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Historically Slow Productivity Growth Since 2005 Hampers Wages, Profits

Workers are losing their share of the benefits from economic growth. In his new paper, CEPR Senior Economist Dean Baker examines how much the typical worker lost as a result of upward redistribution.

Private Equity and Surprise Medical Billing

In this new paper, CEPR Co-Director Eileen Applebaum, with Cornell University’s Rosemary Batt explain how hospital outsourcing and private equity-owned physician staffing companies drive up health care costs, insurance premiums, and the surge of surprising medical bills.

The Return of the Right in Latin America

There are a number of factors that led to the return of the Right in Latin America," Alex Main writes for Jacobin. But "In nearly every case, the US provided a helping hand to right-wing forces."

Ecuador’s IMF Austerity Program Likely to Result in Economic Recession, Higher Unemployment

A new CEPR report examines Ecuador’s March 2019 agreement with the IMF and finds that Ecuador is likely to have lower GDP per capita, higher unemployment, and increased macroeconomic instability under the program.

Op-eds & Columns

The Kitchen-Table Case for Impeaching Trump

Jeff Hauser and Eleanor Eagan
Washington Monthly, September 19, 2019

The Official U.S. Poverty Rate is Based on a Hopelessly Out-of-Date Metric

Shawn Fremstad
The Washington Post, September 16, 2019

US Sanctions Are Designed to Kill

Kevin Cashman and Cavan Kharrazian
Jacobin, September 1, 2019

IMF Reforms Can Make Things Worse: The Case of Ecuador

Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian, August 27, 2019

Publications

The Productivity to Paycheck Gap: 2019 Update

September 2019, Dean Baker

Private Equity Tries to Protect Another Profit Center

September 2019, Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt

Letter from Eileen Appelbaum to Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Stop Wall Street Looting Act

July 18, 2019, Eileen Appelbaum

"Headwinds to Growth": The IMF Program in Ecuador

July 2019, Mark Weisbrot and Andrés Arauz

CEPR in the News

Fed Comes to Its Senses, Lowers Interest Rate

The Real News, September 20, 2019

Trump Can Spin Economic Numbers – But He Likely Can’t Manipulate Them, Experts Say

CNBC, September 10, 2019

U.S. manufacturing is in a recession. What does that mean for the rest of the country?

CBS News Online, September 06, 2019

Will this Argentine Crisis Hurt the IMF Reputation?

Associated Press, September 05, 2019

What Does America Have Against Vacation?

Washington Post, August 28, 2019

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.

Haiti: Relief and Reconstruction Watch

Relief and Reconstruction Watch is a blog that tracks multinational aid efforts in Haiti with an eye towards ensuring they are oriented towards the needs of the Haitian people.