According to the Economic Policy Institute, wages for the top 1 percent of U.S. income earners skyrocketed nearly 182 percent from 1979 to 2023, compared to a growth of 43.7 percent for the bottom 90 percent. CEO pay growth in recent decades has similarly towered over that for the average worker, with top CEO compensation rising 1,085 percent from 1978 to 2023, compared with a 24 percent increase in pay for a typical worker.
Orlando Weekly
January 21, 2025
Some of the roles H-1B workers are hired to fill also involve less complicated jobs, like product testing, said Ronil Hira, an associate political science professor at Howard University and a research associate with the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. These roles don’t necessarily meet the visa program’s intended goal of outsourcing roles that require unique skills.
CBS Moneywatch
January 21, 2025
“The Department of Labor under Trump could review the rule, and they might not necessarily deem that this is something that they want to continue to pursue,” says Margaret Poydock, a senior analyst with the Economic Policy Institute. “So they will just not issue a final rule, and that will kind of be the end of that rulemaking.”
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
January 21, 2025
…billion in additional earnings, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. This marks one of the largest-ever state minimum…[paywall].
Forbes
January 15, 2025
The average adult in Northwest Arkansas spends $337 a month on groceries, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Eliminating the grocery tax would save them 42 cents a month.
40/29 News
January 15, 2025
“You cannot reverse four and a half decades of rising inequality with a few years of absolute good economic outcomes and policy changes,” said Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute. “But one of the most fundamental things they did was provide relief recovery at the scale that was needed to generate a strong jobs recovery.”
Reuters
January 15, 2025
There are a few left-leaning think tanks and policy outfits like Public Citizen, NAACP, ACLU, Center for American Progress, Economic Policy Institute, Roosevelt Institute, Demos, and the Century Foundation. None of these, however, have levels of funding, inter-agency coordination, or integration with the Democratic Party that even begins to approximate the list of conservative organizations above.
Hartmann Report
January 14, 2025
In a recent report for the Economic Policy Instituteand the Center for Economic and Policy Research,…[paywall].
The Boston Globe
January 14, 2025
A study by the Economic Policy Institute found that, if the Fair Labor Standards Act protection were extended to teachers, almost a quarter of us make so little that we would be eligible for the overtime pay.
The Hechinger Report
January 14, 2025