According to a 2018 report by progressive think tank Economic Policy Institute, Maryland teachers make 14.4% less than comparably educated workers.
The Real News Network
February 12, 2019
Typically, the policy debate around antitrust regulation is whether consumers will pay unfair prices for a dominant software brand or local cable provider. But a study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and the Roosevelt Institute shows that the pending merger of T-Mobile and Sprint presents other threats to the public welfare.
The Nation
February 12, 2019
The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute recently crunched compensation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing that the much-touted bonuses did little to boost workers’ paychecks. In the past 12 months, cash bonuses only gave workers an extra 2 cents in average hourly compensation, adjusted for inflation. (This does not include bonuses tied to productivity goals.)
VOX
February 12, 2019
Trump has repeatedly pointed to declining unemployment among African Americans — a claim he reiterated Tuesday night — but according to the Economic Policy Institute, that rate has been steadily falling since 2011 and has not gained momentum since Trump took office. The median net worth of black households still remains low, at about $17,000, compared to about $171,000 for white households, according to a 2017 report from the Federal Reserve.
Think Progress
February 12, 2019
A report from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found last year that the tariffs have boosted aluminum production by about 60 percent.
PBS News Hour
February 12, 2019
According to the Economic Policy Institute, productivity has risen 77 percent since the early 1970s, while wages have only risen 12 percent. (Taking vacation also happens to make workers more productive, but making arguments about what workers should have based on what maximizes their value to the company is deeply wrong, and vacation would be just as important even if it made workers less productive. It’s just interesting to note that bosses are really stupid, too.)
Splinter
February 12, 2019
The liberal Economic Policy Institute suggests that workers need to see nominal wage increase of 3.5 to 4 percent — a range that “significantly” exceeds the Fed’s 2 percent inflation target — in order to feel the benefits of economic growth. At this point, the year-over-year growth for private employees is just short of that target rate, at 3.2 percent.
CBS News
February 12, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, says nominal wage growth has been below a 3.5 percent target during the recovery. But the White House argues that traditional economic measures do not fully capture increases in compensation, such as bonuses, and so real wages have actually increased even more than shown in the economic data.
The Washington Post
February 12, 2019
“I also have friends here in New York who make between $1 [million] and $3 million a year as investment bankers or partners at a law firm,” Galloway says — incomes which would put them in the top 1 percent of all wage-earners in the US, according to an October 2018 report from the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
February 12, 2019
— Report: “Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would lift pay for nearly 40 million workers,” from The Economic Policy Institute
Politico Pro
February 12, 2019