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The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit American think tank based in Washington, D.C., that carries out economic research and analyzes the economic impact of policies and proposals. Affiliated with the labor movement, [2] [3] [4] the EPI is usually described as presenting a left-leaning and pro-union viewpoint on public ...
Valerie Rawlston Wilson is an American labor economist who directs the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy. She researches and writes about economic inequality in the United States in employment and training, income and wealth disparities, access to higher education, and social insurance. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Jeff Faux (born Geoffrey Faux in New York City) is the principal founder of the Economic Policy Institute and was its first president, from 1986 to 2002. [1] He is now the Institute's Distinguished Fellow and also serves on its board of directors. Faux was educated at Queens College, George Washington University, and Harvard University. [1]
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According to a December 2020 analysis of W-2 earnings data from the Economic Policy Institute U.S. income inequality is worsening, as the earnings of the top 1% nearly doubled from 7.3% in 1979 to 13.2% in 2019 while over the same time period the average annual wages for the bottom 90% have stayed within the $30,000 range, increasing from ...
Heidi Shierholz (born October 10, 1971) is the president of the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank based in Washington, D.C. [1] [2] She previously served as Chief Economist of the United States Department of Labor under Secretary Thomas Perez. [3] [4] [5]
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) is a non-profit, nonpartisan think tank that works on state and federal tax policy issues. ITEP was founded in 1980, and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is an American think tank that specializes in economic policy. Based in Washington, D.C. CEPR was co-founded by economists Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot in 1999. [2]