Crain's Detroit Business
May 19, 2023
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the unemployment rate among Hispanic workers as of the end of 2022 in Pennsylvania was 6.7% — which was the second highest in the country.
Lancaster Online
May 19, 2023
A recent study by the Economic Policy Institute found that the large-scale introduction of electric vehicles could trigger the loss of over 250,000 jobs in automobile assembly and parts production.
These job losses could be offset by a significant strengthening of industries in the EV supply chain.
Jacobin
May 19, 2023
According to the Economic Policy Institute, in 2021 that gap was 23.5%. Teachers earned an average of 76.5 cents for every dollar that other professionals with the same level of education earned.
WKBW (Buffalo)
May 19, 2023
(Paywall). Quotes Jennifer Sherer.
Law360
May 19, 2023
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe asks Samantha Sanders of the Economic Policy Institute how not raising the debt ceiling would affect the average American.
NPR Weekend Edition
May 19, 2023
“The best indication of the quality of the jobs out there for the blue-collar economy, if you want to call it that, is that it looks like we’re going to have a summer of strikes across the country,” Adam Hersh, a senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, told Insider.
Business Insider
May 19, 2023
A default would be felt first by Americans who receive payments either directly from the federal government or programs funded by it — like Social Security, military and veterans benefits, housing assistance and food stamps — says Samantha Sanders, the director of government affairs and advocacy at the Economic Policy Institute.
And, as she told NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, the economic effects would ripple outward from there.
People in low- and medium-income ranges could struggle to pay their bills and cut back on spending. The Treasury could delay payments, rattling financial markets and wiping out household wealth. And people could see higher rates for things like mortgages and credit card interest.
NPR Morning Edition
May 19, 2023
According to the Economic Policy Institute, about 217,000 Ohioans are victims of wage theft each year, costing each worker an average of $2,800 annually.
Spectrum News
May 19, 2023
Speaking of work requirements, more and more older Americans are being forced by economic necessity to work in dangerous jobs. According to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute, nearly half of older workers (ages 50–70) experience physically demanding jobs (50.3%), environmental hazards (54.2%), difficult schedules (53.7%), high-pressure jobs (46.1%), or limited autonomy over work decisions (45.9%). In addition, one-in-seven older workers (14.1%) are on the receiving end of abusive and violent behavior.
Counterpunch
May 19, 2023