But I also want to be careful to not be overly exonerating. In trade debates in the 1990s, as any Economic Policy Institute veteran will tell you, pure win-win arguments, like the one I pulled out of the 1994 Economic Report of the President, dominated among economists. EPI’s arguments that elevated the plight of those hurt by trade were treated as heresy, and not just by politicians trying to pass NAFTA, but by economists. Just ask EPIers like Rob Scott, Thea Lee, and Larry Mishel, who have the scars to prove it.
On the Economy
July 30, 2019
This isn’t just our opinion but one that is shared by policy experts on the left and right. Just last month, a dozen organizations spanning the ideological spectrum — from Tax March and the Economic Policy Institute to Americans for Prosperity and Heritage Action to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Concord Coalition — signed a letter begging Congress not to revive these tax extenders.
San Antonio Express
July 30, 2019
Through those agencies, writes Pedro Nicolaci Da Costa of the labor-oriented Economic Policy Institute, “Trump is pursuing the most hostile anti-labor agenda of any modern president.”
Los Angeles Times
July 30, 2019
According to a 2015 Economic Policy Institute issue brief, the cost of childcare exceeds the cost of rent for most two-child families. Childcare is one of the biggest expenses in a family’s budget and is especially unaffordable for minimum-wage workers.
Courier-Post
July 30, 2019
Alexander’s situation is the norm, according to a new report released Tuesday from the Economic Policy Institute and UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. Overall, the report finds California’s early educators are six times as likely as K–12 teachers to live in poverty.
“Parents want to have high quality for their kids but they often can’t afford it,” said Elise Gould, who co-authored the report. “And the other side of that is early educators are expected to underwrite the costs of the broken child care system with their low wages.”
KQED
July 30, 2019
Originally starting at 25 cents, the minimum wage has been raised nine times over the last 81 years, according to the national nonprofit Economic Policy Institute. While inflation, cost of living and other financial burdens have increased since the last increase in 2007, the existing minimum wage has created problems for many low-income Americans, the institute said.
The Journal Record
July 30, 2019
- Increase wages for up to 33 million Americans, according to independent economic analysis from the Economic Policy Institute
Daily Times Chronicle
July 30, 2019
- Increase wages for up to 33 million American workers, according to independent economic analysis from the Economic Policy Institute. Even the CBO’s more cautious estimate of a similar proposal indicated as many as 27 million workers would see a wage increase;
Harlem World Magazine
July 30, 2019
This act, depending on which study (either the Economic Policy Institute or Congressional Budget Office) one wants to subscribe to, would give a pay raise to between 27 and 33million Americans and “lift 1.3 million people out of poverty.”
Blog for Arizona
July 30, 2019
The concept of a $15 minimum wage emerged around 2014 when groups of fast-food workers across the country went on strike to demand better pay, mainly from large, profitable corporations, said David Cooper, a senior economic analyst with the Economic Policy Institute who studies and researches the impact of minimum wage laws.
Chicago Tribune
July 30, 2019