“Workers who apply often do not receive jobs, and nobody is really checking to see if applications are coming in,” according to The American Prospect. “The system isn’t set up to prove that there’s a labor shortage of U.S. workers,” Daniel Costa, an attorney with the Economic Policy Institute who tracks the H-2A program, told the outlet.
Fast Company
October 9, 2025
Traditional retirement structures are also shifting. Fewer workers have access to defined benefit pensions (Cornell), and Social Security typically replaces only about 40% of pre-retirement income — roughly half of what most retirees need (Economic Policy Institute).
Housing Wire
October 9, 2025
Two-thirds of the approximately 600,000 H-1B workers are employed in computer-related or information technology firms, according to the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute. Despite clarification that the fee only applies to new applicants, Trump’s proclamation is expected to be challenged in the courts. The new fee effectively ends the H-1B category, the Cato Institute noted in a critique published on its website last month.
Global Finance Magazine
October 9, 2025
“What’s unique about the current moment is that so much of the damage is self-inflicted,” Valerie Rawlston Wilson, director of the program on race, ethnicity, and the economy at the Economic Policy Institute, told Investopedia. “Massive cuts to the federal workforce, historically high and broad tariffs, and mass deportations are all policy changes that happened quickly and in a highly chaotic way, creating an environment of uncertainty that dampens economic growth.”
Investopedia
October 9, 2025
“Bloomberg Markets” follows the market moves across every global asset class and discusses the biggest issues for Wall Street. Today’s guest: Economic Policy Institute President Heidi Shierholz.
Bloomberg TV
October 8, 2025
Citing data from the U.S. Census and the Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) Family Budget Calculator, the report notes that the median monthly expenses in Pueblo County are about $1,083 for housing and $608 for food, while median monthly taxes in Pueblo County are $612.
Pueblo Chieftain
October 8, 2025
Minnesota ranks third nationally for the cost of child care, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C., think tank. Parents pay more than $22,000 a year, on average for infant care, and as much as $40,000 a year for an infant and a toddler.
Sahan Journal
October 8, 2025
Estimates from the Economic Policy Institute — a liberal-leaning research group that has supported unemployment pay during strikes — suggest that such a policy would increase unemployment payouts by only about a tenth of a percent, based on current strike rates.
PennLive
October 8, 2025
Labor advocates have voiced caution based on the H-2B visa program, which serves seasonal industries.
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) reports that wages certified for H-2B workers were up to 24.7 percent lower than national averages for comparable jobs, and that employers in major H-2B industries collectively committed more than $2.2 billion in wage-theft violations between 2000 and 2024.
Roofing Contractor
October 8, 2025
“The bill is designed to cause a shocking upward redistribution of income,” Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, wrote on the organization’s website. “Because … cuts to healthcare and food assistance are so broad and deep, and because the tax cuts for anybody who is not already rich are so paltry, the bill will cause the bottom 40 percent of households to actually lose income on average. … Meanwhile, households in the top 0.1 percent (those making more than $3.3 million per year) will gain $100,000-plus annually under this bill.”
Ms. Magazine
October 8, 2025