- Tariffs—Everything you need to know but were afraid to ask
During his presidential campaign, President Trump pledged to impose universal tariffs of 10–60% on all U S imports—a whopping $4 2 trillion in goods and services purchased from abroad in 2024 This was always a real possibility The International Economic Emergency Powers Act gives the president broad authority to do so In early February the Trump administration seemed…
- How anti-worker policies, crony capitalism, and privatization keep the . . .
A 2017 EPI analysis of wage theft in the 10 most populous states—including Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas—found that workers were cheated out of $8 billion annually due to minimum wage violations alone (Cooper and Kroeger 2017)
- 271,500 workers went on strike in 2024 - epi. org
The data, combined with an EPI review of publicly available sources, suggest a range of strike activity in 2024 Recurring themes of major stoppages in 2024 include improving pay, expanding benefits, and addressing workplace safety issues
- Board of Directors - Economic Policy Institute
Experts | Staff | About EPI EPI board policy statement on equity, diversity, and inclusion Leadership Liz Shuler, Chair* President, AFL-CIO Julianne Malveaux, Vice Chair* President Emerita of Bennett College for Women Teresa Ghilarducci, Secretary* New School for Social Research Gary Bass, Treasurer* President, GDB Consulting Executive Director Emeritus, The Bauman Foundation Members Nina
- About - Economic Policy Institute
About EPI The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank working for the last 30 years to counter rising inequality, low wages and weak benefits for working people, slower economic growth, unacceptable employment conditions, and a widening racial wage gap
- Topics - EPI Data Library
The EPI Data Library offers comprehensive, up-to-date labor data from Economic Policy Institute analysis, covering wages, inequality, and economic trends across demographics
- Publications - Economic Policy Institute
EPI comment on OPM’s proposed rule on “Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service” May 23, 2025 By Samantha Sanders and Ben Zipperer Public Comments
- The upside-down priorities of the House budget - epi. org
An open letter from six Nobel laureate economists The upside-down priorities of the House budget Adding significantly to debt while reducing incomes for the bottom 40%
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