It’s a “very clear upwards distribution of wealth” funded by “the largest cuts to our social programs we have ever seen,” said Samantha Sanders, director of government affairs and advocacy at the liberal Economic Policy Institute.
Cronkite News
July 17, 2025
Dr. Josh Bivens from the Economic Policy Institute (epi.org) joins Maggie to break down key trends—rising inflation now at 2.7%, looming recession risks, and the destabilizing effects of Trump’s tariff tactics—while emphasizing the critical role of an independent Federal Reserve.
Civic Media
July 17, 2025
2. Income Disparities: The top 1% of earners in the U.S. capture about 20% of the total income, according to the Economic Policy Institute (2023). Meanwhile, median wages for young workers (ages 16-24) have stagnated, growing only about 1% annually since 2010, far below the growth rate needed to keep pace with inflation and living costs.
Marie Newman Studio Substack
July 16, 2025
2. Income Disparities: The top 1% of earners in the U.S. capture about 20% of the total income, according to the Economic Policy Institute (2023). Meanwhile, median wages for young workers (ages 16-24) have stagnated, growing only about 1% annually since 2010, far below the growth rate needed to keep pace with inflation and living costs.
Marie Newman Studio Substack
July 16, 2025
2. Income Disparities: The top 1% of earners in the U.S. capture about 20% of the total income, according to the Economic Policy Institute (2023). Meanwhile, median wages for young workers (ages 16-24) have stagnated, growing only about 1% annually since 2010, far below the growth rate needed to keep pace with inflation and living costs.
Marie Newman Studio Substack
July 16, 2025
Using data from the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator, we ranked the 12 most…[paywall].
Keystone Newsroom
July 16, 2025
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July 16, 2025
A new Economic Policy Institute analysis finds that President Trump’s proposed mass deportations could eliminate nearly 6 million jobs nationwide—including 115,000 in Pennsylvania—by disrupting industries reliant on both immigrants and U.S.-born workers. The Pennsylvania Capital-Star has more.
JD Supra
July 16, 2025
After all, the economic implications of Trump’s scheme are dire. If the administration manages to deport 4 million people, the Economic Policy Institute estimates:
- There will be 3.3 million fewer employed immigrants and 2.6 million fewer employed U.S.-born workers at the end of that period.
- Employment in the construction sector will drop sharply: U.S.-born construction employment will fall by 861,000, and immigrant employment will fall by 1.4 million.
- The deportations will eliminate half a million child care jobs.
The Contrarian Substack
July 16, 2025
This lack of U.S. citizenship makes farmworkers vulnerable to exploitation and abuse by farm owners, says Daniel Costa, a research director at the Economic Policy Institute.
“When workers don’t have status, they, in practice, don’t have workplace rights,” Costa explains. And many, he says, carry heavy burdens of debt from the crossing to the United States. “These workers are risking a lot if they speak up.” Farm owners can easily fire and replace them from the rich vein of desperate third-world workers offered by illegal migration and legal guest worker programs.
The result is that farmworkers, despite the difficulty of the work and the skill and knowledge required, are among the lowest-paid workers in the country, earning around half the wage of the average U.S. worker. Critically, Costa says, this doesn’t only impact undocumented workers; it pushes down benefits for all workers across the industry. If employers have easy access to workers who don’t really have rights, he says, it makes it harder for U.S. citizens to push for better wages or safety equipment, in “a race to the bottom.”
In These Times
July 16, 2025