A new CEPR paper shows that Spain's nascent economic recovery is not the result of austerity policies, and is unlikely to relieve mass unemployment.

The WTO Ministerial in Nairobi, Kenya has concluded, with attempts to bring new corporate issues into the WTO defeated. But so were developing country and civil society demands for more policy space for development, Director of International Programs Deborah James writes. (Photo:© WTO 2015)

Co-Director Mark Weisbrot examines what the opposition's legislative victory means for Venezuela's future in a new op-ed, and in this TV interview. Mark also wrote about the the international campaign to discredit Venezuela's electoral system in op-eds here, here and here. CEPR live-blogged the elections here.

The unemployment rate held at 5 percent in November as the economy added 211K jobs. Dean Baker gives his detailed analysis of the latest employment data in this month's Jobs Byte.

CEPR's Jake Johnston was in Haiti during the recent elections, and wrote about the many irregularities he witnessed for NACLA, VICE News and for our Haiti blog. Jake also discussed the official results on The Real News, while Co-Director Mark Weisbrot weighs in with a new Tribune Content column. (Photo: Jake Johnston)

CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot's new book, "Failed: What the 'Experts' Got Wrong about the Global Economy" (Oxford University Press, 2015), is now available! Order your copy now!