Sources:
- Economic Policy Institute. “How Not to Stimulate the Economy.“
Investopedia
April 6, 2026
A study by the Economic Policy Institute found an 18% pay gap between men and women in Missouri on average. The head of a non-profit group in Missouri, which aims to improve economic opportunities for women, says the percentage is not surprising. Wendy Doyle of United We of Missouri spoke with Sue Danielson.
KFEQ Radio
April 6, 2026
The inability to earn a decent wage can result in adverse knock-on effects later in life. In the U.S., which ranks 23rd in the World Happiness Report, women are more likely than men to face poverty, especially as they age: 17 percent of women between the ages of 70 and 79 — and 22 percent of women 80 and older — live in poverty, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. Men in these age groups experience poverty at a rate of 11 percent and 17 percent, respectively.
The Keene Sentinel
April 6, 2026
- The Economic Policy Institute released a study proving that the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) policy, which was enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Biden during pandemic lockdowns in 2021 to deliver $350 billion to states and cities, was “a transformative success. It averted a potential crisis. It empowered state and local leaders to address long-standing community needs. It helped millions of working families. It saved lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.” EPI concludes that lawmakers should copy and build on the SLFRF program in future crises in order to get the most money directly into the pockets of the Americans who need them most, rather than bailing out big companies and engaging in a top-down rescue plan like the one the government pursued in the 2008 financial crisis.
The Pitch from Civic Ventures
April 6, 2026
The GOP used a figure from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute that the average annual cost for childcare for a 4-year-old is $13,426.
They then pointed to a post from the Center for Community Solution, a Cleveland-based nonprofit, stating that about 520,000 Ohio households have at least one child under the age of six. “Even if each household only has one child, that is $6.76 billion in new spending,” the Ramaswamy release stated.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
April 6, 2026
According to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank, the purpose of the Act has long lost its luster as without any legal requirement to update it’s rate for rising prices, “the real value of the federal minimum wage has gradually declined, reaching a 66-year low in 2023, where it is now worth 42% less than its highest point in 1968.”
Biz New Orleans
April 6, 2026
The Real News Network
April 6, 2026
Given tight staff budgets, lawmakers outsource their legislative, communications, and networking strategies to whichever policy outfit overlaps with their political philosophy and electoral base. This ideas industry allows movement conservatives to turn to the Heritage Foundation, trade unionists to the Economic Policy Institute, libertarians to the Cato Institute, and so on.
Palladium Magazine
April 6, 2026
The H-2A temporary agriculture program allows approximately 350,000 farm workers into the United States for a maximum of three years at a time. It, too, is facing enormous changes. The Economic Policy Institute notes that under the Trump Administration’s proposed rules, wage reductions will bring H-2A workers’ pay from between $15 and $20 per hour to between $8 and $17, and will allow employers who provide shelter to their employees to deduct housing costs from their paychecks. In addition, it will give employers the right to fire workers for protesting, organizing, or working too slowly.
The Progressive Magazine
April 6, 2026
Headlines say Black women are leaving the workforce. Analysts from the Economic Policy Institute point to layoffs, burnout, and the steady rise in entrepreneurship.
Black Enterprise
April 6, 2026