“Brazil has been stepping in and taking advantage of the decline of imports from other countries,” said Robert Scott, senior economist and director of trade and manufacturing policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
The Epoch Times
December 4, 2019
Economist Heidi Schierholz of the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute says those benefits were tempered because most of the tax savings “went to the very wealthy,” who tend to save their income gains.
USA Today
December 4, 2019
She is Senior Fellow, Economic Policy Institute and joined Charles to discuss black and brown unemployment rates.
WURD Radio
December 4, 2019
The findings are a new extrapolation from a nationwide survey released in 2018 by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning economic think tank. The survey demonstrated that the use of “forced arbitration” is becoming an increasingly common hiring practice, denying workers the right to trial by judge and jury. EPI projects that Maine may be ahead of the national trend, with 53.9 percent of businesses in the U.S. estimated to have forced their employees to sign arbitration agreements, compared to 56 percent in Maine.
Beacon
December 4, 2019
Hourly wages have been rising over 3 percent each month for over a year, according to the Economic Policy Institute “Nominal Wage Tracker.”
Western Journal
December 3, 2019
The most glaring example: our for-profit health care system’s arbitrary prices, often questionable results, and financial impact on our lives. There is also deep, widespread unhappiness that annual wage growth has been at or below 4% since 2007 (according to the Economic Policy Institute) while workloads and the cost of living increased, benefits were slashed, and jobs were eliminated for the sake of cheaper labor. Meanwhile, CEO pay climbed to about $14 million a year while the average common worker receives about $35,000. The stock market has hit record highs, but many Americans don’t profit from it.
Poughkeepsie Journal
December 3, 2019
According to a report from the Economic Policy Institute, the average chief executive pay is 271 times the nearly US$58,000 (NZ$89,900) annual average pay of the typical American worker.
Stuff
December 3, 2019
The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute on Monday said a U.S. Department of Labor proposal that would allow restaurants and other employers to pay workers the lower tipped minimum wage for tasks that do not generate tips will cost workers an estimated $700 million.
The New York Times
December 3, 2019
Join Steve Clemons and his panel as they debate whether Trump’s trade wars are helping or hurting Americans. What is being done about how huge US corporations treat their lowest-paid workers? Will Trump’s policies bring back jobs to the US after decades of outsourcing? And as soybean farmers in the American Midwest witness a rise in bankruptcies and suicides, is any relief in the works?
Guests:
Carla Hills – former US Trade Representative and member of the National Committee on US-China Relations
Thea Lee – president of the Economic Policy Institute in Washington and former leader of the AFL-CIO federation of labour unions
James Glassman – former US under secretary of state for Public Diplomacy and author of Dow 36,000
Al Jazeera News
December 3, 2019
24/7 Wall St. reviewed cost of living estimates 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.” These costs include all of the basic necessities for a decent life, including housing, food, transportation, health care, and other necessities, as well as taxes. The income required varies from just under $43,000 in one state to over $66,000 in another. This is much higher than the Census Bureau’s official poverty threshold for a household with two people – $16,247.
USA Today
December 3, 2019