A study this year by the Economic Policy Institute found that the cost of child care now exceeds the price of college tuition in 38 states and the District of Columbia.
Time Magazine
November 17, 2025
Why American worker productivity increased 62% from 1979 to 2020, while wages rose only 17.5%—and where that surplus value actually goes
SOURCES:
Economic Policy Institute productivity reports
Financial Data Guru (YouTube)
November 17, 2025
A study from the Economic Policy Institute showed that investments in public transportation not only drove down crime, but also reduced economic inequality.
November 17, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute estimates the average annual cost of infant care in Ohio is $17,071.
Richland Source
November 17, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute analysis of the August jobs report, job openings have been holding steady since July, but both hires and quits edged lower, while layoffs and discharges stayed about the same. [6] The low rate of hiring is similar to that right after the Great Recession.
MoneyWise
November 17, 2025
The European Central Bank, the IMF, the OECD and the European Commission, as well as the Economic Policy Institute and Groundwork Collaborative all published studies on how profits were driving inflation.
Forbes
November 17, 2025
Wages for public school teachers have stagnated in comparison to college graduates who chose other careers, resulting in an increasing teacher pay gap, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a research institute based in Washington, D.C.
Nationally, the pay gap reached a record high in 2024, when public school teachers earned 26.9% less than other professionals, according to the institute.
Capital News Service (Michigan)
November 17, 2025
Silicon Valley’s technology giants are consistently in the top 10 direct recipients of the visa, and also employ many H-1B workers through staffing companies that often pay below prevailing wages according to research by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. This year, Meta received 6,294 direct H-1B approvals, Google received 5,552, and Apple, 5,382, federal government data show.
East Bay Times
November 17, 2025
A living wage for a single person working a full-time job in the Chicago metro area is just under $24 per hour, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
USA Today
November 17, 2025
The most drastic drops were at stations in downtown D.C. or near other federal offices, where overall ridership in a few cases was cut by a third. The figures offer one concrete measure showing how the shutdown is rippling across a city where, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, roughly 1 in 8 workers are employed by the federal government.
The Washington Post
November 17, 2025