The Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, pro-labor think tank in Washington, D.C., has studied the effects of giving unemployment benefits to striking workers and found it to be good for workers and employers alike, said Daniel Perez, state economic analyst for the organization.
First, he said, lengthy strikes are extremely rare. More than half of U.S. labor strikes end within two days — workers wouldn’t receive pay in those cases — and just 14% last more than two weeks. Second, the policy costs very little — less than 1% of unemployment insurance expenditures in every state that has considered legislation.
Associated Press
April 7, 2025
Adam Hersh of the progressive Economic Policy Institute, which has also long supported tariffs as a trade tool, was no less harsh.
“This is going to go down in history as the worst economic policy mistake that’s ever been made by a head of state,” he said. “It is so thoughtless and reckless it just boggles the mind.”
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“It’s giving a bad name to tariffs, and tariffs have been and can be effective tools in promoting industrial development,” said Hersh, from the Economic Policy Institute. “But tariffs are not sufficient on their own. They have to be combined with all kinds of other policies, subsidies, and credits,” he added, including expenditures such as those that came out of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act as well as his CHIPS and Science Act.
Foreign Policy Magazine
April 7, 2025
…been called illegal by multiple organizations, including the Economic Policy Institute, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Legal Defense…[paywall].
Forbes
April 7, 2025
“Ideally, you want these tariffs to be a strategic. That means doing the homework to know where we have capacity to expand production in the U.S.,” Senior Economist Adam Hersh of the Economic Policy Institute said. “Production may slow down. We just may not have the ability to make cars at those prices and so there could be layoffs and furloughs or even factory closures in the short term.”
Hearst TV
April 7, 2025
The announcement cites several recent studies, including those by the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Economic Policy Institute, that show tariffs imposed during Trump’s first term in office “strengthened the U.S. economy” and “led to significant re-shoring” in manufacturing, steel production and other industries, according to the White House.
UPI
April 7, 2025
Working later in life is a privilege belonging largely to white-collar professionals. The well-educated, affluent and already healthy are far and away more likely to keep going past 65. Yet people in physically taxing jobs often leave the workforce before they’re financially ready to retire, according to an Economic Policy Institute report.
Oakland Press
April 7, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute noted that Section 232 tariffs led to $15.7 billion in steel industry investments and 3,200 new jobs before the 2020 downturn.
“Following implementation of Sec. 232 in 2018, U.S. steel output, employment, capital investment, and financial performance all improved,” they stated.
Benzinga (via Yahoo! Finance)
April 7, 2025
The Medicaid cuts as proposed may fund tax breaks for corporations and wealthy households, which the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute recently described as “the clearest legislative priority of the Trump administration and the Republican congressional majority.”
New York Magazine
April 7, 2025
“Attacks on IRS funding are basically a very reliable way to reduce the taxes of the richest households without actually passing a law that cuts tax rates,” said Josh Bivens, chief economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
USA Today
April 7, 2025
Medicaid serves about 1 in 5 people in the country, and cuts to the program will disproportionately hurt people of color and children, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
19th News
April 7, 2025