Six Nobel prize-winning economists said as much Monday in an open letter published on the Economic Policy Institute website.
“The most acute and immediate damage stemming from this bill would be felt by the millions of American families losing key safety net protections like Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits,” they wrote. “The Medicaid cuts constitute a sad step backward in the nation’s commitment to providing access to health care for all.”
Word in Black
June 9, 2025
Things have changed. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the pay penalty for teaching is now more than 26 percent. Male teachers are sacrificing more than a third of their earning potential by choosing teaching.
The News-Press
June 9, 2025
But just because jobs are open does not mean they are being filled, according to Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
“I think that reflects some cautiousness on the part of both employers and workers,” Gould told Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera English
June 9, 2025
Ralph welcomes Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, to break down the budget bill passing through Congress that is the largest transfer of wealth from the poor and working-class to the wealthy in United States history.
Ralph Nader Radio Hour
June 9, 2025
Oklahoma’s minimum wage remains at $7.25 per hour, unchanged since 2008 and equal to the federal minimum wage, according to Square’s wage analysis. Meanwhile, a living wage for a single adult in Oklahoma City is $15.86 per hour, according to the Economic Policy Institute study cited by Workstream.
Journal Record
June 9, 2025
According to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, the Trump budget bill allocates $185 billion for its mass deportation scheme, which means that Trump, the defender of the working man, wants to spend 80 times more on immigration enforcement than labor standards enforcement.
Counterpunch
June 9, 2025
If Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” passes the Senate, ICE will have $45 billion to expand its detention capacity, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
New York Post
June 9, 2025
“Musk’s legacy under DOGE is something that has benefited him, largely,” said Margaret Poydock of the Economic Policy Institute, a group focused on fighting inequality that’s funded mostly by union or left-of-centre donors.
She cited several examples, like the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which screens federal contractors for workplace bias and racial discrimination, and can fine and punish offenders.
It was auditing Tesla, but it was gutted quickly after Trump’s inauguration. The U.S. Agency for International Development, meanwhile, had been investigating Musk’s company Starlink over its service of satellites supplied to Ukraine; he eliminated the agency.
“I think that’s pretty egregious,” Poydock said.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
June 9, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, approximately ninety-two percent of Dollar General workers earn under $15 per hour—the worst rate among more than five dozen of the largest retail and food service firms in the country.
Verite News
June 9, 2025