The Economic Policy Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-partisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit Washington D.C. think tank, was created in 1986.

EPI was the first — and remains the premier — organization to focus on the economic condition of low- and middle-income Americans and their families. Its careful research on the status of American workers has become the gold standard in the field of economics.

EPI conducts original research according to strict standards of objectivity, and couples its findings with outreach and popular education. Its work spans a wide range of economic issues, such as trends in wages, incomes, and prices; health care; education; retirement security; state-level economic development strategies; trade and global finance; comparative international economic performance; the health of manufacturing and other key sectors; global competitivenes and energy development.

From its findings, EPI publishes books and reports; sponsors conferences and seminars; briefs policy makers; as well as provides support to national, state, and local activists and community organizations. Also, EPI is cited more than 3,000 times a year in the print media alone, and its staff is seen or heard by approximately 85 million television and radio viewers and listeners.

EPI aims to broaden the discussion about economic policy to include the interests of low- and middle-income workers. Today, with global competition expanding, wage inequality rising, and the methods and nature of work changing in fundamental ways, it is as crucial as ever that people who work for a living have a voice in the economic discourse.