Rothstein, a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute, has documented a lengthy list of historical examples which suggest that housing segregation was not only intentional, but that it still remains at the heart of so many racially oriented disparities within our nation: education, income, health and more.
Mountain View Voice
July 1, 2020
The growth of the U.S. trade deficit with China since 2001, when U.S. policymakers first approved China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), is responsible for the loss of 3.7 million U.S. jobs, according to a January study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). An estimated 67,400 of those displaced jobs were from Washington.
Cascadia Weekly
July 1, 2020
Meanwhile millions of Americans have lost their jobs as a result of businesses closing due to the pandemic. In early June, it was reported that nearly 43 million people had filed for unemployment in the US during April and May. That equates to roughly one in four American workers. A survey from the Economic Policy Institute in April estimated that figure is lower than the true number of Americans out of work: Millions more people could have filed if unemployment processes were easier.
CNET
July 1, 2020
According to CBS News, citing the Economic Policy Institute, California has more than 3 million workers claiming unemployment benefits, with another 1.8 million in New York and more than 2 million in Pa.
PennLive
July 1, 2020
Some have argued those generous benefits will keep people from seeking new jobs. But extending the $600 unemployment benefit would mean that Americans would have more money to spend in stores, and that could ultimately lead to lower unemployment (link), Heidi Shierholz, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think-tank based in Washington, D.C., said.
“It’s not true that there’s a pool of jobs out there that people would fill if they weren’t receiving unemployment benefits,” she said.
MarketWatch
July 1, 2020
Josh Bivens, director of research at the Economic Policy Institute argued in favor of the bonus unemployment by pointing out “When the economy’s growth is demand-constrained, anything that keeps households from cutting back on spending actually supports growth,” he said. “Cutting off a policy support that helps households maintain spending is a terrible idea, both for these households’ welfare and for macroeconomic stabilization.”
Jewish Voice
July 1, 2020
Economists are split over the value of such a break. “Refundable payroll tax credits that are used for PPE or other protections for consumers and workers seems sensible to me,” said Josh Bivens, director of research at the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal research group.
Herald-Sun
July 1, 2020
About 2.2 million people are domestic workers in the United States, many informally employed as cleaners, nannies and home carers, ineligible for jobless benefits or sick pay, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) think-tank.
Thomson Reuters Foundation News
July 1, 2020
According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), people of color — which includes Blacks, Latinos, and Asians, account for 43% of all essential workers, even though they make up only 39.1% of the population.
Yahoo Finance
July 1, 2020
According To Economic Policy Institute, Between 1993 And 2000, NAFTA Was Responsible For 766,030 Jobs Lost In The United States. ( Economic Policy Institute , 04/10/01)
Public
July 1, 2020