In most of the country, sending a kid to day care costs more than sending one to a public university according to the latest tally by the Economic Policy Institute. Average costs range from a little under $7,000 a year in Mississippi to over $28,000 in Washington D.C. But in New Mexico, most families can pay nothing at all.
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The state could see a big return on that investment, especially if it helps more parents stay in the workforce, said Elise Gould, senior with the Economic Policy Institute.
“That’s more tax dollars, that’s a larger economy,” she said.
Marketplace
April 14, 2025
She will join a local pastor and a local imam, as well as economic justice leaders from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, the Economic Security Project and Economic Policy Institute who want to prioritize working families and communities over corporations and the “ultra-wealthy.”
Washington Jewish Week
April 14, 2025
Economists from the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal leaning Washington-based think tank, say tariffs can protect domestic production in specific economic sectors. But high, broad-based tariffs won’t fix the U.S. trade deficit or rebuild employment in manufacturing because exports will be reduced along with imports, economists Adam S. Hersh and Josh Bivens said in a report on the group’s website.
Baltimore Sun
April 14, 2025
Costs have risen so much that Texans are now paying more for child care than college, according to the Economic Policy Institute. On average, Texans spend about $2,000 more per year for infant child care than in-state college tuition and $1,300 more to send a 4-year-old to preschool.
Houston Chronicle
April 14, 2025
This is when the burden of retirement shifted to you. And then came the Revenue Act of 1978. It created the “employer-sponsored” retirement plan (section 401k). Companies offering this benefit deducted part of each paycheck (specified by the employee) and provided options for self-directed investments.
These contributions were made with pretax dollars, meaning the money went into your retirement account before getting taxed. An added incentive was companies could match a portion of your contributions, but few did.
This all sounded fine and dandy. But almost no one knew what this really meant for retirement.
In 2013, the Economic Policy Institute declared the 401(k) a “poor substitute” for the previous system, and the Wall Street Journal deemed the 401(k) “oversold.”
Forbes
April 14, 2025
And that’s, you know, when you talk about auto in particular, I mean all those manufacturing jobs, every, for every the Economic Policy Institute did a study years ago. You know, for every 100 autumn automotive jobs, there are 700 secondary jobs born out of that. And so when those 100 auto jobs disappear, 700 other jobs disappear.
The Lever
April 14, 2025
The authors of the report also point to 2024 analysis from the liberal think tank Economic Policy Institute, which found that rising corporate profits explained over 40% of the rise in prices between the end of 2019 and mid-2022, when corporate profits generally account for about 11-12% of prices
Common Dreams
April 14, 2025
Josh Bivens, chief economist at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), emphasizes that American families will ultimately bear the cost.
“It seems unambiguous it’ll raise the price of food at grocery stores,” Bivens said. “Even if they did not do it mechanically, and they will just because we import a lot of produce in this country, there’s also going to be a lot of retaliation from trading partners and that’s going to help push up prices as well.”
Gray TV
April 14, 2025
According to a press release from Kelly’s office, nearly one in four workers in the U.S. currently earns less than $17 per hour. Analysis by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) estimates that over 22 million workers would see increased wages by 2030 if the legislation is enacted.
KAWC radio
April 14, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the median retirement savings for Black families in the U.S. is only $29,200, compared to $79,600 for White families (statistics from 2016).
Actuary Magazine
April 14, 2025