The IMF said the world is entering a new era and said the slowdown is due to the president’s unpredictable policies. However, the White House assured the country today that President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda is working.
“It’s basically all about the uncertain tariff policy, and the very high new tariffs, and the trade war that they have ignited,” said Josh Bivens, EPI chief economist.
Hearst TV
April 23, 2025
But the regulatory environment may be changing quickly. The Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit focusing on income inequality, workers’ rights and other progressive causes, counted 31 US states that introduced bills to weaken child labor laws from 2021 through 2024.
Bloomberg
April 23, 2025
The average Black unemployment rate in the District of Columbia had improved in recent years, falling below 10% for the first time since the Great Recession, according to an Economic Policy Institute analysis of government data. Yet African Americans are overrepresented in federal government jobs, and could wind up bearing the brunt of Trump’s cutbacks.
Bloomberg
April 23, 2025
Looking closer at corruption, the Economic Policy Institute reports that the CEO-vs-worker pay ratio peaked in 2021 at 399:1 [290:1 in 2023]. It has increased by over 1,000% since 1978 as compared to average worker pay, which has increased by only 24%. In 1965 the CEO-vs-worker pay ratio was 21:1.
Salt Lake Tribune
April 23, 2025
The IMF said the world is entering a new era and said the slowdown is due to the president’s unpredictable policies. However, the White House assured the country today that President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda is working.
“It’s basically all about the uncertain tariff policy, and the very high new tariffs, and the trade war that they have ignited,” said Josh Bivens, EPI chief economist.
Hearst TV
April 23, 2025
But the regulatory environment may be changing quickly. The Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit focusing on income inequality, workers’ rights and other progressive causes, counted 31 US states that introduced bills to weaken child labor laws from 2021 through 2024.
Bloomberg
April 23, 2025
The average Black unemployment rate in the District of Columbia had improved in recent years, falling below 10% for the first time since the Great Recession, according to an Economic Policy Institute analysis of government data. Yet African Americans are overrepresented in federal government jobs, and could wind up bearing the brunt of Trump’s cutbacks.
Bloomberg
April 23, 2025
Looking closer at corruption, the Economic Policy Institute reports that the CEO-vs-worker pay ratio peaked in 2021 at 399:1 [290:1 in 2023]. It has increased by over 1,000% since 1978 as compared to average worker pay, which has increased by only 24%. In 1965 the CEO-vs-worker pay ratio was 21:1.
Salt Lake Tribune
April 23, 2025
Features interview with Daniel Costa.
More Perfect Union
April 22, 2025
Now, access to courts is barred for more than 60 million American workers, according to a 2017 report by the Economic Policy Institute.
Houston Chronicle
April 22, 2025