Video | Economic Policy Institute https://www.epi.org Research and Ideas for Shared Prosperity Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:00:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://files.epi.org/uploads/cropped-EPI-favicon-32x32.webp Video | Economic Policy Institute https://www.epi.org 32 32 Video: Where’s the outrage? https://www.epi.org/blog/video-wheres-outrage/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:04:14 +0000 http://www.epi.org/?post_type=blog&p=19633 EPI President Larry Mishel recently participated in The Economist‘s Buttonwood Gathering in New York City. In its third year, Buttonwood is a flagship event for the magazine that attracts leading financial and economic experts.

Mishel served as a panelist during the session “The backlash: Zuccotti Park and beyond.” He was joined by Jeff Madrick, senior fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School, and Terra Lawson-Remer, fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and assistant professor of International Affairs at The New School.

Mishel used the forum to lament the lack of urgency being shown by Buttonwood attendees toward the unemployment crisis. Watch Mishel’s full remarks below:

Mishel also recently conducted a virtual teach-in with Occupied Media, where he talked about the need for a more decent and more equal society:

]]> EPI at 25: Working for people who work for a living https://www.epi.org/publication/epi-25th-anniversary-dinner-recap/ Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:03:02 +0000 http://www.epi.org/?post_type=publication&p=18174 This year marks the Economic Policy Institute’s 25th year of championing American workers and their families. EPI celebrated this milestone on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., by honoring Paul Krugman, Ray Marshall, and the leaders of Wisconsin’s labor community.

Click through the photo slideshows and watch the videos below for more on EPI at 25 and our distinguished honorees:

EPI at 25

Slideshow: Photos from EPI’s 25th anniversary


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Paul Krugman: An Indispensable Man

Krugman’s acceptance speech

Honoring Ray Marshall

Slideshow: Honoring Wisconsin workers

Slideshow: The people of EPI

More on EPI at 25

]]> EPI at 25: Honoring Paul Krugman https://www.epi.org/publication/epi-25-paul-krugman-video/ Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:01:59 +0000 http://www.epi.org/?post_type=publication&p=18313 On Nov. 1, the Economic Policy Institute presented New York Times columnist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman with EPI’s first ever Distinguished Economist Award. EPI also produced a candid video in which Krugman shared his vision for a decent society, discussed the radicalizing impact of the policy debates of the last decade, and revealed his philosophy on making our society a better one for all.

Krugman’s acceptance speech

Paul Krugman: An Indispensable Man

Watch the 25th anniversary video: EPI at 25
More Krugman: Read Krugman’s blog post congratulating EPI

View more multimedia on EPI at 25: Working for people who work for a living.

 

]]> The long road back to full employment https://www.epi.org/publication/video_the_long_road_back_to_full_employment/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:41:24 +0000 http://d2.epi.org/?publications=video_the_long_road_back_to_full_employment “We’ve been adding jobs for more than a year now but we still have a huge deficit in the labor market,” Economist Heidi Shierholz says in this video. “We would have to add 285,000 jobs every month for five years in order to get back to the pre-recession rate of unemployment.”

]]> America’s Fiscal Choices: Strengthening the Economy and Building for the Future https://www.epi.org/publication/americas_fiscal_choices/ Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:10:19 +0000 http://d2.epi.org/?publications=americas_fiscal_choices The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, The Century Foundation, Demos and The Economic Policy Institute held a conference on October 5, 2010 with some of the nation’s leading thinkers to discuss the critical economic choices and challenges confronting the nation. Panelists represented a range of perspectives on how to facilitate economic growth, spur public investment and reduce the national debt.

Videos | Schedule | Materials

Setting the Economic Framework

Tamara Draut from Demos, Katherine McFate from the Ford Doundation, and Lawrence Mishel from the Economic Policy Institute discuss the economic framework for a discussion of American fiscal policy. The Powerpoint used in the panel is available here.

The Fiscal Squeeze on State and Local Governments

Robert Greenstein (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) and Ezra Klein (Washington Post) discuss the dificulties of maintaining balanced budgets at the local and state level and the consequent effects on policy.

Budget Policy, Short-Term Recovery and Long-Term Growth

Goldman Sachs’ Jan Hatzius, New York Times’ Columnist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman, and Harvard Economist Martin Feldstein discuss budget policy, short-term recovery and prospects for long-term growth, moderated by the New York Times’ Jackie Calmes.

Replenishing Revenues and Modernizing the Tax Code

Leonard Burman (Maxwell School, Syracuse University), ; John Irons (Economic Policy Institute), Henry Aaron (Brookings Institution, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities), and Ezra Klein (Washington Post) discuss the effects of tax policy on the American public and the federal balance sheet.

Strengthening Social Security and Retirement Security

Nancy Altman (Social Security Works) Teresa Ghilarducci (The New School), Robert Reischauer (Urban Institute), and Robert Kuttner (American Prospect) discuss social security policy and its relationship with American federal fiscal policy.

Reassessing our National Security Goals and Budget

Carl Conetta (Project on Defense Alternatives), David Walker (Peter G. Peterson Foundation), Cindy Williams (MIT), and Stan Collender (Qorvis) discuss the role defense spending plays in America’s fiscal security.

Next Steps for Healthcare Reform

Karen Davis (Commonwealth Fund), Maggie Mahar (Century Foundation Fellow), Bill Hoagland (CIGNA), and Robert Kuttner (American Prospect) discuss the importance of health care reform and its impact on the federal budget.

Public Investment as a Foundation for Growth

John Podesta (Center for American Progress), Robert Puentes (Brookings Institution) Eileen Appelbaum (Center for Economic and Policy Research), and Stan Collender (Qorvis) discuss long-term prospects for the federal budget and its effect on the American public.

