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Labor unions and the middle class: A conversation at EPI with the Department of Treasury
Please join EPI and the Department of the Treasury on Wednesday, November 8, at 1 p.m. EST (10 a.m. PST) for a discussion featuring findings from the Treasury Department’s August 2023 report, Labor Unions and the Middle Class. The report examines the benefits of a strong labor movement and discusses the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to support worker bargaining power.
Learn more at www.epi.org
published: 09 Nov 2023
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Economic Policy Institute
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org
published: 24 Jul 2012
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Economic Policy Institute at 25
published: 02 Nov 2011
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EPI President Heidi Shierholz discusses inflation
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org
published: 28 Apr 2023
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The Rise of U.S. Child Labor, and How We Can Fight Back
Child labor violations are on the rise across the U.S., and in the past two years at least 16 states have considered legislation to roll back protections for young workers. This growing crisis is beginning to draw overdue attention to longstanding gaps and weaknesses in federal and state child labor policies and enforcement systems.
In this webinar we discuss what emerging child labor trends mean for workers and the economy and how state and federal lawmakers can work to strengthen standards. Panelists discuss why and where exploitative forms of child labor have persisted or re-emerged in the U.S., the legislative landscape at the state and national level, and proactive measures that lawmakers and labor agencies can pursue to improve protections for young people who work.
Recorded li...
published: 06 Dec 2023
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Inequality is real, it's personal, it's expensive and it was created
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Visit http://inequality.is/
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Inequality is real, it's personal, it's expensive and it was created. Today, 1% of Americans are taking home nearly 20% of the country's total income and own nearly 35% of the country's wealth. This didn't happen by accident. As former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains, we allowed it to happen.
We can't have a prosperous economy without a strong and prosperous middle class. Inequality can be fixed. So, let's fix it.
inequality.is, a new interactive site from the Economic Policy Institute, explains the causes of and solutions to income inequality.
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The recent past has seen greater economic inequality in America than at any time since the Great D...
published: 20 Jun 2013
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America’s Racist Economy • State of Working America Podcast
The State of Working America Podcast’s debut episode features economist Valerie Wilson, from the Economic Policy Institute, discussing the central role race in the American economy.
Wilson debunks the widely-held myth that education is an easy way to narrow the racial wage and wealth gap, explaining that structural racism runs much deeper, defining U.S. economic relations to their core.
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The State of Working America Podcast is part of EPI’s effort to raise workers’ voices to ensure they are heard in the economic policy debate. Hosted by Pedro da Costa.
Core topics include workers' rights, inequality, race, gender, labor markets, education and immigration, but we're interested in all things related to social justice.
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Related links:
Track the data: State unemployment by race and et...
published: 15 Oct 2019
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Economic Policy Institute: Poverty as a Policy Choice: The data and need for economic justice in RI
Alan Krinsky, Director of Research & Fiscal Policy, Economic Progress Institute
The Economic Progress Institute hosted its 12th Annual Policy & Budget Conference on Friday, September 29 at the Marriott Hotel in Providence. The theme of the conference was: Igniting the Dream of Economic Justice to inspire a series of community and policy actions that ensure that all Rhode Islanders can thrive.
Presentations included:
• Alan Krinsky, EPI Research & Fiscal Policy Director, discussing Poverty as a Policy Choice;
• Representative David Morales leading a Dreamers Panel discussion;
• Nina Harrison, EPI Policy Director, leading a panel of Community Leaders; and,
• Keynote speaker Obenewa Amponsah, the Managing Director of the Black Leadership Institute at the Institute for Nonprofit Practice
published: 03 Oct 2023
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Solutions Initiative III: Economic Policy Institute
Plan from the Economic Policy Institute, part of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Solutions Initiative III. http://pgpf.org/solutions-initiative-iii
published: 19 May 2015
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How wage suppression was caused by policy decisions made on behalf of the rich and corporations
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org
published: 03 Aug 2021
1:06:49
Labor unions and the middle class: A conversation at EPI with the Department of Treasury
Please join EPI and the Department of the Treasury on Wednesday, November 8, at 1 p.m. EST (10 a.m. PST) for a discussion featuring findings from the Treasury D...
Please join EPI and the Department of the Treasury on Wednesday, November 8, at 1 p.m. EST (10 a.m. PST) for a discussion featuring findings from the Treasury Department’s August 2023 report, Labor Unions and the Middle Class. The report examines the benefits of a strong labor movement and discusses the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to support worker bargaining power.
