Publications

Special Drawing Rights

Billions of People Who Need the Most Help Can Also Benefit — as Americans Have — from Changes in Economic Policy

There has to be at least one Republican senator who will have the fortitude to support something that will create jobs in the US, save lives all over the world, and is costless to the US government.

Mark Weisbrot / September 17, 2021

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Inequality

Workers

Black and Asian American Workers Falling Behind in Getting Back Jobs

This article investigates how demographic groups are transitioning from unemployment into employment and how that compares to their historical relationship between job openings and transitions.

Julie Yixia Cai and Dean Baker / September 16, 2021

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Inequality

Cost Disease Socialism: The Niskanen Center’s Unnecessary Fight

But socialism is really not the villain. . .it’s actually regulations that restrict supply and raise costs.

Dean Baker / September 16, 2021

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Alternative to Mankiw’s View on Tax Incentives and Work: Maybe Europeans Want More Free Time

The European welfare states all mandate far more paid time off than the United States.

Dean Baker / September 15, 2021

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Inflation

Inflation Moderates in August, Core CPI Up Just 0.1 Percent

One-time declines held down inflation in August, but will likely get back to around a 2.5 percent rate in the core. When supply constraints relax, lower car prices will dampen inflation.

Dean Baker / September 14, 2021

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Latin America and the Caribbean

Health and Social Programs

Por qué los DEG pertenecen a los Estados, no a los Bancos Centrales

Sería una lástima que, después de todos los esfuerzos que la sociedad civil y numerosos líderes pusieron en esta asignación de DEG, los DEG no se utilicen en medio de una pandemia debido a falsos obstáculos tecnocráticos.

Andrés Arauz / September 14, 2021

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Social Security: Long May It Wave

The program cannot run out of money, nor can benefits be threatened by a sudden shortage of revenues

Max B. Sawicky / September 13, 2021

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Inflation

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the August Consumer Price Index

The core index is likely to show the same 0.3 percent rise as in July, with the overall CPI likely pushed somewhat higher by rising food prices.

Dean Baker / September 13, 2021

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Health and Social Programs

Intellectual Property

Saving $3.5 Trillion on Prescription Drugs to Pay for Bernie Sanders’s Big Agenda

Arguably, the full cost of the $3.5 trillion (1.2 percent of GDP) reconciliation package could be covered by savings on prescription drugs alone.

Dean Baker / September 13, 2021

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Affordable Care Act

Health and Social Programs

Women

Who Pays for Eldercare in the US? Women and the Economy

Biden’s plan for eldercare investment is an important and critical step in the right direction. However, improving the eldercare infrastructure cannot end with the American Jobs Plan.

Clara Wilson / September 09, 2021

report informe

Working Paper: Financialization in Health Care: The Transformation of US Hospital Systems

This paper examines the process of financialization as it has emerged in the healthcare sector, with particular attention to hospital systems.

Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt / September 09, 2021

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Mexico

Special Drawing Rights

Why SDRs Belong to States, Not Central Banks

It would be a pity if, after all the efforts that civil society and numerous leaders put into this SDR allocation, the SDRs remain unused amid a pandemic because of faux technocratic obstacles.

Andrés Arauz / September 08, 2021

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