Infant care in Alabama costs on average $3,826 less than yearly in-state tuition for four-year public college, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Alabama Reflector
October 28, 2024
A senior researcher at the Ohio River Valley Institute, Sean O’Leary, has calculated that only 18,636 jobs can be directly connected to fracking. With indirect jobs figures from the Economic Policy Institute, the total number would be about 55,000 jobs. That’s about a tenth of the number claimed by Trump.
The Independent
October 28, 2024
As of the end of 2023 — using state data for oil and gas extraction, drilling for oil and gas, support services for oil and gas, and pipeline construction and transportation — O’Leary calculates that only 18,636 jobs can be directly attributed to fracking. Using indirect job multipliers published by the Economic Policy Institute, the overall job figure would be about 55,000 — about one-tenth of Trump’s number.
The Washington Post
October 28, 2024
Pensions, on the other hand, are much more evenly distributed, and the shift away from them has helped accelerate U.S. inequality. In 2013, almost 75 percent of Hispanic families, 60 percent of Black families and 35 percent of White families had no retirement savings, the Economic Policy Institute found.
The Washington Post
October 28, 2024
Wages vs inflation have been in a positive column for the past 19 months, and according to the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute have increased a net average of $16,700 which is $3,800 above average inflation impact under Biden/Harris.
Pierce County Journal (WI)
October 28, 2024
Union activity is also on the rise. In 2023, union membership in the broad private service sector jumped by 64,000 to a total of 280,000 statewide – a 30% increase in one year. The Economic Policy Institute has found that a unionized worker earns 10% more in wages than a peer in a nonunionized job in the same industry. “Across the board,” Herzenberg said, “workers have more bargaining power when unemployment is low, both individually and collectively.”
Capital & Main
October 28, 2024
Trump’s tariffs would raise consumer prices by $2,500 to $3,000 per year, according to EPI Action, the advocacy arm of the Economic Policy Institute.
Common Dreams
October 28, 2024
While the federal minimum wage has been frozen since 2009, 30 states have stepped in to boost wages for their lowest-earning workers, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. That’s left 20 states still paying the federal baseline wage, representing annual earnings of $15,000. Those states are mostly in the South and Midwest, including the four battleground states that use the $7.25 an hour minimum: Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
CBS Moneywatch
October 28, 2024
“For 90% of households, Social Security is the most important thing in their portfolio,” said Monique Morrissey, senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. “And any cuts to Social Security, therefore, would have a huge impact.”
USA Today
October 28, 2024
Those making the federal minimum wage earn 29% less, after accounting for inflation, than their counterparts did in July 2009, according to an analysis by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute that was published in April. And the federal floor has fallen far below a living wage, say those who support increasing it.
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Some 30 states and the District of Columbia have higher thresholds than the federal floor, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Plus, 63 localities have adopted minimum wages that are above their state thresholds.
CNN
October 28, 2024