Learn more at www.epi.org
https://wn.com/Labor_Unions_And_The_Middle_Class_A_Conversation_At_Epi_With_The_Department_Of_Treasury
Please join EPI and the Department of the Treasury on Wednesday, November 8, at 1 p.m. EST (10 a.m. PST) for a discussion featuring findings from the Treasury Department’s August 2023 report, Labor Unions and the Middle Class. The report examines the benefits of a strong labor movement and discusses the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to support worker bargaining power.
Learn more at www.epi.org
- published: 09 Nov 2023
- views: 649
0:55
Economic Policy Institute
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org
https://wn.com/Economic_Policy_Institute
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org
- published: 24 Jul 2012
- views: 1771
1:10
EPI President Heidi Shierholz discusses inflation
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org
https://wn.com/Epi_President_Heidi_Shierholz_Discusses_Inflation
From the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
www.epi.org
- published: 28 Apr 2023
- views: 152
1:05:01
The Rise of U.S. Child Labor, and How We Can Fight Back
Child labor violations are on the rise across the U.S., and in the past two years at least 16 states have considered legislation to roll back protections for yo...
Child labor violations are on the rise across the U.S., and in the past two years at least 16 states have considered legislation to roll back protections for young workers. This growing crisis is beginning to draw overdue attention to longstanding gaps and weaknesses in federal and state child labor policies and enforcement systems.
In this webinar we discuss what emerging child labor trends mean for workers and the economy and how state and federal lawmakers can work to strengthen standards. Panelists discuss why and where exploitative forms of child labor have persisted or re-emerged in the U.S., the legislative landscape at the state and national level, and proactive measures that lawmakers and labor agencies can pursue to improve protections for young people who work.
Recorded live on December 5th, 2023 at EPI.
Learn more at http://www.epi.org
https://wn.com/The_Rise_Of_U.S._Child_Labor,_And_How_We_Can_Fight_Back
Child labor violations are on the rise across the U.S., and in the past two years at least 16 states have considered legislation to roll back protections for young workers. This growing crisis is beginning to draw overdue attention to longstanding gaps and weaknesses in federal and state child labor policies and enforcement systems.
In this webinar we discuss what emerging child labor trends mean for workers and the economy and how state and federal lawmakers can work to strengthen standards. Panelists discuss why and where exploitative forms of child labor have persisted or re-emerged in the U.S., the legislative landscape at the state and national level, and proactive measures that lawmakers and labor agencies can pursue to improve protections for young people who work.
Recorded live on December 5th, 2023 at EPI.
Learn more at http://www.epi.org
- published: 06 Dec 2023
- views: 166
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Inequality is real, it's personal, it's expensive and it was created
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Visit http://inequality.is/
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Inequality is real, it's personal, it's expensive and it was ...
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Visit http://inequality.is/
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Inequality is real, it's personal, it's expensive and it was created. Today, 1% of Americans are taking home nearly 20% of the country's total income and own nearly 35% of the country's wealth. This didn't happen by accident. As former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains, we allowed it to happen.
We can't have a prosperous economy without a strong and prosperous middle class. Inequality can be fixed. So, let's fix it.
inequality.is, a new interactive site from the Economic Policy Institute, explains the causes of and solutions to income inequality.
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The recent past has seen greater economic inequality in America than at any time since the Great Depression.
In the three decades after World War II American incomes grew quickly and equally, but starting in the late 1970s things began to change.
Today, 1% of Americans are taking home nearly 20 percent of the country's total income, and own more than 35% of America's wealth.
And it didn't happen by accident. It's the result of policy decisions on taxes, education, trade, labor, macroeconomics, and financial regulation -- all of which shifted economic power away from low and moderate-income American families.
Economic inequality is real, it's personal, it's expensive. And it was created.
Since the 1960s, tax rates on very high incomes have been slashed dramatically, starving public investments in schools and roads and everything else needed to build our economy, and providing ever-greater incentives to rig the economy's rules to send more money to the top
The laws we've created to govern globalization have protected corporate interests, but done nothing for American workers.
Instead, we've allowed worker's rights to be systematically dismantled, both here and abroad.
Policymakers also began using high unemployment -- which hurts everybody, but especially low and middle-wage workers -- to protect the wealthy from any hint of inflation.
And, then, corporate interests pushed to abandon safeguards preventing the financial sector from making risky bets, which had to be backstopped by American taxpayers when those bets went sour -- a protection not given America's underwater homeowners.
All of this created the worst economic crisis since the 1930s -- and we did it by allowing those with the most economic power to set the rules of our economy.
