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• A Longtime Biden Adviser Gives a Final Defense of Bidenomics

  Interview with Jared Bernstein. References his time at EPI. [Paywall]. 

  The New Yorker | January 21, 2025
• Awaiting the grand opera

  But an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute puts into doubt that there is a shortage of American tech workers. The 30 companies hiring the most H-1B workers took on 34,000 new H-1B employees in 2022 but laid off at least 85,000 workers that year and early in 2023.

  Iron Mountain Daily News | January 21, 2025
• Lance Mazzariello: ‘Right-to-work’ legislation undermines NH workers and families

  Disproportionate harm to minority workers: Minority trade workers often rely on unions for equitable pay and job protections. Research shows that unionized workplaces significantly reduce wage gaps and provide greater economic mobility for underrepresented groups (Economic Policy Institute, 2020).

  New Hampshire Union Leader | January 21, 2025
• A War Veteran Hopes To Save Biden’s Ban On Noncompete Agreements

  More than 1 in 4 U.S. workers is likely subject to a noncompete agreement, and more than half of businesses use them, according to a 2019 study by the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank. 

  Huffpost | January 21, 2025
• How Will Immigration Crackdowns Affect Restaurants?

  Since 2019, immigration enforcement has been funded at a higher rate than labor standards enforcement, the Economic Policy Institute reported.

  Eater | January 21, 2025
• The U.S. parental mental health crisis and what to do about it

  CHAKRABARTI: According to 2022 data from the Economic Policy Institute, the median income for Black workers is 21% less than the median income for white workers. Professor Smith-Bynum says Black parents also have to deal with the racial content their kids are exposed to online.

  WBUR | January 21, 2025
• A strong economy awaits Trump’s second term, but challenges loom

  According to figures by the Economic Policy Institute, the stock market posted an inflation-adjusted growth of 28.8% in 2024.

  This was comfortably the strongest pre-transition market performance in decades, with the average being 6.5%.

  Invezz | January 21, 2025

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