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Heidi Shierholz

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Economic Policy Institute, Apple Podcasts, CNN, MSN, The New York Times, Business Insider, Financial Times, The Guardian, Newsweek, Fortune, MarketWatch and
Have moved to @hshierholz.bsky.social. President, @EconomicPolicy. Board member, @EPIaction. Former Chief Economist, @USDOL. Tweets my own. She/her.
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You can’t starve the public sector to excellence

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By Josh Bivens, Heidi Shierholz
| AFSCME
Most people understand a basic truth: you get what you pay for. Skip maintenance on your roof, and you shouldn’t be surprised when leaks appear. The same is true of government. If we want a high-functioning public sector—and we should—there is no shortcut. It requires sustained investment in the people and capacity that make government work. Starve it of resources, and its performance will inevitably suffer. In a recent New York Times essay, academics Nicholas Bagley and Robert Gordon argue otherwise.
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You can’t starve the public sector to excellence

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By Josh Bivens, Heidi Shierholz
| Economic Policy Institute
Most people understand a basic truth: you get what you pay for. Skip maintenance on your roof, and you shouldn’t be surprised when leaks appear. The same is true of government. If we want a high-functioning public sector—and we should—there is no shortcut. It requires sustained investment in the people and capacity that make government work. Starve it of resources, and its performance will inevitably suffer. In a recent New York Times essay, academics Nicholas Bagley and Robert Gordon argue otherwise.
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Workers’ resolve drives increase in unionization in 2025

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By Celine McNicholas, Margaret Poydock, Heidi Shierholz
| Economic Policy Institute
In 2025, 16.5 million workers in the United States were represented by a union—an increase of 463,000 from 2024 and the highest number of unionized workers in the U.S. in 16 years. These 16.5 million unionized workers account for 11.2% of all wage and salary workers, up from 11.1% in 2024. The increase is a departure from prior years’ downward trend in union density. It demonstrates working people’s desire for greater agency in their workplaces and in shaping the policies that affect their lives.
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