The Washington Post‘s Matt Callahan used EPI’s Family Budget Calculator to produce a chart showing how much a family has to earn in the 10 largest U.S. metro areas, by population. The graphic also highlights the highest and lowest costs in these 10 metro areas.
The Washington Post
October 5, 2015
The Guardian‘s Jana Kasperkevic cited EPI research in a story about how opponents of raising the minimum benefit from pitting workers against each other. “About 28% of the workers who would benefit from a higher minimum wage have children, according to Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning thinktank. About 55% of them work full-time and 44% have some college experience. The average age of affected workers is 35, with 35.5% of them being at least 40 years old,” Kasperkevic wrote.
The Guardian
October 5, 2015
In the International Business Times’ coverage of the September jobs report, EPI’s Elise Gould notes that the report is evidence that the Federal Reserve was right not to raise rates in September.
International Business Times
October 5, 2015
EPI’s Elise Gould discussed the September jobs report and public sector employment in the New York Times.
New York Times
October 5, 2015
EPI’s Lawrence Mishel discussed wages in the sharing economy with the Washington Post.
The Washington Post
October 3, 2015
In an article in the New York Times on older workers in the so-called sharing economy, EPI’s Ross Eisenbrey notes, “There’s unfairness in the competitive business model.”
New York Times
October 3, 2015
EPI’s Josh Bivens argues in the Wall Street Journal that the Federal Reserve should focus on wages and not begin raising rates until wage growth accelerates enough to push inflation over the Fed’s 2 percent target.
Wall Street Journal
October 3, 2015
In a must-read piece in The Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates recommends EPI research associate Richard Rothstein’s report on government-sponsored segregation.
The Atlantic
October 3, 2015
Vanity Fair’s Emily Jane Fox cited EPI research in a story about J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s recent comments against restraining CEO pay. “The comments come at a time where C.E.O.s are making 300 times more than typical workers, the Economic Policy Institute found. Since 1978, compensation for chief executives has increased by 997 percent,” Fox wrote.
Vanity Fair
September 26, 2015
In an op-ed in Fortune, EPI’s Daniel Costa made policy recommendations regarding the influx of migrants and asylum-seekers into Europe, most of whom are in dire need and deserve some form of international protection.
Fortune
September 26, 2015