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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.

Manufacturing Employment Falls in August

After increasing for 12 consecutive months, manufacturing employment fell by 3,000 jobs. However, there is some evidence of accelerating wage growth in the August employment report.

Mark Weisbrot and Aparna Mathur on the State of the US Economy

CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot recently appeared on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" and refuted the argument that the Trump corporate tax cuts will boost investment and growth. Watch here.

Mark Weisbrot Talks About Hyperinflation in Venezuela on BBC

Mark Weisbrot talked to BBC World TV News on August 17 about the current hyperinflation in Venezuela and the role of the Trump administration's financial embargo.

Op-eds & Columns

Puerto Rico’s Colonial Legacy and its Continuing Economic Troubles

Lara Merling
UNCTAD, September 20, 2018

Cheap Tricks With Economic Statistics: The Democratic Version

Dean Baker
Truthout, September 17, 2018

How Congress Can End the War in Yemen

Mark Weisbrot
The New York Review of Books, September 14, 2018

The Bank Bailout of 2008 Was Unnecessary

Dean Baker
The Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2018

Publications

Fissuring of Labor Markets, Wage Stagnation, and Rising Wage Inequality

September 13, 2018, Eileen Appelbaum

The Housing Bubble and the Great Recession: Ten Years Later

September 2018, Dean Baker

The Future of Our Public Postal Service

July 26, 2018, Alan Barber

The Pact for Mexico After Five Years: How Has It Fared?

June 2018, Mark Weisbrot, Lara Merling, Rebecca Watts, and Jake Johnston

CEPR in the News

The Credit Crunch and the Great Recession (Wonkish)

The New York Times, September 17, 2018

10 Years After The Recession, Millennials Still Struggle Financially

Newsy, September 12, 2018

Four Reasons Brett Kavanaugh Is Scary That Go Way Beyond Abortion

Vice, September 10, 2018

U.S. Adds 201,000 Jobs in August

The Wall Street Journal, September 07, 2018

Why is Argentina Entering into a New Economic Crisis?

The Real News, September 05, 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.

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.