Areas of expertise
Regulation • Labor policy • Poverty and income trends • Tax policy
Biography
Isaac Shapiro joined EPI in 2011 to direct work examining the economic effects of government regulation. He previously worked for nearly two decades at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, where his national policy research concentrated on working poor, income distribution, and tax issues, and where he assisted in the coordination and development of the Center’s research agenda. Shapiro also founded the Center’s International Budget Project. Shapiro has worked as a senior adviser at the Save Darfur Coalition, as special assistant to U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, and for a Member of Congress. He is the author of numerous reports, articles, and op-ed pieces, and is the co-author of two books, Working But Poor: America’s Contradiction, and Protecting American Workers. He also edited A Guide to Budget Work for NGOs.
Education
M.P.P., Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
B.A., Washington University
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A Milestone Week for Apple’s Stock, but Not its Workers
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Assessing the Reforms Portrayed by Apple’s Supplier Responsibility Report
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Apple Fails to Deliver on Key Labor Rights Promises, but the Company’s Chosen Labor Rights Monitor Finds Little Fault
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Dear Tim Cook: Fraction of Icahn Request Could Significantly Address Apple’s Labor Rights Violations
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New iPhones, Same Old Working Conditions
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Broken Promises and Continuing Worker Abuses as Apple and its Suppliers Miss Deadline
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New Study Documents Serious Labor Rights Violations at Apple’s Second Largest Supplier
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Still Polishing Apple: Second FLA report misleads on labor rights progress
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Apple cash may grow despite return program
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Will Apple follow in Nike’s failed footsteps?
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$100 billion to Apple shareholders, any to Apple workers?
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$45+ billion for Apple shareholders, nothing yet for Apple workers
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New Investigation Finds Alarming Conditions at Three Apple Suppliers
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Apple’s self-reporting on suppliers’ labor practices shows violations remain common: Mixed results on labor and human rights, no overall progress in health and safety
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Apple’s own data reveal 120,000 supply-chain employees worked excessive hours in November
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NYT story emphasizes Apple’s positive statements, obscures ongoing labor abuses
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French investigative report adds to concerns that conditions faced by iPhone 5 workers remain dire
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Polishing Apple: Fair Labor Association gives Foxconn and Apple undue credit for labor rights progress
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Romney budget hides nearly $9 trillion of painful consequences
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Nearly four years in, what do cost-benefit data show for the major Obama EPA rules, and what do they imply for the economy?
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Foxconn riot, strikes, coerced student labor, and more: All’s not well with iPhone 5 production
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New evidence of disturbing working conditions in iPhone production
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Majority of elderly households fall into category maligned by Romney
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Apple in China: Failing to make good on its commitment?
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Government regulation isn’t impeding the recovery
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Investment, employment trends belie claims that regulation and ‘too much government’ impede recovery
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Foxconn is no exception: New report finds labor violations common throughout Apple’s supply chain
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Apple’s executive pay, profits, and cash balance show ability to assist its factory workers
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Comparing the pay of Apple’s top executives to the pay of the workers making its products
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Prospects for improved working conditions for Apple workers: Lessons from the EPI panel