- Tariffs—Everything you need to know but were afraid to ask
During his presidential campaign, President Trump pledged to impose universal tariffs of 10–60% on all U S imports—a whopping $4 2 trillion in goods and services purchased from abroad in 2024 This was always a real possibility The International Economic Emergency Powers Act gives the president broad authority to do so In early February the Trump administration seemed…
- Board of Directors - Economic Policy Institute
Experts | Staff | About EPI EPI board policy statement on equity, diversity, and inclusion Leadership Liz Shuler, Chair* President, AFL-CIO Julianne Malveaux, Vice Chair* President Emerita of Bennett College for Women Teresa Ghilarducci, Secretary* New School for Social Research Gary Bass, Treasurer* President, GDB Consulting Executive Director Emeritus, The Bauman Foundation Members Nina
- About - Economic Policy Institute
About EPI The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank working for the last 30 years to counter rising inequality, low wages and weak benefits for working people, slower economic growth, unacceptable employment conditions, and a widening racial wage gap
- Economic Policy Institute | Research and Ideas for Shared Prosperity
EPI's rigorous research and transformative ideas fortify worker organizing, build a shared understanding of how power and policy shape economic outcomes, and drive progressive policy change at every level of government
- EPI launches new tool to track Trump administration’s and policymakers . . .
“Our tracker will shine a light on new policies and help advocates, voters, and the media answer the question of whether policymakers’ actions help the wealthy or everyday Americans,” said Celine McNicholas, EPI’s director of policy and government affairs general counsel who leads the new project
- The upside-down priorities of the House budget - epi. org
An open letter from six Nobel laureate economists The upside-down priorities of the House budget Adding significantly to debt while reducing incomes for the bottom 40%
- Publications - Economic Policy Institute
EPI comment on OPM’s proposed rule on “Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service” May 23, 2025 By Samantha Sanders and Ben Zipperer Public Comments
- Elise Gould - Economic Policy Institute
Areas of expertise Wages • Jobs • Economic inequality • Care economy Biography Elise Gould joined EPI in 2003 Her research areas include wages, jobs, economic inequality, and the care economy She is a co-author of The State of Working America, 12th Edition
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