Not all of us have economics degrees. Understanding agendas helps understand subsequent spin.
That can happen...but more often it's just a way of rejecting a position without understanding it.
Good point Laz. Here's the Board of Directors for E.P.I.
Tells us all we need to know about their agenda.
Chairman of the Board
Gerald W. McEntee
President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Secretary-Treasurer
Morton Bahr
President, Communication Workers of America
Lawrence Mishel
President, Economic Policy Institute
Jeff Faux
Distinguished Fellow, Economic Policy Institute
Barry Bluestone
Professor of Political Economy, Director for Urban & Regional Policy, Northeastern University
R. Thomas Buffenbarger
President, International Association of Machinists
Ernesto J. Cortes, Jr.
Director, Industrial Areas Foundation
Leo W. Gerard
President, United Steelworkers of America
Ron Gettelfinger
President, International United Auto Workers
Robert Kuttner
Editor, The American Prospect; author, columnist, Business Week, New Republic
Julianne Malveaux
Economist, writer, syndicated columnist; owner, Last Word Productions
Ray Marshall
LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas; former Secretary of Labor
Edward J. McElroy
President, American Federation of Teachers
Jules O. Pagano
Vice President, American Income Life Insurance Company
Bernard Rapoport
Chairman of the Board, American Income Life Insurance Company
Bruce Raynor
President, UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees)
Robert B. Reich
Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University; former Secretary of Labor
Andrew L. Stern
President, Service Employees International Union
Richard L. Trumka
Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
Roger Wilkins
Professor of History and American Culture, George Mason University
Nope. No agenda here. LOL!