Publications

As Momentum Builds for Paid Family Leave, Much Work Remains

The FAMILY Act represents the best chance to pass a national paid family leave program that provides new benefits to families without asking them to sacrifice their financial futures.

Jared Gaby-Biegel / February 04, 2020

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Presidential Campaign Can Help Americans Learn about Social Security

There’s a lot at stake, and a lot could go wrong, as policy-makers decide how to close the gap that is continuously brought about by people living longer.

Mark Weisbrot / February 02, 2020

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Government

Sanders’ Authenticity is Propelling Him in the Democratic Primary

Maybe it took the Great Recession and more than 8 million Americans losing their homes to make so many people understand how the US economy had been so profoundly transformed. But most voters now want someone whom they can really trust to take this countr

Mark Weisbrot / January 31, 2020

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After Leveling Off Under Obama, Prescription Spending Begins to Rise Under Trump

Nominal spending on prescription drugs rose at a 10.7 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter.

Sarah Rawlins and / January 30, 2020

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Economic Growth

GDP Grows 2.1 Percent in Fourth Quarter, Driven by Trade and Government Spending

January 30, 2020 (GDP Byte)

Dean Baker / January 30, 2020

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Technology

Technology, Patents, and Inequality: An Explanation that Even Economists Can Understand

Dean Baker / January 29, 2020

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Inequality

Lifting Hold on Public Charge Rule Evokes Antebellum Slave Codes

In a 5-4 decision yesterday, the Supreme Court temporarily lifted a nationwide preliminary injunction that had kept the Trump administration from implementing its rule that vastly expands the reach of the public charge provision in federal immigration law

CEPR and Shawn Fremstad / January 28, 2020

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Eileen Appelbaum’s Testimony for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means on "Legislative Proposals for Paid Family and Medical Leave"

January 28, 2020, Eileen Appelbaum

Eileen Appelbaum and / January 28, 2020

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Joe Biden and Social Security

Dean Baker
Truthout, January 27, 2020

Dean Baker / January 27, 2020

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Budget

Yes, It’s Monday Morning and Robert Samuelson Is Worried About Budget Deficits

It's amazing how Samuelson can continue to push his concerns about the budget deficit when all the evidence points to it not being a problem. In his latest tirade he tells us the problems of the deficit: "First: As government debt piles up, it increasingl

Dean Baker / January 27, 2020

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Globalization and Trade

Can Manufacturing Workers Take Many More of Trump’s Trade Victories?

(This piece first appeared on my Patreon page.) Last week, as Donald Trump was trying to distract attention from his impeachment trial, he was holding events touting his big trade victories. The two items for celebration were the new NAFTA, dubbed by Trum

Dean Baker / January 23, 2020

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Marital-Status Discrimination Reduces Fertility in China

Building on recent posts by Dean Baker in his Beat the Press Blog (responding to NYT and Washington Post here and Ross Douthat here) that debunk the idea that there is a “demographic crisis” in China, there’s also an important family justice aspect to fer

Shawn Fremstad and Shawn Fremstad / January 23, 2020

Union Membership Byte Artículo

Unions

Union Membership Byte 2020

CEPR’s annual Union Membership Byte gives an in-depth analysis of union membership by sector, gender, race, ethnicity, age, education, nativity, industry, occupation, and by state (including the District of Columbia).

Hayley Brown, Hye Jin Rho, and / January 22, 2020

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