Adam Hersh, a senior economist with Economic Policy Institute Action, likened that latter idea “to dropping a nuclear bomb on a hurricane” in an interview this summer. According to Hersh’s estimates, border taxes on imports might possibly have to reach around 130% or higher in order to have a chance to generate the revenue that comes from income tax.
MSNBC
October 15, 2024
“We have yet to see any study that shows the school vouchers are really moving the needle in terms of student achievement,” Hilary Wething, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, told MPU. “In fact, the studies on vouchers show that students tend to achieve less going into voucher programs.”
More Perfect Union
October 15, 2024
We also examine the origins of the practice of tipping. Nina Mast of the Economic Policy Institute discusses how tipping is a legacy of our nation’s deeply racist past, and what that means for workers today.
Oregon Center for Public Policy
October 15, 2024
There was another important factor behind inflation. Many corporations took advantage of the situation by raising prices far higher than necessary. This “greedflation” jacked up corporate profits while hammering consumers. The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive thinktank, said these moves to boost corporate profits caused one-third of the growth in prices since the pandemic began.
The Guardian
October 15, 2024
An Economic Policy Institute report from 2022 argued wages for non-college educated workers tend to be substantially lower in service industry jobs and the impact has been particularly pronounced for workers of color.
Ohio Capital Journal
October 15, 2024
The median household income for 2023 was $80,610, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But county-by-county cost-of-living estimates developed by the organization I run, Living Wage For Us, in partnership with the Economic Policy Institute, show that 92 percent of Americans reside in a place where $80,610 a year for a family of four is not enough to make ends meet.
Newsweek
October 15, 2024
Finally, the mother of all these myths is that historically Republicans have been better economic managers of the nation’s affairs than Democrats. A recent study by the Economic Policy Institute shows that this one finds no support in the historical record.
Democratic administrations since WWII have seen job growth of 2.5%, compared to only 1.1% for their Republican rivals. Other measures like GDP show a similar gap.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
October 15, 2024
Child care deserts exist across 70% of rural Wisconsin, according to a 2021 report from the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association. The Economic Policy Institute found that a typical family in Wisconsin would have to spend a third of its income on child care for an infant and a 4-year-old.
Civic Media
October 15, 2024
The effects of this shift are not evenly distributed across the population. Certain groups, particularly Black and Hispanic workers, have faced disproportionate impacts from globalization and manufacturing declines, a report from the Economic Policy Institute revealed.
Forbes
October 15, 2024