Leslie is joined by David Cooper, a Senior Economic Analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions. David conducts both national and state-level research, with a focus on the minimum wage, wage theft, employment and unemployment, poverty, and wage and income trends.
Leslie and David discuss a new report out from EPI, "Under President Trump, income growth has slowed across the U.S."
As Capital & Main reporter Jessica Goodheart writes, "New analysis of government data shows that, since Donald Trump took office, inflation-adjusted income growth has slowed significantly across the U.S.All but two states saw a decline in growth of real median household income under Trump – including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Florida, four states widely regarded as the key electoral battlegrounds that will likely determine the 2020 presidential election.Middle-class incomes grew at a rate of 2.7 percent from 2016 through 2018, compared to a 5.8 percent growth rate from 2014 through 2016 when accounting for inflation."
You can read the full report here (https://capitalandmain.com/under-trump-income-growth-slows-across-america-0222).
Visit EPI's website at EPI.org and follow them on Twitter, their handle is @EconomicPolicy. David Cooper's handle is @MetaCoop.
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