- The Smart Money Retirement Expo ( https://smartmoneyretirementexpo.com/ ) is the largest personal finance event ever in the Washington, DC, metro area. The event is being sponsored by the non-profit Funding Our Future Coalition, and Edelman Financial Engines, the largest independent financial planning and investment management firm in the region. The event is Saturday, November 23 at the Sheraton Tysons Hotel in Tysons Corner, VA. The $10 admission fee is being donated to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The Smart Money Retirement Expo features 26 seminars on topics of interest to those approaching and newly in retirement. Experts in retirement planning and public policy will show hardworking Americans how to make smart decisions as they plan for life in retirement. More than 3,000 people are expected to attend, and everyone can choose the morning or afternoon program. Both will feature the same keynote presentations and educational seminars on topics such as Saving for Retirement, Maximizing Social Security, Avoiding the Costs of Long-Term Care, Investment Management, Wills & Trusts and much more. Attendees must pre-register for the sessions they wish to attend. Mr. Edelman’s keynote presentation, based on his best-selling book, “The Truth About Your Future,” will reveal how to plan for retirement when people are living longer than ever before. He is one of the nation’s top financial advisors as recognized by Forbes and Barron’s, and hosts WMAL’s longest-running radio program, The Ric Edelman Show. George Vradenburg, Chairman and Co-Founder of UsAgainstAlzheimer’s and Kim Callinan, CEO of Compassion & Cares, will keynote a panel on “End of Life Planning: the Difficult but Vital Discussion” that Mr. Edelman will moderate. A third keynote session features economist Monique Morrissey of the Economic Policy Institute and Jason Fichtner, Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. They will explore “Funding Our Future: Retirement Security Challenges and Solutions.”
105.9 WMAL
November 13, 2019
This shouldn’t come as a surprise, as they really have no reason to be satisfied. A study from the Economic Policy Institute showed that teachers make about 18% less than workers with a similar education. Kansas is not at all an exception to this rule. Here, we pay teachers less than many other states, and the trend doesn’t seem to be changing. Kansas dropped from 40th to 41st in average teacher salary in the 2017-2018 school year, according to the National Educational Association.
The University Daily Kansan
November 13, 2019
That is a short-sighted strategy, says the Economic Policy Institute, a non-partisan think tank which for the past couple of decades has examined the economic needs of working people.
Several years ago an EPI study showed that developing a well-educated workforce is the underpinning of state prosperity.
- States with the highest wage-earners also have a well-educated workforce.
- Investing in education builds a strong foundation for economic success and does more to strengthen the economy than any other government strategy.
- Cutting taxes to attract private investment is a “race-to-the-bottom” strategy.
- State budgets benefit from the investment in education because workers who earn higher wages contribute more to the state’s economy throughout their lives.
Daily Journal
November 13, 2019
Anyone who has been a teacher will tell you that teachers are not in the job for the money. In fact, teachers often unselfishly spend hundreds or thousands of dollars a year to supplement classroom supplies and help students in need. The Economic Policy Institute recently reported that the average public school teacher dips into his or her own pocket for at least $459 per year, which is not reimbursed by school districts.
The University of Texas at Austin
November 13, 2019
According to the Economic Policy Institute, Nebraska families pay about $1,000 per month per child under 5 years old for early care and education. That’s about 50 percent more annually than it costs for tuition at an in-state public university and about 20 percent more than the average cost of housing. Nebraska has a strong community of organizations working to solve this crisis, and this partnership will build on the strength of that work by integrating Wonderschool’s technology platform and business support that has helped hundreds of providers and thousands of families in California, New York, and Colorado. Together, NECC and Wonderschool will work to give Nebraska families more high-quality and affordable options in their area, while empowering a new generation of early childhood education entrepreneurs.
Cision
November 13, 2019
Beth is not alone–Colorado has some of the priciest childcare in the country. According to the Economic Policy Institute’s 2019 report, a year’s worth of childcare costs thousands more than in-state college tuition over the same timeframe. A year’s worth of infant care is also higher than the average annual cost of housing in Colorado.
Mile High Mamas
November 13, 2019
“Union organizers I’ve talked to have said that there is a dramatic pick-up in the number of people interested in organizing and trying to gain collective bargaining,” Larry Mishel, a labor expert and distinguished fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, told ABC News.
ABC News
November 12, 2019
November 12, 2019
The bottom line is that, as Monique Morrissey at the Economic Policy Institute has written: “The biggest problem with the tax system is that it encourages sheltering not saving.” This is not a call to eliminate federal help. There remains a role for tax incentives in increasing retirement savings, especially for low- and middle-income households. But I am calling for a major overall, specifically a refundable retirement credit.
Forbes
November 12, 2019
Despite these contributions to Boston’s population and economy, Latinx residents in Boston and the state fare worse than their white counterparts on almost every metric, from household income and homeownership, to education and access to leadership roles. Indeed, in early 2018, Massachusetts was ranked the worst state in the country by the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, for economic and social disparities between white and Latinx residents.
WBUR
November 12, 2019