It's continuing today. By the end of 2012, American workers' share of the economic pie was the lowest in more than half a century while the share going to corporate profits was the highest on record.
This isn't sustainable. We can't have a prosperous economy without a large and growing middle-class.
None of this happened by accident. We allowed it to happen.
But it can be fixed. So let¹s fix it.
https://wn.com/Inequality_Is_Real,_It's_Personal,_It's_Expensive_And_It_Was_Created
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Visit http://inequality.is/
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Inequality is real, it's personal, it's expensive and it was created. Today, 1% of Americans are taking home nearly 20% of the country's total income and own nearly 35% of the country's wealth. This didn't happen by accident. As former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains, we allowed it to happen.
We can't have a prosperous economy without a strong and prosperous middle class. Inequality can be fixed. So, let's fix it.
inequality.is, a new interactive site from the Economic Policy Institute, explains the causes of and solutions to income inequality.
-------------------------------------
The recent past has seen greater economic inequality in America than at any time since the Great Depression.
In the three decades after World War II American incomes grew quickly and equally, but starting in the late 1970s things began to change.
Today, 1% of Americans are taking home nearly 20 percent of the country's total income, and own more than 35% of America's wealth.
And it didn't happen by accident. It's the result of policy decisions on taxes, education, trade, labor, macroeconomics, and financial regulation -- all of which shifted economic power away from low and moderate-income American families.
Economic inequality is real, it's personal, it's expensive. And it was created.
Since the 1960s, tax rates on very high incomes have been slashed dramatically, starving public investments in schools and roads and everything else needed to build our economy, and providing ever-greater incentives to rig the economy's rules to send more money to the top
The laws we've created to govern globalization have protected corporate interests, but done nothing for American workers.
Instead, we've allowed worker's rights to be systematically dismantled, both here and abroad.
Policymakers also began using high unemployment -- which hurts everybody, but especially low and middle-wage workers -- to protect the wealthy from any hint of inflation.
And, then, corporate interests pushed to abandon safeguards preventing the financial sector from making risky bets, which had to be backstopped by American taxpayers when those bets went sour -- a protection not given America's underwater homeowners.
All of this created the worst economic crisis since the 1930s -- and we did it by allowing those with the most economic power to set the rules of our economy.
It's continuing today. By the end of 2012, American workers' share of the economic pie was the lowest in more than half a century while the share going to corporate profits was the highest on record.
This isn't sustainable. We can't have a prosperous economy without a large and growing middle-class.
None of this happened by accident. We allowed it to happen.
But it can be fixed. So let¹s fix it.
- published: 20 Jun 2013
- views: 239445
25:36
America’s Racist Economy • State of Working America Podcast
The State of Working America Podcast’s debut episode features economist Valerie Wilson, from the Economic Policy Institute, discussing the central role race in ...
The State of Working America Podcast’s debut episode features economist Valerie Wilson, from the Economic Policy Institute, discussing the central role race in the American economy.
Wilson debunks the widely-held myth that education is an easy way to narrow the racial wage and wealth gap, explaining that structural racism runs much deeper, defining U.S. economic relations to their core.
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The State of Working America Podcast is part of EPI’s effort to raise workers’ voices to ensure they are heard in the economic policy debate. Hosted by Pedro da Costa.
Core topics include workers' rights, inequality, race, gender, labor markets, education and immigration, but we're interested in all things related to social justice.
__
Related links:
Track the data: State unemployment by race and ethnicity
https://www.epi.org/indicators/state-unemployment-by-race-and-ethnicity/
Analysis: 10 years after the start of the Great Recession, black and Asian households have yet to recover lost income
https://www.epi.org/blog/10-years-after-the-start-of-the-great-recession-black-and-asian-households-have-yet-to-recover-lost-income/
Analysis: Racial and ethnic income gaps persist amid uneven growth in household incomes
https://www.epi.org/blog/racial-and-ethnic-income-gaps-persist-amid-uneven-growth-in-household-incomes/
Pedro da Costa's Social Capital column on MarketWatch
https://www.marketwatch.com/column/social-capital
Economic Policy Institute
https://www.epi.org
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EPI: https://www.epi.org/podcast
YouTube: https://youtu.be/byS7FA_DV34?list=PLfUJUSq1NUMBPEGWmKTI2gmXLM4sHv5Ge
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aRtKp06PLbWHITBHiYvNx
PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/series-2555885
TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/The-State-of-Working-America-Podcast-p1256669
Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-state-of-working-america-podcast
iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and more: Coming soon
https://wn.com/America’S_Racist_Economy_•_State_Of_Working_America_Podcast
The State of Working America Podcast’s debut episode features economist Valerie Wilson, from the Economic Policy Institute, discussing the central role race in the American economy.
