The actual wages of drivers vary, according to analyses. The Economic Policy Institute recently estimated that Uber drivers earn roughly $9.21 each hour, after taking commissions, vehicle fees, and health insurance expenses into account. A similar study by NerdWallet found that Lyft drivers make an average hourly rate of $11.77.
Real Clear Politics
May 10, 2019
“I think we’re at a tipping point,” Thea Lee, who leads the lefty Economic Policy Institute, which is critical of existing free trade agreements, told Vox earlier this year. “You could see Democrats retreat to their comfort blanket. My hope is we can convince people that’s not an option. We’re not going to go back to the status quo ante. What we need to do is have a forward-looking vision.”
VOX
May 10, 2019
“The US imported about $540bn in goods from China last year, and had exports to China of $120bn,” Robert E Scott, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, told Al Jazeera. “Neither figure is a large share of US GDP, which reached $21.1 trillion in the first quarter.”
Al Jazeera
May 10, 2019
In the decade since the federal wage floor was last raised, these workers have lost almost 10% of their purchasing power, after adjusting for inflation, according to the Pew Research Center. And compared to their counterparts working 50 years ago they fare even worse, earning 29% less for their efforts according to the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
May 10, 2019
CNBC Make It collected data on the minimum wage in the 75 largest U.S. cities, by population, and paired that with Economic Policy Institute’s research into the cost of living in each of those areas to to find out where workers without children will have the easiest time afford rent, utilities, food, transportation, healthcare, taxes and other basic necessities.
CNBC
May 10, 2019
According to the Corporation for National and Community Service’s annual report, Florida is the state with the lowest volunteer rates. Among the state’s metropolitan areas, South Florida ranks the worst — meaning it has the lowest volunteerism in the entire nation. Furthermore, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute on the disparity of wealth in the United States, five of the 10 metro areas with the highest income inequality are in Florida. South Florida is of course one of those, with the top 1 percent of residents earning a staggering 55 times more than the bottom 99 percent.
Miami Herald
May 10, 2019
When you’re expecting your first kid, some costs come as no surprise—a new crib, dozens of diapers, that woodland animal mobile your baby needs.
Economic Policy Institute, “Child care costs in the United States”
Move.org
May 10, 2019
GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — The Economic Policy Institute has released a new Family Budget Calculator which breaks down exactly how much it costs for a family of four — two adults and two children — to live in communities across the country. And it turns out that for Gwinnett County, you’ve got to make a bit of money to afford to live here.
Patch
May 10, 2019
If this ruling stands and Obamacare is shuttered, it would throw the health care system into destabilized chaos, with both human and financial ramifications. According to the Urban Institute, an additional 17 million Americans would lose their health care coverage above the reduction already associated with removal of the mandate penalties (30 million total). According to the Economic Policy Institute, 566,000 individuals in Indiana would lose their health insurance. In addition, 18,000 people would lose their jobs, and our state would lose $1.6 billion in federal health care funding. Insurance premiums would further increase. Medicare Part A deductibles and copayments and Part B premiums, deductibles and cost sharing would increase for most, although Part D and Medicare Advantage program premiums might moderate.
Indianapolis Business Journal
May 10, 2019
Emma Garcia, the report’s co-author and economist with the Economic Policy Institute, says 59% of teachers nationwide turn to “moonlighting” or side jobs to supplement their income and in some cases, just to make ends meet.
Public News Service
May 10, 2019