The Economic Policy Institute shows the average annual cost of infant care in Wisconsin is $12,567—that’s $1,047 per month. Infant care in Wisconsin costs $4,092 (48.3%) more per year than in-state tuition for four-year public college. That makes Wisconsin one of 33 states and DC where infant care is more expensive than college.
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WSAW FOX 7
August 16, 2019
According to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, relative child poverty rate tends to be lower in countries that choose to invest more of their national income in programs that alleviate poverty and material hardship.
YourValley.net
August 16, 2019
Landing Amazon could be more of a challenge than it appears at the outset, however. The company has become a target for liberal activists, in part due to its inflexible work rules, and in part due to studies by groups like the Economic Policy Institute questioning the economic benefit of its centers.
Corridor Business
August 16, 2019
Wages Grew At 3.2% Year Over Year In July, ‘Well Above The Rate Of Inflation’ And Wages Have Increased The Most For Those Making $12-$14 And Hour.’The average hourly wage increased 3.2 percent in the past year, the Labor Department reported, which is well above the rate of inflation, though below the level of wage growth that was seen at the end of the 1990s boom. Wage gains have been strongest, so far this year, for workers earning $12 to $14 an hour and those at the top end of the pay scale who earn more than $60 an hour, according to a new analysis from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. ‘If you don’t like your job, this is a golden age to find a new one,’ said Ian Siegel, chief executive of ZipRecruiter.’ ( The Washington Post , 8/2/19)
Public
August 12, 2019
Neal has refused to hold oversight hearings that could demonstrate the fraudulence of the claims of the Republican Tax Act, except for one single day, March 27, where the witnesses were mostly academic economists and tax experts (though it did include CWA President Chris Shelton and EPI economist Elise Gould). A progressive chair would have held several rounds of investigative hearings on legal corporate larceny, laying out the case for a repeal. Other areas of inquiry, from the shocking reduction in IRS audits of the rich to offshore tax evasion and rampant tax dodging by estate planners, have been ignored.
The American Prospect
August 12, 2019
On Second Thought hears from Lee Formwalt, a former professor at Albany State University and the author of Looking Back, Moving Forward; Charise Stephens, CEO at Georgia Wellness and Fitness Festival and participant of GPB’s Macon Conversations series; and Richard Rothstein, fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America.
GPB Radio News
August 12, 2019
According to the Economic Policy Institute, half of American families have zero or nearly-zero retirement account savings. I recently featured a post from my friend Brian at Debt Discipline, who shared that he used to work 75 hours per week — and he did not save any of it. Brian’s story has a happy ending, but working hard yet not saving is the clear pattern in our society.
Semi-Retire Plan
August 12, 2019
But without a reasonable national standard, more people will be living in poverty, even while employed, says Heidi Shierholz, leader of the Economic Policy Institute’s policy team and the former chief economist to the Labor secretary during the Obama administration. “It’s just that basically, there is no county in the United States where somebody can make it month to month” on minimum wage now – even an individual without children, she says.
While the public impression of a minimum wage employee might be a teenager working at a fast-food restaurant, Shierholz says, many older adults work for the minimum as well. There are more people 55 and older earning minimum wage than those 19 or younger, she notes, and the average age of a minimum-wage employee is 35.
US News
August 12, 2019
“Gov. Sununu’s veto displays a misinformed and wrongheaded approach to pressing economic issues in New Hampshire. In a statement he released explaining his veto, he contends that only a minute number of workers would have been affected by a higher wage. According to estimates by the Economic Policy Institute, however, approximately 15 percent of workers would have benefitted from a $12 by 2022 minimum wage
NELP
August 12, 2019
24/7 Wall St. used the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator to identify the most expensive place in every state. We ranked counties based on the estimated monthly costs for a single adult to maintain a modest yet adequate standard of living.
MSN
August 12, 2019