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Tariffs—Everything you need to know but were afraid to ask
Feb 10, 2025 · 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 …
CEO Pay | Economic Policy Institute - epi.org
Sep 25, 2025 · CEO-to-worker pay has skyrocketed over the last six decades, growing 1084% compared to a typical workers' pay which only grew 26%. It's excessive no matter how you look at …
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Read timely day-of-release analysis by EPI’s economists on monthly national and state jobs data, quarterly GDP and international trade data, as well as annual census data on poverty, income and …
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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 …
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United States by Outcome 2024 398.2 Net productivity (output per hour) 242.9 Total compensation per hour EXPLORE ALL TOPICS Employment Data on the labor force are compiled from EPI analysis of …
How anti-worker policies, crony capitalism, and privatization keep the ...
Jun 18, 2025 · 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 …
The teacher pay penalty reached a record high in 2024 - epi.org
Sep 24, 2025 · Source: Author’s analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group data accessed via the EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 2025.7.10 (EPI 2025a), …
Trump’s deportation agenda will destroy millions of jobs
Jul 10, 2025 · Source: Extrapolations from East et al. (2023) and Howard, Wang, and Zhang (2024), as described in the text. Baseline employment levels from EPI (2025) analysis of the 2024 basic …
Over 8.3 million workers will benefit from minimum wage ... - epi.org
Dec 16, 2025 · The living wage standards are from EPI’s Family Budget Calculator (FBC), a measure of a modest yet adequate standard of living for families in each U.S. metro area and county.