Economic Policy Institute

Early Reports: Stimulus Saved, Created 388,000 Jobs

USA Today | By Brad Heath and Matt Kelley, USA TODAY | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business


States have reported using stimulus money to create or save more than 388,000 jobs so far this year, buttressing the Obama administration's claim that...

Higher Jobless Rates Could Become The "New Normal"

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Even with an economic revival, many U.S. jobs lost during the recession may be gone forever and a weak employment market could ling...

Fomenting a Green Industrial Revolution in the U.S.

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

When the leaders of the G-20 nations arrive in Pittsburgh, I want them to know I am fomenting revolution -- Industrial revolution. Specifically, a 21st-century burgeoning of green manufacturing in the United States.

Obama's Smart Move On Big Banks

Nancy Cleeland | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business


Nancy Cleeland

The Obama administration's proposal to fund a consumer financial protection agency with fees charged to big banks is smart and worthy of praise for a number of reasons.

Arthur Delaney

Economy Still Ailing, "Tremendous Amount Of Hurt" To Come

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


A new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute finds that despite positive signs of the recession leveling off, folks should not be too heartened by ...

Union Allies Fight Back Against GOP "Meltdown Lobby" With IRS Complaint, Grass-Roots Campaigns

Art Levine | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


Art Levine

Republican leaders and their conservative big business allies, including the Chamber of Commerce, have gone after workers' rights ...

"Republicants" Deny the Sky is Falling

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics


Leo W. Gerard

Republicans are terrified of the stimulus because if it works, then Americans will think good thoughts about government action and spending.

Get Business Tax Cuts Out of the Stimulus Plan

Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics


Ross Eisenbrey

The money in this economic stimulus package is a small down payment on what is needed to give the U.S. the world class infrastructure we need.

Toyota Republicans Should Cut Their Own Pay

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

Clearly the allegiance of the Republicans who opposed the loan to save GM and Chrysler is not with the US, which would lose 900,000 jobs if just GM closed, and more than 2.1 million if the Big Three did.

Infrastructure Investment is "Just-Right" Jobs Strategy

Lawrence Mishel | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Lawrence Mishel

How can we build modern transportation, green jobs, energy independence? How do we know that these "shovel-ready" projects are all worthy of our investment?

Unions Aren't To Blame For Automakers' Woes

Mike Papantonio | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business


Mike Papantonio

If the centralized, organized mouthpiece for labor is destroyed, then so is the only advocacy vehicle available to the nonunion worker.

Joe Six-Pack Demands Answers From Anti-Union McCain & Co.

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics


Leo W. Gerard

Like many Republicans, McCain has made it clear that he feels about unions the way an Alaskan aerial hunter does about wolves -- best when dead.

China Trade Promises All Snake Oil -- Fair Trade Crucial

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

We need fair trade. And so do Chinese workers and families, who are being abused by this so-called free trade system that benefits only CEOs and major shareholders of global corporations.