Economic Policy Institute, 1990-1992

Descriptions of institute, founded in 1986 as nonprofit think tank; list of funders, 1986-88; biography of president, Jeff Faux; letters to ILGWU president Mazur from EPI president Jeff Faux, thanking him for support, noting institute's goal as alternative voice to "voodoo economics"; memos to Mazur from exec. asst. Parrott re contributions, policy issues; letter from EPI to ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott with attached statement, sent to Congress, signed by 447 prominent economists opposing the Balanced Budget Amendment, June 12, 1992; letter from American Textile Manufacturers Institute re NAFTA, Aug. 19, 1992; EPI briefing paper, "The Myth of the Coming Labor Shortage in Rural Areas," by Ruy A. Teixeira and Lawrence Mishel, March 1992; list of conservative think tanks, Sept. 6, 1991; press releases, correspondence, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes