Publications

Workers

Use Work-sharing Unemployment Insurance to Pay People to Stay Home

The government should pay people to stay home. And whenever possible, the government should do this in a way that allows people to keep their jobs.

Dean Baker, William Spriggs and Liz Watson / March 27, 2020

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The US Response to COVID-19: What’s in Federal Legislation and What’s Not, but Still Needed

This table is based on the two COVID-19 bills enacted by Congress to date and our best understanding of the compromise bill passed by the Senate.

Eileen Appelbaum and Shawn Fremstad / March 26, 2020

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Latin America and the Caribbean

The Shape of the Recovery: Those Who Tell Don’t Know

Dean Baker / March 26, 2020

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Bolivia

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Diego Escobari Approach to Bolivia’s Elections

Guilty until proven innocent. That appears to be the electoral fraud approach favored by Walter D. Valdivia and Diego Escobari in their recent piece in Project Syndicate. It is also the exact approach the OAS had a responsibility to avoid in their audit

David Rosnick / March 26, 2020

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Latin America and the Caribbean

The McConnell Slush Fund — Size Matters

Dean Baker / March 25, 2020

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Puerto Rico

Venezuela

The Destructive Legacy of US Economic Statecraft in Latin America and the Caribbean

Could a progressive U.S. administration marshal economic power at the service of people, not capital?

Alexander Main / March 25, 2020

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Affordable Care Act

Coronavirus and the Implications of Private Equity Buyouts in Healthcare

As we face a coronavirus-induced health and economic crisis of uncertain duration, policy makers should be particularly concerned about private equity’s heightened use of debt to buy out healthcare providers and take them private, with no oversight.

Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt / March 25, 2020

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Latin America and the Caribbean

Letter on the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Policy and Research Council of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center

Letter from the co-directors of the Center for Policy and Economic Research to the Policy Research Council.

Mark Weisbrot, Eileen Appelbaum and Dean Baker / March 24, 2020

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Bolivia

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Human Rights Conditions Have Deteriorated Rapidly Under Bolivia’s De Facto Government

Since the de facto government of Jeanine Áñez took power in early November 2019, the human rights situation in Bolivia has significantly deteriorated.

Lola Allen and Brett Heinz / March 24, 2020

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Wall Street

Quick Reminder That Progressives Have to be Prepared to See the Market Tank

Dean Baker / March 24, 2020

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Donald Trump and Steven Mnuchin Are Not About to Become Law Abiding Citizens

Dean Baker / March 24, 2020

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SEC Must Build Public Trust in Government by Policing Federal Officials’ Crisis Profiteering

Amidst an economy-crashing pandemic, several Senators appear to be more concerned with their stock portfolios than with the well-being of their constituents or with their Senatorial responsibility to offer a solution.

March 24, 2020

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Affordable Care Act