That’s a mistake on numerous levels. Progressives, especially in periods of rising inequality, have long argued that workers’ paychecks should grow closer to the rate of productivity, which is a fancy way of saying that the bakers, not just the bakery owners, ought to get a fair slice of the pie they’re baking. But, of course, as the Economic Policy Institute has long shown, that’s not always been the case (though contrary to claims that inequality only goes up, there are periods, often during full employment labor markets, wherein median compensation growth kept pace with productivity).
The National Memo
November 24, 2025
“That means policymakers (including the Federal Reserve) will be flying partially blind for several more weeks — very bad timing because the economy is so uncertain right now,” Heidi Shierholz, president of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, wrote in a text message.
The Washington Post
November 24, 2025
A 2015 analysis published by the Economic Policy Institute described how 250 Disney workers “were forced to train” their foreign replacements and that thousands more across utilities, energy companies, and manufacturers faced the same outcome.
Dallas Express
November 24, 2025
This analysis draws on data from the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator and the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. The EPI tool estimates the annual cost of living in U.S. cities, accounting for expenses such as housing, food, child care, transportation, health care, taxes, and other necessities.
WJLA
November 24, 2025
Investopedia
November 24, 2025
But the one aspect of the broader immigration issue where the Democratic party line still allows dissent is precisely the aspect Trump has been highlighting — guestworker visas. The AFL-CIO switched sides on immigration in the mid-90s (after leading the anti-amnesty cause in the lead-up to the 1986 amnesty bill), but it is still comfortable criticizing guestworker visas. That’s why, for instance, the union-adjacent Economic Policy Institute has gotten away with publishing important and valuable work highlighting the problems with both high-skilled and low-skilled foreign-worker programs.
National Review
November 24, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, this 2001 bubble burst was marred by a slower recovery, leading to a “tougher economy for highly educated …[paywall].
Forbes
November 24, 2025
The ultimate paradox is that, by nearly every measure, Democrats have managed the economy better than Republicans. The Economic Policy Institute reports that real GDP growth under Democratic presidents has averaged 3.8 percent, compared with 2.6 percent under Republicans, about 1.2 percentage points faster. Job creation has been more than twice as high. According to the Joint Economic Committee, under Democratic presidencies, the stock market performs better, unemployment rates are lower, and national debt grows more slowly.
Fordham Political Review
November 24, 2025
Amid President Donald Trump’s efforts to conceal the harmful consequences of his economic policies by hiding key data and replacing economists who tell harsh truths with partisan yes-people, a leading US think tank on Monday announced a new digital dashboard “to provide an accountability check” against attempts to manipulate and mislead the public.
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) says its new data accountability dashboard “serves as a one-stop shop” for economic data as federal statistic agencies (FSAs), once the “gold standard” for information, “face historically unprecedented threats from the Trump administration to their capacity and even their independence.”
Common Dreams
November 24, 2025
Employment data reveals mixed conditions. The Economic Policy Institute notes that school bus driver employment remains almost ten percent below 2019 levels, though recent wage growth of 4.2 percent annually has driven modest hiring improvements. This reflects broader K-12 staffing challenges affecting the region’s services sector.
Denver Job Market Report podcast
November 24, 2025