Thea Mei Lee, president of the pro-union Economic Policy Institute, blamed bad government decision-making for the lack of economic mobility.
“What we’re talking about here today is how policy choices over recent decades have eroded access to the American dream for too many Americans and also how we can use policy to restore opportunity and mobility for working people,” she said.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
July 30, 2019
Data from the Economic Policy Institute 300 examines retirement savings by age, revealing that even those who are increasing their retirement savings still might come up short.
Kenosha News
July 30, 2019
Are you saving enough for your retirement? How are you comparing to other Americans? In this article we will be looking at average retirement savings by age group in the United States. This article is using information found in Economic Policy Institute’s The State of American Retirement article, which based their information on the Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Consumer Finances.
Moolanomy
July 30, 2019
It wasn’t. In 1965, the average CEO made 20 times the average worker. It was about 30-to-1 in 1978. By 2017, chief executives made almost 312 times more than the average worker, based on data analyzed by the Economic Policy Institute.
Seattle Times
July 30, 2019
Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute, said in a statement Friday that Scalia “has spent his career fighting for the interests of financial firms, corporate executives, and shareholders rather than the interests of working people.”
HR Benefits News
July 30, 2019
Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute, said in a statement Friday that Scalia “has spent his career fighting for the interests of financial firms, corporate executives, and shareholders rather than the interests of working people.”
Common Dreams
July 30, 2019
My colleague Heidi Shierholz, senior economist and director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute, knows the labor department all too well. She spent three years as President Barack Obama’s chief economist there.
Forbes
July 30, 2019
Liberal groups argue the nomination of Scalia creates a fox-guarding-the-henhouse scenario. “The Department of Labor rule that would have simply required retirement advisers to work in the best interest of their clients — outlawing common practices such as financial advisers steering retirement savers toward investments that provide a good commission, but a lower rate of return,” said Heidi Shierholz, labor policy analyst for the Economic Policy Institute and a former chief economist for the Labor Department during the Obama administration.
Washington Examiner
July 30, 2019
The National Employment Law Project noted that Scalia “has spent his entire career fighting for big businesses and against working people,” while the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute called Mr. Trump’s choice “another fox-guarding-the-hen house selection that defines the Trump cabinet.” And prominent Senate Democrats have stated their opposition to Scalia’s nomination.
CBS News
July 30, 2019
Despite wage increases, teacher salaries nationally have actually declined 4% since 2009, when adjusted for inflation and increased living costs. And in every state, teachers make less than private-sector employees with similar education levels, according to a study from the Economic Policy Institute.
West Fargo Pioneer
July 30, 2019