Media clips

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• Baltimore activists, businesses speak out on $15 minimum wage proposal
  Baltimore Sun June 17, 2016
• The Federal Reserve in a quandary
  Marketplace June 17, 2016
• Few states match Mass. in income inequality
  The Boston Globe June 17, 2016
• How Bernie Sanders changed the Democratic Party

  The Washington Post quoted EPI’s Lawrence Mishel on how Bernie Sanders has changed the political landscape. “Bernie’s established that it’s viable politically to offer large scale structural reforms and to create rights to particularly important items such as health and higher education.”

  The Washington Post June 10, 2016
• The shifting U.S. working class
  Marketplace June 10, 2016
• The Working Class Won’t Be Majority White for Much Longer
  Wall Street Journal June 10, 2016
• Why inequality is worse for your wallet than a weak economy

  The Washington Post interviewed EPI’s Josh Bivens about why economic growth alone is unlikely to raise wages for working Americans.

  The Washington Post June 10, 2016
• Poll: Voters Like Obama’s New Overtime Rule
  Morning Consult June 3, 2016
• Top C.E.O. Pay Fell — Yes, Fell — in 2015

  The New York Times cited EPI’s research on CEO pay, noting, “C.E.O.s of the top 350 American companies by sales made just 30 times what average workers in their industries did in 1978. By 1989, chiefs were making 59 times what their average workers made; by 2000, they were making 383 times what the average workers made.”

  The New York Times June 3, 2016
• Construction workers needed as building industry booms
  Marketplace June 3, 2016