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** EPI launches The State of Working America Podcast ([link removed])
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EPI’s first State of Working America Podcast ([link removed]) featuring workers’ stories and explaining the research behind EPI’s progressive policy agenda will air on Tuesday, October 15. Guests ranging from economic thought leaders to workers on the factory floor will join Communications Director Pedro da Costa in each 30-minute episode. The inaugural season addresses wage stagnation, inequality, worker power, racism, trade, and education. Join the fight against the attacks on working people and for an economy that works for everyone by watching the video introduction ([link removed]) and subscribing today. Subscribe to the podcast » ([link removed])
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** Report examines how to tackle racial inequity in the Midwest ([link removed])
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In a report ([link removed]) by EPI’s Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) state partners, researcher Colin Gordon takes a comprehensive look at the causes and consequences of black–white disparities in the Midwest. Gordon recommends investing in public education, raising wages for all workers, addressing labor market discrimination, adopting paid family leave and low-cost child care, and improving the social safety net to achieve racial equity in the Midwest. This is a joint project of Policy Matters Ohio, the Iowa Policy Project, COWS, and EARN. Read the report » ([link removed])


** Upcoming EPI events spotlight college dropout scandal, China, and women in economics ([link removed])
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On Friday, October 18, at 12 noon, EPI will host David Kirp for a conversation about his book, The College Dropout Scandal ([link removed]) (register for the event here ([link removed]) ). On Monday, October 21, at 12:30 p.m, EPI will join ([link removed]) the Institute for Policy Studies in hosting the Washington book launch of Walden Bello’s Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash ([link removed]) (read about the event here ([link removed]) ). And on the evening of Tuesday, October 22, in New York City, EPI will host a Women in Economics Forum ([link removed]) , featuring EPI’s women economists discussing the low wages, mandatory
arbitration, retirement insecurity, and other pertinent issues that workers and their families face (register for the event here ([link removed]) ). Read about the events » ([link removed])


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** EPI in the news
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EPI Policy Director Heidi Shierholz joined the host of the Machinists Union’s Activate L!VE ([link removed]) to discuss the experiences of unionized workers, highlighting EPI research on collective bargaining ([link removed]) and how unions help working people ([link removed]) . | Canadian Labor History, State of Unions in 2019 on This Week’s Activate L!VE ([link removed])
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EPI’s Heidi Shierholz was also quoted throughout WJLA’ ([link removed]) s ([link removed]) article on the labor market, which she believes is strong. Despite the “disturbing” economic slowdown, which is particularly “severe in manufacturing,” the U.S. is “not in a recession right now,” she said. | Economic Growth Slowing: If a Recession Hits Do We Have the Tools to Fight It? ([link removed])
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EPI Senior Economist Rob Scott discussed Chicago’s Purchasing Managers Index and its indication of a slowing economy on the Martketplace ([link removed]) podcast. | Chicago PMI Shows Signs of Slowing Economy ([link removed])
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EPI Research Director Josh Bivens told Reuters ([link removed]) that weakening unions and long periods of high unemployment have been a factor in workers’ struggle for higher pay. “In the last 30 years, lots of those things that provided wage growth for low- and moderate-wage workers have been stripped away,” he explained. | Powerhouse U.S. Cities Home to Worst Wage Inequality ([link removed])
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EPI research findings on teachers moonlighting ([link removed]) for extra income, the teacher shortage ([link removed]) , the teacher wage penalty ([link removed]) , and tough work environments ([link removed]) for teachers are cited in a Jacobin ([link removed]) op-ed on the worsening teacher-shortage crisis. | The Teacher-Shortage Crisis Is Upon Us
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