disasters, such as Hurricane Zeta, have led to extreme cuts in education budgets. This shows detrimental effects on education outcomes and test scores. To uplift children and reduce educational inequities, a three-step course was created to help by reliving, recovering, and rebuilding our community.

  Medium January 15, 2021
• Toyota Agrees to Pay $180 Million for Clean Air Act Reporting Noncompliance

  According to Robert Scott of the Economic Policy Institute, if we could revalue our currency, “the U.S. trade deficit could be reduced by $200 to $500 billion, raising demand for U.S. exports (which are dominated by manufactured goods). Stopping currency manipulation and revaluing the dollar could create 2 to 5 million jobs”.

  Industry Week January 15, 2021
• Under Donald Trump’s Watch, the National Debt Increased by $7.8 Trillion

  “As always, there are some who seem more concerned about the rise in federal budget deficits and public debt than by the rise in joblessness and losses of income generated by the shock,” Josh Bivens, director of research, at the Economic Policy Institute, wrote in a blog post. “But prioritizing the restraint of debt in coming years over the restoration of pre-crisis unemployment rates is bad economics,” Bivens added.

  Newsweek January 15, 2021
• Unemployment Claims Rise Sharply, Showing New Economic Pain

  And the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning research group, says the number of workers displaced by the pandemic is far higher than the 10.7 million officially counted as unemployed in December. By the institute’s calculation, after adjusting for misclassification and undercounting and factoring in those considered to have quit the labor force, 26.8 million workers are jobless or have seen a drop in hours and pay because of the pandemic.

  New York Times January 15, 2021
• Young Change Makers: How Hannah Wen from Smarts & Arts, Reach for the Stars Is Helping To Make A Difference In Our World

  Additionally, the pandemic has also significantly impacted education. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the economic shocks following this economic recession and multiple natural disasters, such as Hurricane Zeta, have led to extreme cuts in education budgets. This shows detrimental effects on education outcomes and test scores. To uplift children and reduce educational inequities, a three-step course was created to help by reliving, recovering, and rebuilding our community.

  Medium January 15, 2021
• ‘The economy is facing a long, slow recovery’: There are 16 unemployed American workers for every 10 job openings

  This increase was described Tuesday as “troubling” by the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank. “The latest congressional relief bill is an important step toward addressing some of this pain, but it is not at the scale of the problem. I’m hopeful that more relief measures are on the horizon for increasingly desperate workers and their families. Senate Republicans forced the December bill to be far too small,” said Elise Gould, senior economist at the EPI.

  Market Watch January 14, 2021
• Four women seek release from forced arbitration to sue Infosys for widespread gender discrimination

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, a non-profit policy think tank supported in part by labor unions, more than half of non-union private sector workers are subject to mandatory arbitration agreements. That’s about twice the percentage seen two decades ago.

  The Register January 14, 2021