Crain's New York
July 22, 2024
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) recently updated a decade-long study that shows the American economy overall actually does better historically when a Democrat is in the White House:
Racine County Eye
July 22, 2024
That’s because recreation-dependent counties tend to have higher-than-average costs of living compared to other rural counties. In 2023, the average household income needed to support a family of four in rural recreation communities was $97,800, compared to $88,900 in other rural counties, according to a dataset compiled by the Economic Policy Institute.
Daily Yonder
July 22, 2024
The Economic Policy Institute found that realized equity compensation made up more than 81 percent of total average realized CEO pay at big corporations in 2022.
Inequality.org
July 22, 2024
Adopting this tax policy may also result in employers resisting wage hikes, using the workers’ new tax benefit as an excuse to keep pay stagnant, said Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute. Businesses also could adopt a tipping model that would move their workers into a lower-wage category, cutting their labor costs, she added.
Bloomberg Law
July 22, 2024
“For at least the last 40 years, pay and job quality for workers across the South has been inferior compared to other regions—thanks to the racist and anti-worker Southern economic development model.”
That’s according to a Thursday report by Chandra Childers, a senior policy and economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The new publication is part of her “Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation” series.
Common Dreams
July 19, 2024
“For at least the last 40 years, pay and job quality for workers across the South has been inferior compared to other regions—thanks to the racist and anti-worker Southern economic development model.”
That’s according to a Thursday report by Chandra Childers, a senior policy and economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The new publication is part of her “Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation” series.
Common Dreams
July 19, 2024
“We want them to get work experience, but we want it to be a positive experience that doesn’t set them up for potentially missing school, or I mean, worst case scenario, suffering a disabling injury that’s going to affect them for the rest of their lives,” Jen Sherer from the Economic Policy Institute said.
Iowa News Now
July 17, 2024
The data from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows that annual wages for the top 1% in 2021 in the U.S. reached $819,324 on average. Those considered to be in the top 0.1% earned an average of $3,312,693 annually.
Meanwhile, those in the bottom 90% earned an average income of $36,571 annually, EPI data showed.
FOX 29 Philadelphia
July 17, 2024