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Economy Adds 850,000 Jobs in June; Unemployment Edges Up to 5.9 Percent

Black teen unemployment falls to another record low, falling to 9.3 percent.

Dean Baker / July 02, 2021

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Inequality

Poverty

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Comments Submitted to National Academy of Sciences Panel on Evaluation and Improvements to the Supplemental Poverty Measure

These comments draw in part on recommendations made in Defining Deprivation Down: Why We Need to Reset the Poverty Line, a joint report published by CEPR and The Century Foundation in 2020.

Shawn Fremstad, Nancy Folbre, Pilar Goñalons-Pons and Jeff Madrick / July 02, 2021

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Trains and Population Density: U.S. and Europe

The issue is not building passenger lines from New York to Fairbanks, it’s about connecting cities that actually are reasonably close to together.

Dean Baker / July 01, 2021

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Colombia

Unconditional Love? US-Colombia Alliance Remains Unscathed by Recent Wave of Repression

Duque will want to convince Biden that he is the US’s most committed and dependable asset where it matters: overthrowing Maduro and fighting “narco-guerrillas.”

Guillaume Long and Lola Allen / June 30, 2021

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Peru

La campaña “Paren el robo” de la candidata derrotada del Perú debe terminar

Plagiando del manual de Donald Trump, la derecha difunde teorías de conspiración infundadas en un intento por anular la voluntad democrática del pueblo.

Mark Weisbrot / June 30, 2021

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Jobs

Workers

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the June Jobs Report

In June, we are likely to see job growth that is somewhat faster than the 540,000 average of the last three months.

Dean Baker / June 29, 2021

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Inequality

Intellectual Property

When We Keep Giving Money to Rich People, Why Are We Surprised by Inequality?

I’m one of those old-fashion sorts who thinks it’s simpler just not to give them all the money in the first place. Here again is my short list of ways to not give so much money to rich people.

Dean Baker / June 28, 2021

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Peru

“Stop the Steal” Campaign by Losing Candidate in Peru Must Come to an End

The OAS' Electoral Observation Mission in Peru for this election has so far agreed with the Peruvian electoral authorities that the election was clean. Let’s keep it that way.

Mark Weisbrot / June 28, 2021

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Economic Policy

Turning Memes to Money in El Salvador

Bitcoinization has in part been a successful publicity stunt, expanding the massive online following that President Bukele acknowledges is vital to his political power.

Brett Heinz / June 25, 2021

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COVID-19

Is Indonesia a Pandemic Basket Case?

Unfortunately, the piece does not put any of this in a context that is likely to make it meaningful to most NYT readers.

Dean Baker / June 25, 2021

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Inequality

Workers

Over 3.8 Million Young Adults Found Not Working or in School in Early 2021

Current and ongoing recovery efforts need to do more to ensure that young adults in today’s diverse working class can improve their long-term prospects in the labor market and prosper in the years ahead

Simran Kalkat, Julie Yixia Cai and Shawn Fremstad / June 23, 2021

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Bolivia

Financial Transaction Tax

Bolivia después del golpe de 2019: Política económica

La evidencia (véase más adelante) contra las afirmaciones falsas presentadas repetidamente por la OEA — tanto antes como después del golpe de Estado — ya han ido más allá de una duda razonable. Lo único que queda es establecer una rendición de cuentas.

Jake Johnston, Joe Sammut, Mark Weisbrot and Miguel Carvalho / June 23, 2021

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Affordable Care Act

Environment

Globalization and Trade

The Bitcoin Transactions Tax

The Bitcoin market gives a great laboratory for experimenting with financial transactions taxes.

Dean Baker / June 23, 2021

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My Thoughts on What Biden and the Dems Can Do

It's short and relatively painless.

Dean Baker / June 22, 2021

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COVID-19

Economic Crisis and Recovery

IMF

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Republican Senate Leadership on IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs): A Fact Check

Despite the fact that SDRs were successfully issued and used during the world recession of 2009, they are still not a well-known policy tool among US legislators. This can lead to misconceptions regarding the nature of SDRs.

Mark Weisbrot and Kevin Cashman / June 21, 2021

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Job Growth and Temporary Layoffs

Now that the number of people on temporary layoffs has fallen sharply, it is highly unlikely that we will see job gains over, or even near, 1 million a month.

Dean Baker / June 19, 2021

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Health and Social Programs