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Most Children Live in Households that Experience One or More Substantial Declines in Earnings During the Year: The Child Tax Credit Should Be Restructured to Help Them

Nearly half of all children live in households that experience at least one negative earnings shock during a typical year. Such shocks are particularly common among lower-income household and households headed by adults without a bachelor’s degree.

Julie Yixia Cai and Shawn Fremstad / March 02, 2021

Article Artículo

Jobs

United States

Workers

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the February Jobs Report

It is likely that job growth picked up some from its weak January pace.

Dean Baker / March 02, 2021

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Intellectual Property

To Prevent the Resurgence of the Pandemic, Can We Talk About Open-Source Research?

The point is that we would want evidence on new strains to be shared as quickly as possible.

Dean Baker / February 26, 2021

Article Artículo

Bolivia

Ecuador

Latin America and the Caribbean

World

Ecuador: La democracia no debe ser descarrilada por falsas denuncias de fraude

Cuando "detener el robo" se convierte en el grito de guerra de los perdedores electorales en otros países

Mark Weisbrot / February 26, 2021

Article Artículo

Public Sector Unions Mean Middle-Class Jobs for Black Workers

As Black History Month draws to a close in 2021, it is worth reflecting on the critical role public sector union jobs have played in creating a pathway to the middle class for Black workers and their families.

Hayley Brown and Dean Baker / February 25, 2021

Article Artículo

Wall Street

Bartenders and Pension Fund Investment Advisers

Investment advisers are in the same relationship to the pension fund as the bartender is to the person worried about their drinking problem. The advisers are making money off the fund.

Dean Baker / February 25, 2021

Article Artículo

Bolivia

Democracy

Ecuador

Latin America and the Caribbean

Organization of American States

World

Ecuador: Democracy Should Not Be Derailed by False Claims of Fraud

When “stop the steal” becomes the rallying cry of election losers in other countries

Mark Weisbrot / February 24, 2021

Article Artículo

Health and Social Programs

Inequality

United States

Wage Cap Allows Millionaires to Stop Contributing to Social Security on February 23, 2021

Today is the first day of 2021 that millionaires make no contribution to Social Security.

Sarah Rawlins / February 23, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Bitcoin and Baseball Cards

I have no idea how high the Bitcoin enthusiasts will push up its price. The one prediction in which I feel very confident is that it is not about to become a currency that will replace traditional currencies.

Dean Baker / February 22, 2021

Article Artículo

Inequality

The Green New Deal Threatens Republicans’ Bread and Butter, it’s Not Just Competition in the Battle of Ideas

The Green New Deal is a huge challenge to major financial backers of the Republican Party.

Dean Baker / February 21, 2021

Article Artículo

United States

The Failure of the Media in Responding to the Lying Right

The media have agency, but have thus far largely sought to pretend to just be observers.

Dean Baker / February 17, 2021

Article Artículo

Pandemic-Related Drop in College Enrollment Reveals Inequities in Access to Higher Ed

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on college enrollments this fall.

Sepideh Jessica Vasseghi / February 16, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Inequality

Intellectual Property

How Will Our Children Know They Face a Crushing Debt Burden?

Let’s imagine a world where our children weren’t constantly being told that they face a crushing debt burden, how would they know?

Dean Baker / February 15, 2021

Article Artículo

Globalization and Trade

Inequality

Being Wrong in Elite Jobs Doesn’t Have Any Consequences

The highly paid workers at the top of their profession face no career risk from making huge mistakes with massive consequences for society.

Dean Baker / February 14, 2021

Article Artículo

Government

Health and Social Programs

Inequality

United States

Comments on RIN 1235-AA34: Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Delay of Effective Date

Comments of Eileen Appelbaum, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC. Submitted on FederalRegister.gov on February 13, 2021

Eileen Appelbaum / February 13, 2021

Article Artículo

Brazil

Latin America and the Caribbean

US Foreign Policy

Dozens of Prominent Organizations and Academics Pressure Biden on Human Rights in Brazil

The US Network for Democracy in Brazil delivered a white paper to the Biden White House urging the new administration to make a fundamental break with Trump-era policies toward Bolsonaro’s government.

February 11, 2021

Prices Byte Artículo

Economic Growth

Consumer Price Index: Jump in Gas Prices Pushes Overall CPI up 0.3 Percent in January

The overall inflation picture looks good. Inflation in the problem areas (rent, medical care, and education) continues to be under control.

Dean Baker / February 10, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Growth

Inflation

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

It is less likely that inflation will be a major concern overall if inflation remains low in these problem areas as the economy recovers from the pandemic.

Dean Baker / February 09, 2021