Publications

Wealth Inequality: Should We Care?

I have never considered wealth a very good measure of inequality for several reasons.

Dean Baker / February 08, 2021

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Jobs

Workers

Unemployment Falls to 6.3 Percent, but Job Growth Weak

Trump is the first president to leave office with a loss of jobs since Herbert Hoover.

Dean Baker / February 05, 2021

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To Fight Climate Change in the Middle of this Economic Crisis, We Need a New Deal that is Green

Against the universal, natural tendency to put off future needs for the sake of current ones, I want to dwell on the disposition of U.S. public investment.

Max B. Sawicky / February 05, 2021

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Health and Social Programs

Excessive Stimulus and Other Things Larry Summers Worries About

Summer's does raise a very reasonable concern, but there is so much upside to this package, with a comparatively small downside risk, that it definitely seems worth the gamble.

Dean Baker / February 05, 2021

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Government

It is Time for the FMLA to Fulfill the Promise of Inclusive and Paid Leave

February 5th, 2021 marks the 28th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). While this landmark federal legislation has protected the health and incomes of millions of workers, it still leaves out an overwhelming share of low- or moderate-in

Julie Yixia Cai and Eileen Appelbaum / February 04, 2021

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Workers

CORRECTION: Work Should Pay: A $15 an Hour Minimum Wage Is a Start

President Joe Biden has proposed raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. This has led to the predictable cries of economic disaster from business organizations and right-wingers more generally.

Dean Baker / February 04, 2021

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Great.com Interviews CEPR about Climate Change, Social Security, and a Global Response to COVID

Spirit Rosenberg from Great.com interviewed CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot as part of their “Great.com Talks With...” podcast, which seeks to shed light on organizations and experts making a positive impact on the world.

Dan Beeton / February 04, 2021

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Economic Growth

Wall Street

Getting Lazy in Discussing Winning in the Stock Market

It is not necessarily bad to invest in a stock index, but the returns may not be quite what some people would expect.

Dean Baker / February 04, 2021

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COVID-19

Health and Social Programs

Intellectual Property

Should People Who Want to Save the World from the Pandemic Be Demanding We Pay China to Produce Billions of Vaccine Doses?

The bottom line is that we need to get people throughout the world vaccinated as quickly as possible.

Dean Baker / February 04, 2021

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How to Make Joe Biden’s Budget Better Part II: Public Investment and the Green New Deal — Do Everything!

In Part I of this series, we addressed two of the immediate needs facing the Federal Government: cash assistance to individuals, and to state and local governments. Here in Part II, we confine our discussion to public investment, narrowly defined.

Max B. Sawicky / February 03, 2021

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Economic Policy

The Price of Wheat Doesn’t Tell Us About the Strength of the Economy and Neither Does the Stock Market: Why Is This so Hard for Intellectual Types to Understand?

The stock market is not designed to tell us about the economy. It tells us about after-tax corporate profits: Full Stop.

Dean Baker / February 03, 2021

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Jobs

Workers

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the January Jobs Report

The continued surge in coronavirus cases will again be the main story in the January employment report.

Dean Baker / February 02, 2021

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COVID-19

Latin America and the Caribbean

Intellectual Property

Dealing with a Pandemic as If Human Lives Mattered

Conclusion – The World Has Messed Up Big Time in Dealing with the Pandemic

Dean Baker / February 02, 2021

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Honduras

Mexico

US Foreign Policy

Will Biden Get Serious about Addressing Root Causes of Displacement and Migration?

New executive orders provide little assurance that the Biden administration will truly address “root causes” of displacement and migration from Central America.

Dan Beeton / February 02, 2021

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Financial Transaction Tax

The Robinhood/GameStop “Scandal”

I have to admit, I don't quite see the scandal here.

Dean Baker / January 31, 2021

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The GameStop Game and Financial Transactions Taxes

This episode should help us to see the stock market with open eyes. Much of what takes place there is clearly gambling. We let people gamble in other contexts, but we tax it. There is no reason we shouldn’t tax it on Wall Street.

Dean Baker / January 29, 2021

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Economic Growth

Four Percent Fourth Quarter Growth Leaves GDP 2.5 Percent Below Year-Ago Level

Consumption spending has been contracting over the course of the fourth quarter

Dean Baker / January 28, 2021

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World

CEPR News: The Fierce Urgency of Now

CEPR News for January 28, 2021

Dan Beeton / January 28, 2021

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Quick Thoughts on the “Evils” of Share Buybacks

The moral of the evil buyback story ... [is] that we need to crack down on CEOs ripping off their companies and bring their pay down to earth.

Dean Baker / January 28, 2021

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