Publications

Red Herrings: Escobari and Hoover’s Geographic Controls and Common Trends Add Nothing

Escobari and Hoover mistakenly find fraud where none exists.

David Rosnick / January 06, 2023

Jobs Byte Artículo

Jobs

Workers

Unemployment Falls Back to Half-Century Low, but Wage Growth Slows

The pandemic increase in the length of the average workweek has been completely reversed.

Dean Baker / January 06, 2023

Article Artículo

CEPR Sanctions Watch, December 2022

In this Sanctions Watch, covering December 2022: Seized Afghan assets languish in US-backed trust fund while Afghans prepare for a grueling winter...

Michael Galant / January 05, 2023

Article Artículo

Latin America’s Pink Partnership

Latin America’s regional integration promises to make the region more resilient to pandemics, extreme weather, and geopolitical turmoil.

Guillaume Long and David Adler / January 05, 2023

Article Artículo

IMF

Spotlight

Economic Crisis and Recovery

CEPR Spotlight: The IMF

CEPR has played a leading role in educating policymakers and the general public on the importance of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and in supporting a successful campaign for a major allocation of SDRs by the International Monetary Fund

Dawn Niederhauser / January 05, 2023

Article Artículo

Preview: What to Expect in the December Jobs Report

The big question is whether evidence of labor market weakening will show up in the December jobs report.

Dean Baker / January 04, 2023

Article Artículo

Europe

United Kingdom

More Mind Reading at the NYT: Tells Readers U.K. Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s Real Concern Is the Working Class

You have to wonder if job applicants at the New York Times are tested on their mind-reading ability.

Dean Baker / January 03, 2023

Article Artículo

Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Así será la política exterior de Lula: un mundo multipolar y alianzas lejos de EEUU

El gobierno de Lula buscará integrar las políticas regionales de sanidad, defensa, infraestructura y medio ambiente.

Guillaume Long and David Adler / January 02, 2023

Article Artículo

Brazil

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Lula’s Foreign Policy? Encouraging a Multipolar World

Lula’s government hopes to reintegrate the region’s systems of health, defense, environment, and infrastructure.

Guillaume Long and David Adler / January 02, 2023

Article Artículo

Fed Will Cause Unnecessary Harm to the US and World Economy Next Year

Here are eight predictions for the coming year, in accordance with a hallowed tradition that I have previously not honored.

Mark Weisbrot / December 31, 2022

Article Artículo

Housing

Rent

The NYT Doesn’t Have Access to Census Data: We Do Not Have a Record Number of Renters

It seems that the NYT wants to push a story of declining homeownership rates, but the data refuse to cooperate, so they ignore it.

Dean Baker / December 30, 2022

Article Artículo

Dear BTP Readers

Dawn Niederhauser / December 27, 2022

Article Artículo

Spotlight

CEPR Spotlight: Latin America

CEPR has long been a leader in examining economic and political developments in Latin America. Highlights of our work in 2022 included...

Dawn Niederhauser / December 26, 2022

Article Artículo

Intellectual Property

Spotlight

Health and Social Programs

CEPR Spotlight: Intellectual Property

Nothing shines a brighter light on the harmful effects of bad intellectual property law than an ongoing pandemic.

Dawn Niederhauser / December 26, 2022

Article Artículo

Big Victory on Retirement Income in Omnibus Spending Bill

Dean Baker / December 24, 2022

Article Artículo

Inequality

Quick Note on Minimum Age for Mandatory Retirement Fund Distributions

December 23, 2022

Article Artículo

Globalization and Trade

Inequality

Intellectual Property