New research from the Economic Policy Institute found that, over the last 40 years, wages have grown 160 percent for the top 1 percent of earners in the U.S., so those making about $500,000 a year or more. Meanwhile, those in the bottom 90 percent of earners only saw wages grow by 26 percent.
Women's Wear Daily
December 21, 2020
The move online has in many cases worsened existing socioeconomic achievement gaps as well, since online learning works only when students have consistent internet access and home support, according to research compiled by the Economic Policy Institute and others.
Politifact
December 21, 2020
24/7 Wall St. reviewed March 2018 cost of living estimates, adjusted for inflation, from financial think tank the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator. The estimates are of the costs needed for a family of two (two adults and no children) to lead a “modest yet adequate standard of living.”
24/7 Wall St.
December 21, 2020
In the four decades since inequality started growing (1979-2019), the “bottom 90 percent” saw wages grow 26 percent while the top 1 percent saw their wages grow 160 percent, according to a new Economic Policy Institute report. And for the tippy-top 0.1 percent, annual wages increased 345.2 percent.
The Western News
December 21, 2020
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) provides in-depth analysis of ag labor investigations over the past twenty years. The Federal Labor Standards Enforcement in Agriculture report notes that a vast majority of investigations uncovered labor violations. A relatively low number of problematic employers were responsible for a large share of the overall number of violations that were cited. The authors of the report also highlight areas of concern and offer solutions to help protect farmworkers moving forward.
Agnet West
December 21, 2020
A glimmer of hope lies in the fact that the Council of Economic Advisor leans somewhat left and is also labor centered, with the nominated chair, Cecilia Rouse, a Princeton University labor economist.
The others, Jared Bernstein and Heather Boushey, have past relationships with the Economic Policy Institute, a worker focused think tank in DC (I serve on their board). It is also hopeful that Janet Yellen has been nominated as Treasury Secretary. She is worker-focused and the first woman to hold the posy.
Daytona Times
December 21, 2020
Según el Economic Policy Institute, esta subida, cuando llegue, será una buena noticia para cada vez menos trabajadores. Solo el 5% de los empleados del país cobraban en 2019 menos de $9 la hora.
El Diario
December 21, 2020
“The current provisions being talked about in the package would probably only provide about a fifth as much boost to job growth as needed, for Georgia call it 30,000 jobs created or saved,” said economist Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute. “They’re leaving a lot on the table.”
Atlanta Journal Constitution
December 21, 2020
The economy is expected to rebound strongly next year once vaccines make it safer to be out and about, he said, so there’s less of a need for the $2 trillion or more that some economists, like those at the Economic Policy Institute here, have called for.
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Economists overall are less enthusiastic about the $284 billion in paycheck protection loans, the biggest chunk of the package’s $325 billion in aid to small businesses. Research on the $525 billion distributed under the program first created in March shows it “is pretty inefficient both as relief and as recovery,” said Josh Bivens, director of research at the Economic Policy Institute.
Reuters
December 21, 2020
“Lo que más podría ayudar a los hispanos sería lo que ayudaría a cualquier otro trabajador”, expresó Daniel Costa, experto en asuntos laborales del Economic Policy Institute, refiriéndose a la aprobación de una ley que suministre ayuda económica y otorgue permiso de trabajo a inmigrantes que se desempeñan en tareas esenciales.
Associated Press
December 21, 2020