Is Economic Policy Institute a reliable source of economics? : r/AskEconomics
A central repository for questions about economic theory, research, and policy. Please read the rules before posting, as we remove all comments which break the rules. Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed. Posts should be in the form of a question. They seem to be saying free trade and NAFTA are bad which goes against the economic consensus. https://www.epi.org/publication/infographic-free-trade-agreements-have-hurt-american-workers/ They’re very pro-labor to the point of twisting their arguments and models to get the favored outcome. I definitely regard them as second-tier compared to Brookings, AEI, PIIE, RAND, CFR, Urban, etc. It was founded in part by Robert Reich, Clinton’s secretary of labor and a staunch/vocal progressive. However, being second tier, they’re still a cut above the shit-tier ideological extremists at places like Heritage, Cato, Manhattan. A good comparison would be the Hoover Institute or CAP. These are places that have a distinct id
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