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Op-eds & Columns
A Tax on Wall Street Trading is the Best Solution to Income Inequality
Dean Baker
The Hill, May 17, 2017
Trump Family and Friends: In Your Pockets
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 15, 2017
Twelve Reasons to Oppose Rules on Digital Commerce in the WTO
Deborah James
HuffPost, May 12, 2017
How the Eurozone Damaged French Politics — And This Year’s Presidential Election
Mark Weisbrot
The Nation, May 5, 2017
Publications
The French Economy, European Authorities, and the IMF: “Structural Reform” or Increasing Employment?
April 2017, Mark Weisbrot, Lara Merling, Alexander Main, and David Rosnick
“The Rise of Populism: The Masses Have a Case”
March 27, 2017, Dean Baker
Brazil’s Enormous Interest Rate Tax: Can Brazilians Afford It?
April 2017, Mark Weisbrot, Jake Johnston, Julia Villarruel Carrillo, and Vitor Mello
Did NAFTA Help Mexico? An Update After 23 Years
March 2017, Mark Weisbrot, Lara Merling, Vitor Mello, Stephan Lefebvre, and Joseph Sammut
CEPR in the News
US Admits DEA Lied about Honduras 'Massacre' that Killed Four Villagers
The Guardian, May 25, 2017
Private Equity on the March
Late Night Live, May 16, 2017
France, Macroneconomics and the Triumph of the Neoliberal Order - For Now.
This is Hell, May 13, 2017
Trump’s Newest Wall Street Watchdog Sidesteps Ethics Scrutiny
Bloomberg, May 10, 2017
NAFTA Scorecard: Who Gained, Who Was Pained
USA Today, May 02, 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).
- Mark Zuckerberg Sides With Donald Trump Against CBO and Other Economists
- Would Shareholders in Charter Communications Have Less Money If They Paid Their CEO $10 Million Instead of $98 Million?
- It's Actually Not Difficult For President Trump to Comply with Law Prohibiting Payments from Foreign Governments
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.).
Inflation Still Stable in April
May 12, 2017 (Prices Byte)
Prime-Age Employment Rate Hits New High for Recovery
May 5, 2017 (Jobs Byte)
Weak Consumption and Inventories Lead to Slow GDP Growth in First Quarter
April 28, 2017 (GDP Byte)
Overall and Core CPI Decline in March
April 14, 2017 (Prices Byte)
Online Calculators
Compare home ownership vs. rental costs and convert federal budget numbers into per capita or percentage totals.
