Monique Morrissey is a staff economist at the Economic Policy Institute, where she focuses on retirement security, executive compensation, the Federal Reserve, and financial markets.
Common Dreams
November 24, 2021
Since China joined the WTO, the number of jobs in the U.S. manufacturing industry has been decreasing. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the trade deficit with China cost about 2.7 million jobs between 2001 and 2011, including manufacturing and other industries.
The BL
November 24, 2021
A study of the workforce released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) delineates 1979 as the point where significant changes started to accelerate a large chasm between workers and wages. Whereas the mid-20th century reflected a time of advances for working class Americans, “The decades since 1979 have been characterized by erosion of the minimum wage and overtime-pay standards, a decline in unionization and cultural and political acceptance of excessive executive pay.”
The Malibu Times
November 24, 2021
The Economic Policy Institute published a report last year that found Black children nationally are five times as likely as white children to attend schools that are highly segregated by race and ethnicity.
NC Policy Watch
November 24, 2021
On average, the annual cost of infant care in Ohio is $808 per month, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C-based nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank.
Columbus Dispatch
November 24, 2021
According to a December 2019 report conducted by the Economic Policy Institute, US employers are charged with violating labor law in 41.5% of all union elections and spend nearly $340m annually on union avoidance consultants, tactics that labor leaders and many elected officials are hoping to rein in with the Pro Act in Congress.
The Guardian
November 24, 2021
In Michigan, where household incomes and child care costs are close to average for the U.S., a couple raising an infant and toddler today can expect to spend about $20,000 a year to place both kids in accredited child care, according to calculations from the Economic Policy Institute.
The Huffington Post
November 24, 2021
The federal government does not keep great data on the pay of federal contractors, so it’s hard to know exactly how many workers will see a wage increase. Earlier this year, the Economic Policy Institute estimated that a hike to $15 would create direct raises for up to 390,000 workers, a potentially larger number than the Labor Department estimated. EPI said the average pay increase would be around $3,100 annually.
The Huffington Post
November 24, 2021
“In the meantime, the Covid-19 inflation shock is being muffled, not amplified, by the labor market as average wage growth lags inflation. This has been tough on working families but means harsh medicine meant to stop wage-price spirals is not needed. The Federal Reserve’s decision to slowly reduce monthly asset purchases was prudent, providing a strong signal that inflation stability remains a crucial part of its mandate. But that’s enough for now.” — Josh Bivens, director of research at the Economic Policy Institute
Politico
November 24, 2021
As of April, only 1 in 6 Hispanic workers were able to work from home during the pandemic, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
NBC News
November 24, 2021
According to the Economic Policy Institute, infant care alone costs about $10,000 in Florida and about $16,000 for both an infant and a 4-year-old. The organization estimates that for the typical Florida family, that’s 30 percent of the household income.
Spectrum News
November 24, 2021
The analyses are the first in a series of annual reports planned from the Minneapolis Fed through 2028, and they’ve already garnered pushback from advocates for the $15 minimum wage. A written critique published by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank based in Washington, D.C., calls the Minneapolis changes in employment “implausibly large” and likely attributable to other factors, given that the Minneapolis minimum wage last year increased by only 75 cents at small employers and $1 at large employers.
TwinCities.com
November 24, 2021
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said last month that Biden “absolutely” wanted to bring the minimum wage up to $15 and that he thought it was “long overdue.” In January, the Economic Policy Institute found that 32 million workers would benefit from a federal minimum wage of $15 an hour. That included one-third of Black workers.
Business Insider
November 24, 2021
Immigrants without authorization typically take these jobs because they have the fewest options, Daniel Costa, the director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, told Insider.
Business Insider
November 24, 2021
Jeff Faux, founding president and now distinguished fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, is the author of ‘The Servant Economy’ and ‘The Global Class War.’
