The Center for Economic and Policy Research

The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) promotes democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives.

CEPR is committed to presenting issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better informed.

What Do Part-Time Workers Do With Their Extra Time?

A new CEPR report shows that young women choosing part-time work used the freed-up time to care for children and family and further their education.

Ending US Involvement in Yemen?

Economist Mark Weisbrot, Rep. Khanna, and others want Congress to invoke the War Powers Act to halt the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Weisbrot, appearing on AJ+, calls it “the worst humanitarian disaster in the world.”

Puerto Rico’s Peculiar Case: Bankruptcy of an Unincorporated Territory

Puerto Rico’s unique territorial status, neither a sovereign country nor a state, means there’s a need for an entirely new bankruptcy framework, research associate Lara Merling writes in a new paper and op-ed.

Collapse of Housing Bubble, Not Lehman Brothers, Drove Crisis

Dean Baker looks back 10 years after Lehman Brothers failed and sets the record straight: The collapse of housing bubble was the main cause of the recession. The new report is a complete anatomy of the recession and policy failure.

Op-eds & Columns

Pelosi Would Sabotage Progressive Agenda with Pay-Go Rules

Dean Baker
The Hill, December 11, 2018

Trade: It’s Still About Class, Not Country

Dean Baker
Truthout, December 10, 2018

Historic Senate Vote Against Trump is Big Step Toward Ending Mass Starvation and Killing in Yemen

Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian, November 30, 2018

Congress Closes in on US Military Participation in Saudis’ Genocidal War

Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian, November 15, 2018

Publications

Working Paper: A Progressive Trade Policy

November 2018, Dean Baker

Securing Justice: Advice for the New Congress

November 9, 2018, Eileen Appelbaum

Voluntary Part-Time Employment and the Affordable Care Act: What Do Workers Do With Their Extra Time?

Hannah Archambault and Dean Baker, October 2018

Working Paper: Is Intellectual Property the Root of All Evil? Patents, Copyrights, and Inequality

October 2018, Dean Baker

CEPR in the News

The Remarkable Tale of the Corporate Lobbyist Sworn In as a Temporary U.S. Senator

The Intercept, December 10, 2018

Freshman Democrats are Wrong. Voters are Very Concerned About Trump’s Corruption

Washington Post, December 07, 2018

Small Businesses Struggle to Find Workers

MarketPlace-APM, December 06, 2018

Our World Is Not For Sale: 2018 World Trade Organization Public Forum

The Real News Network, December 03, 2018

Trump's Wealthiest Cabinet Members Earned Millions in 2017

Politico, November 30, 2018

Blogs

CEPR Blog

Blog postings by CEPR staff and updates on the latest briefings and activities at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Beat the Press

Beat the Press is Dean Baker's commentary on economic reporting. Dean Baker is senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).

The Americas Blog

Social, political and economic analysis of the Western Hemisphere.

Blue Collar Jobs Tracker

CEPR’s Blue Collar Jobs Tracker lets you take a closer look at the path of job growth in four major blue-collar industries: manufacturing, mining, construction, and logging.