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Op-eds & Columns
Fixing Facebook and Defending Democracy
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 25, 2017
Janet Yellen and the Fed: Progressives Should Pay Attention
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 18, 2017
South Koreans Worked a Democratic Miracle. Can They Do It Again?
Ha-Joon Chang
The New York Times, September 14, 2017
The Trump Sanctions Against Venezuela: Is Economic Recovery Possible?
Mark Weisbrot
The Nation, September 7, 2017
Publications
Organizational Restructuring in US Healthcare Systems: Implications for Jobs, Wages, and Inequality
September 2017, Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt
Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Development: A Better Set of Approaches for the 21st Century
July 2017, Dean Baker, Arjun Jayadev and Joseph Stiglitz
Life After Debt in Puerto Rico: How Many More Lost Decades?
July 2017, Lara Merling, Kevin Cashman, Jake Johnston, and Mark Weisbrot
Private Equity Partners Get Rich at Taxpayer Expense
July 2017, Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt
CEPR in the News
Trump's Quiet Campaign Against Government Workers
Vice, September 22, 2017
Equifax Breach Could Shake Consumer Confidence, Cut Spending
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 19, 2017
Obama Goes From White House to Wall Street in Less Than One Year
Bloomberg News, September 18, 2017
Monopolistic Market Control Depresses Healthcare Wages
Modern Healthcare, September 14, 2017
A Top Bank Regulator Is in His Job Illegally, Watchdog Argues
The Intercept, September 12, 2017
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 co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
The World in Transition: Economics & Politics
Mark Weisbrot’s blog on economic and political trends in a multi-polar world.
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.
The Americas Blog
Social, political and economic analysis of the Western Hemisphere.
Research Tools
Data Bytes
CEPR's analysis of government economic data releases (CPI, Jobs, GDP, etc.).
Jump in Gas Prices Raises Inflation in August, Core Rate Remains Stable
September 14, 2017 (Prices Byte)
Job Growth Slows in August
September 1, 2017 (Jobs Byte)
Inflation Slows Further In July CPI
August 11, 2017 (Prices Byte)
Job Growth Strong Again in July
August 4, 2017 (Jobs Byte)
Graphic Economics
Graphic representations of data by CEPR researchers on important economic issues.
Annualized Rate of Change in Core Consumer Price Index, 2010 to 2017
September 14, 2017
The Real Rate of Recovery, September 2017
September 7, 2017
Voluntary and Involuntary Part-Time Employment, 2007-2017
September 1, 2017
Online Calculators
Compare home ownership vs. rental costs and convert federal budget numbers into per capita or percentage totals.