The American Prospect
November 23, 2021
Those people, by the way, certainly wouldn’t be able to afford to provide care for their own loved ones. Home health care workers, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found in a new report, make on average $13.18 an hour, about half what the average U.S. worker is paid. That’s slightly better than a child care worker, who makes on average $13.50 an hour. Just under 26% of home care workers have employer-sponsored health benefits; only 20.7% of child care workers do. Despite the fact that children are our future, we don’t really care about them, either.
Daily Kos
November 23, 2021
Immigrants without authorization typically take these jobs because they have the fewest options, Daniel Costa, the director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, told Insider.
Business Insider
November 23, 2021
Features Josh discussing Jerome Powell’s nomination for Federal Reserve Chair.
Spectrum News
November 23, 2021
Since China joined the WTO, the number of jobs in the U.S. manufacturing industry has been decreasing. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the trade deficit with China cost about 2.7 million jobs between 2001 and 2011, including manufacturing and other industries.
The BL
November 22, 2021
Since China joined the WTO, the number of jobs in the U.S. manufacturing industry has been decreasing. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the trade deficit with China cost about 2.7 million jobs between 2001 and 2011, including manufacturing and other industries.
The BL
November 22, 2021
A study of the workforce released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) delineates 1979 as the point where significant changes started to accelerate a large chasm between workers and wages. Whereas the mid-20th century reflected a time of advances for working class Americans, “The decades since 1979 have been characterized by erosion of the minimum wage and overtime-pay standards, a decline in unionization and cultural and political acceptance of excessive executive pay.”
The Malibu Times
November 22, 2021
Penalties for companies wrongfully terminating pro-union employees are “just pathetic”, said Oliver. A company might be forced to provide backpay, “but that on its own is a pretty small price for them to pay if it helps them crush a union”.
Which is why US employers are charged with violating federal law in over 41% of union election campaigns, “because why wouldn’t they?” Oliver exclaimed. “Even when the charges are proven, the consequences are laughable.”
The Guardian
November 19, 2021
Teresa Ghilarducci is the Schwartz Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research. She’s the co-author of “Rescuing Retirement” and a member of the board of directors of the Economic Policy Institute.
Bloomberg
November 19, 2021
The wage gap between teachers and the rest of the comparably educated workforce was about 21% in 2018. That disparity was a much smaller 6% back in 1996, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.
Axios
November 19, 2021
As of mid-October, only three of 12 Midwestern states had used relief dollars for extra employee pay, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute. But a handful of other municipalities in California, including the cities of San Carlos and San Mateo, approved similar measures earlier this year.
Route Fifty
November 19, 2021
The companies’ complaints about increases in raw material and shipping costs may or may not be genuine, but it’s certainly plain that they’ve used talk about inflation to raise prices more than their cost increases warrant. That shows up in the government’s inflation numbers, without explanation.
The result is what economist Josh Bivens of the labor-oriented Economic Policy Institute calls the “unwarranted leap” of attributing the recent price spikes to “ ‘too much’ fiscal relief and recovery.” There’s no evidence that merely providing more assistance to ordinary households caused inflation and therefore should be abandoned.
Las Vegas Sun
November 19, 2021
More than half of Black households have no retirement savings at all, compared with less than a third of white households. The median retirement savings for a white household between ages 25 and 61 is $79,500, while Black households have $29,200, according to research by the Economic Policy Institute and others.
The Philadelphia Tribune
November 19, 2021
For decades, mandatory anti-union meetings have been a common tactic employers use to crush support for union drives. In fact, 89 percent of employers use captive audience meetings during union drives, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
VICE
November 19, 2021
Economic policy writer Kyle Moore wrote an article with the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank which focuses on middle and lower class economic issues called, “Racial disparities in unemployment persist, despite claims of a ‘labor shortage.’”
In the article, Moore examines the 2021 Fiscal Third Quarter (Q3) rates of unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics broken down by race on the state and national level.
The Daily Egyptian
November 19, 2021