Teachers are encountering problems reaching lower-performing students because of a teacher shortage in the United States (Economic Policy Institute). The shortage of teachers is especially prevalent in less fortunate communities. This can lead many students to learn from the world around them rather than from the education given to them by their teachers.
The Teen Magazine
April 21, 2025
Josh Bivens, chief economist, Economic Policy Institute
In 2028, average tariffs could be 5% − about double their level when Trump took office. Or they could be 25%, or even higher than that.
The fact that nobody can say with any certainty where tariff rates will be is absolute poison for every business and family in America trying to make plans for their future.
USA Today
April 21, 2025
What’s really crazy is that according to research conducted by Economic Policy Institute (EPI), there’s no state where the average cost of infant care is within the affordable range of families earning the area’s median income. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, that affordable range is costing 7% of less of a family’s income.
WRIF
April 21, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute and the Immigration Research Initiative released a report in 2023 showing the economic impact immigrants have on the U.S. economy, as well as a statistical breakdown of the jobs immigrants hold.
Daily Democrat (California)
April 21, 2025
H-1B visas also involve many government fees outside of legal assistance. While exact costs depend on factors like company size and how many workers are US citizens, employers usually pay $3,000 to 5,000 to sponsor someone, said Daniel Costa, the director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute.
Technical.ly
April 21, 2025
Hersh, a senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank in Washington, D.C., spoke at the 2025 Commercial Banking Conference at Marquette University on April 17.
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Hersh was the keynote speaker and focused much of his talk on the Trump administration’s tariffs. Hersh outlined a possible future that included countries not trading with the United States, which would lead to businesses not receiving or shipping the products that are needed to survive, which could cause job loss and a contraction in the economy.
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“What gives me hope is we don’t need to be doing any of these policies,” Hersh said. “They can be undone relatively easy if Congress would just step up and act and do its job and provide a check and balance on the President’s authority.”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 21, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, reported in March that the Trump administration’s federal workforce cuts may jeopardize the careers of nearly 900,000 veterans, spouses of veterans and spouses of active military personnel. They makeup 30% of the entire federal government workforce. The federal government also gives hiring preferences to veterans. Veterans comprise just 5% of all employed Americans.
NC Newsline
April 21, 2025
But it’s true that globalization has hurt many workers and their communities, and that most economists long ignored that fact, which is why I’m proud of those opeds. I didn’t get everything right, but I—and many others, especially those at the Economic Policy Institute—were trying to warn folks that if we didn’t take this damage more seriously, there would be a backlash.
Jared Bernstein's Substack
April 21, 2025
Extending the TCJA raises serious concerns about deepening racial and economic inequities. The Economic Policy Institute warns that extending high-income tax cuts could further enrich affluent households and profitable corporations, thereby widening the economic chasm between the wealthy and marginalized communities.
The Washington Informer
April 21, 2025
“I think that level of uncertainty is basically just poison for businesses and households,” said Josh Bivens, chief economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
He said everyone is trying to figure out how to spend their money over the next year.
“If you’re going to build a new factory or expand your business, you really need to know what the various tariff levels are like in different countries,” he said. “And so until you have clarity on that, you’re not going to do a lot of investment.”
Marketplace
April 21, 2025