Wilson debunks the widely-held myth that education is an easy way to narrow the racial wage and wealth gap, explaining that structural racism runs much deeper, defining U.S. economic relations to their core.
__
The State of Working America Podcast is part of EPI’s effort to raise workers’ voices to ensure they are heard in the economic policy debate. Hosted by Pedro da Costa.
Core topics include workers' rights, inequality, race, gender, labor markets, education and immigration, but we're interested in all things related to social justice.
__
Related links:
Track the data: State unemployment by race and ethnicity
https://www.epi.org/indicators/state-unemployment-by-race-and-ethnicity/
Analysis: 10 years after the start of the Great Recession, black and Asian households have yet to recover lost income
https://www.epi.org/blog/10-years-after-the-start-of-the-great-recession-black-and-asian-households-have-yet-to-recover-lost-income/
Analysis: Racial and ethnic income gaps persist amid uneven growth in household incomes
https://www.epi.org/blog/racial-and-ethnic-income-gaps-persist-amid-uneven-growth-in-household-incomes/
Pedro da Costa's Social Capital column on MarketWatch
https://www.marketwatch.com/column/social-capital
Economic Policy Institute
https://www.epi.org
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EPI: https://www.epi.org/podcast
YouTube: https://youtu.be/byS7FA_DV34?list=PLfUJUSq1NUMBPEGWmKTI2gmXLM4sHv5Ge
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aRtKp06PLbWHITBHiYvNx
PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/series-2555885
TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/The-State-of-Working-America-Podcast-p1256669
Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-state-of-working-america-podcast
iTunes, Google, Stitcher, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and more: Coming soon
- published: 15 Oct 2019
- views: 10706
12:43
Economic Policy Institute: Poverty as a Policy Choice: The data and need for economic justice in RI
Alan Krinsky, Director of Research & Fiscal Policy, Economic Progress Institute
The Economic Progress Institute hosted its 12th Annual Policy & Budget Conferen...
Alan Krinsky, Director of Research & Fiscal Policy, Economic Progress Institute
The Economic Progress Institute hosted its 12th Annual Policy & Budget Conference on Friday, September 29 at the Marriott Hotel in Providence. The theme of the conference was: Igniting the Dream of Economic Justice to inspire a series of community and policy actions that ensure that all Rhode Islanders can thrive.
Presentations included:
• Alan Krinsky, EPI Research & Fiscal Policy Director, discussing Poverty as a Policy Choice;
• Representative David Morales leading a Dreamers Panel discussion;
• Nina Harrison, EPI Policy Director, leading a panel of Community Leaders; and,
• Keynote speaker Obenewa Amponsah, the Managing Director of the Black Leadership Institute at the Institute for Nonprofit Practice
https://wn.com/Economic_Policy_Institute_Poverty_As_A_Policy_Choice_The_Data_And_Need_For_Economic_Justice_In_Ri
Alan Krinsky, Director of Research & Fiscal Policy, Economic Progress Institute
The Economic Progress Institute hosted its 12th Annual Policy & Budget Conference on Friday, September 29 at the Marriott Hotel in Providence. The theme of the conference was: Igniting the Dream of Economic Justice to inspire a series of community and policy actions that ensure that all Rhode Islanders can thrive.
Presentations included:
• Alan Krinsky, EPI Research & Fiscal Policy Director, discussing Poverty as a Policy Choice;
• Representative David Morales leading a Dreamers Panel discussion;
• Nina Harrison, EPI Policy Director, leading a panel of Community Leaders; and,
• Keynote speaker Obenewa Amponsah, the Managing Director of the Black Leadership Institute at the Institute for Nonprofit Practice
- published: 03 Oct 2023
- views: 24
2:55
Solutions Initiative III: Economic Policy Institute
Plan from the Economic Policy Institute, part of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Solutions Initiative III. http://pgpf.org/solutions-initiative-iii
Plan from the Economic Policy Institute, part of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Solutions Initiative III. http://pgpf.org/solutions-initiative-iii
https://wn.com/Solutions_Initiative_Iii_Economic_Policy_Institute
Plan from the Economic Policy Institute, part of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Solutions Initiative III. http://pgpf.org/solutions-initiative-iii
- published: 19 May 2015
- views: 301