TIME TOPIC SPEAKERS
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome and Setting the Framework: Economic Growth, Investment and Deficit Reduction Tamara Draut, Demos; Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute
9:30 Economists Panel: Budget Policy, Short-Term Recovery and Long-Term Growth Jan Hatzius, Goldman Sachs; Paul Krugman, New York Times; Martin Feldstein, Harvard. Moderated by Jackie Calmes, New York Times
10:30 The Short-Term Challenge: The Fiscal Squeeze on State and Local Governments Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.Moderated by Ezra Klein, Washington Post
11:00 Break
11:15 The Medium-Term Challenge: Replenishing Revenues and Modernizing the Tax Code Leonard Burman, Maxwell School, Syracuse University; John Irons, Economic Policy Institute; Henry Aaron, Brookings Institution, CBPP. Moderated by Ezra Klein, Washington Post
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Lunch Time Feature
The Medium Term Challenge: Strengthening Social Security and Retirement Security		 Nancy Altman, Social Security Works; Teresa Ghilarducci, The New School; Robert Reischauer, Urban Institute. Moderated by Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect
1:45 The Medium-Term Challenge: Reassessing our National Security Goals and Budget Carl Conetta, Project on Defense Alternatives; David Walker, Peter G. Peterson Foundation; Cindy Williams, MIT. Moderated by Stan Collender, Qorvis
2:30 The Long-Term Challenge: Next Steps for Healthcare Reform Karen Davis, Commonwealth Fund; Maggie Mahar, TCF Fellow; Bill Hoagland, CIGNA
3:15 Break
3:30 The Long-Term Challenge: Public Investment as a Foundation for Growth John Podesta, Center for American Progress; Robert Puentes, Brookings Institution; Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research. Moderated by Stan Collender, Qorvis

Background Materials

The Economic Policy Institute

Setting the Economic Framework [Powerpoint]

Fiscal Consolidation Should Wait until Economic Recovery is on Track

Putting the Public Debt in Context

Budget Deficits and Interest Rates


The Century Foundation

Deficit Disorder: Sense and Nonsense About the Federal Debt

How to Reduce Deficits and Improve the Tax System Without Hurting Most Families

The Impact of Housing and Investm
ent Market Declines on the Wealth of Baby Boomers

Demos

Reconciling Economic Growth and Fiscal Responsibility

Social Security: Built to Last for Generations to Come

Trends in Revenue and the Fiscal Condition

 

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Federal Spending Target of 21 Percent of GDP Not Appropriate Benchmark for Deficit-Reduction Efforts

Letting High-Income Tax Cuts Expire is Proper Response to Nation’s Short- and Long-Term Challenges

Top Ten Facts About Social Security on the Program’s 75th Anniversary

Testimony of Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, and Jim Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy, before the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

]]> Ross Eisenbrey on C-SPAN https://www.epi.org/publication/eisenbrey_on_cspan/ Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:09:16 +0000 http://d2.epi.org/?publications=eisenbrey_on_cspan

EPI Vice President Ross Eisenbrey (pictured) appeared on CSPAN on June 27 for an in-depth discussion of the economy and the deficit and the importance of government spending to both stimulate the economy and support workers who have not been able to find jobs.

“How do you stimulate the economy again and put people back to work? The only answer is that the government has to step in,” Eisenbrey said.

Regarding the failure of Congress to maintain extended unemployment insurance benefits for millions of long-term unemployed, Eisenbrey stressed that with five unemployed workers for every job opening, there remains a severe shortage of jobs. To let unemployment benefits lapse in the midst of such a severe jobs crisis, he said, “is pretty close to criminal in my mind.”

Watch the full discussion here.

 

 

]]> Watch Lawrence Mishel on CBS Sunday Morning https://www.epi.org/publication/mishel_on_cbs_sunday_morning_20100328/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:07:04 +0000 http://d2.epi.org/?publications=mishel_on_cbs_sunday_morning_20100328 EPI President Lawrence Mishel discusses the middle-class squeeze on CBS Sunday Morning, February 28, 2010.

]]> Best way to reduce the deficit is to invest in job creation https://www.epi.org/publication/some_facts_about_the_federal_deficit/ Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:42:57 +0000 http://d2.epi.org/?publications=some_facts_about_the_federal_deficit The federal deficit — as a portion of the overall economy — was much larger in the early 1940s than it is today. Back then, a period of high, post-war deficits was followed by decades of unprecedented economic growth.

And critics of today’s deficit often fail to mention that Bush-era tax cuts to the wealthy are a major contributing factor.

In the video Deficits and the Recovery, policy analyst Ethan Pollack offers some historic context on the federal deficit and explains why “if we really do want to reduce the deficit, we first need to create jobs.”

Watch Deficits and the Recovery

]]> Lawrence Mishel: What the Economy Needs Now https://www.epi.org/publication/mishel-at-momentum-2009/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:00:28 +0000 http://d2.epi.org/?publications=mishel-at-momentum-2009 In September, EPI president Lawrence Mishel spoke at Tides’ Momentum 2009 conference. Watch his presentation and view his slideshow below.

Watch and listen to Lawrence Mishel’s presentation

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]]> Tax policy as stimulus https://www.epi.org/publication/tax_policy_as_stimulus/ Mon, 18 May 2009 18:53:12 +0000 http://d2.epi.org/?publications=tax_policy_as_stimulus A recent Wall Street Journal editorial criticizing President Obama’s tax policy led to an enlightening debate between economists on CNBC. EPI’s Research and Policy Director John Irons stressed that many of Obama’s critics also attacked the tax policies of President Clinton 16 years ago, only to witness a period of record economic growth.

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