Several months after Weber’s research, a study from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found that more than half of inflation since mid-2020 could be attributed to larger corporate profit margins.
Fortune
May 24, 2023
According to research from the Economic Policy Institute, approximately 217,000 minimum wage earners in Ohio are victims of wage theft each year, each missing out on an average of $2,800.
Cleveland.com
May 24, 2023
“We are down nationally almost 2% from the pre-pandemic period (February 2020),” Kamper said. “In recent years, as we recovered from the pandemic, state and local government jobs have become less attractive because their pay has not kept up with pay in private sector jobs.”
The Bond Buyer
May 24, 2023
As CEOs complain about workers being less productive, their own paychecks are skyrocketing. According to the Economic Policy Institute, CEO compensation has grown 1,322% since 1978, while typical worker compensation has risen just 18%. Most recent figures suggest that S&P 500 CEOs averaged $18.3 million in compensation for 2021—324 times the median worker’s pay.
Fast Company
May 24, 2023
A quick search shows that there is a broad range of officials — from those at UBS to Unite the Union, from Goldman Sachs and the European Central Bank to the US Economic Policy Institute (EPI) — suggesting that over half of all the current price markup is to do with corporate profiteering.
Jacobin
May 24, 2023
The predictions have proven prescient: Just a year after the decision, the Economic Policy Institute found that the rate of arbitration agreements, which was already on the rise before Epic Systems, had accelerated following the decision. EPI predicted that by 2024, 80 percent of non-union workers would be subjected to forced arbitration clauses.
Balls and Strikes
May 24, 2023
A study released last year by the Economic Policy Institute examined realized annual income, a measure that includes stock options found that CEOs at the top 350 publicly traded companies were paid $27.8 million on average in 2021, or 399 times more than a typical worker – up from 366-to-1 in 2020 and way up from 59-to-1 in 1989.
24/7 Wall St.
May 24, 2023
Bills to relax child labor laws were introduced in at least 10 states over the last two years, all backed by a mix of business groups, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Chicago Sun Times
May 24, 2023
The Economic Policy Institute, which tends to publish its data in the fall of each year, reviewed a broader range of 350 U.S. companies and estimated the average ratio was 399:1 in 2021. This was up from 351:1 in 2020.
Waste Dive
May 24, 2023
Research by the Economic Policy Institute found that over the course of the last four decades, the share of younger telecom workers has fallen from around 19% to 7%.
The Fast Mode
May 24, 2023