What’s more, since 1979, wages for the bottom 90% of earners had grown just 15%, compared with 138% for the top 1%, according to a 2015 Economic Policy Institute report. But there’s now a renewed focus on wage-earner anxiety amid higher inflation and rising interest rates.
CNBC
August 17, 2023
According to a recent study from the Economic Policy Institute, in some states, teachers make almost 33% less than others with equivalent degrees.
Reader's Digest
August 17, 2023
“When there’s a downturn, Black workers, in particular, get hit the hardest, the earliest, and they take the longest to recover,” Kyle K. Moore, economist for the Economic Policy Institute’s program on race, ethnicity, and the economy, says.
Word in Black
August 17, 2023
The Arkansas law is part of a wave of new legislation that seeks to loosen regulations for employing children. Some 14 states have introduced similar laws, according to tracking by the Economic Policy Institute.
HR Brew
August 17, 2023
While there are various reasons why income and wealth inequality have exploded in the United States, the stratospheric pay awarded to members of the executive suite of public companies is believed to be one key factor. For example, see a report detailing CEO pay from the Economic Policy Institute dated 10/4/22, which provides extensive supporting data and notes: “[T]he escalation of CEO compensation, and of executive compensation more generally, has fueled the growth of top 1% and top 0.1% incomes, generating widespread inequality.”
Forbes
August 17, 2023
In September 2021, Washington D.C.-based nonprofit think tank the Economic Policy Institute issued a report entitled “Ensuring the high road in cannabis” that argued for strong unionization within the rapidly expanding legal-use industry.
NUG Magazine
August 17, 2023
According to the progressive Economic Policy Institute, protective child labor laws are being eliminated at a precarious time just as violations are rising. The U.S. Department of Labor recently reported that between October 2022 and July of this year, nearly 4,500 children were employed in violation of federal child labor laws and assessed more than $6.6 million in penalties against their employers.
KUAF
August 17, 2023
The cost of raising a child in the U.S. varies dramatically according to where you live. Using data from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), we compared the average cost of child care for a 4-year-old across states.
Unsurprisingly, child care costs are most expensive in states where the cost of living is higher. Massachusetts and Connecticut rank as the states with the highest child care costs, while expenses are more affordable in the Southern states of Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.
MarketWatch
August 17, 2023
These credentials may be needed as a temporary fix because according to the Economic Policy Institute, by 2024, new teachers will only fulfill one third of the national demand for teachers.
WCTI News 12
August 17, 2023