The Center for Economic and Policy Research

The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) promotes democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives.

CEPR is committed to presenting issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better informed.

Positions of Presidential Hopefuls on Range of Housing Issues

CEPR’s new report compares rental housing policies expressed by most of the 2020 presidential candidates and outlines current funding levels of selected federal housing and homelessness programs.

The Latest About the Coup d'etat in Bolivia

See our latest work on Bolivia and the coup d'etat here. And read Mark Weisbrot's new op-ed, "The Organization of American States Has Deceived the Public, Terribly, on the Bolivian Election."

Is Ecuador's Austerity Crisis Over, or Just Beginning?

Ecuador's IMF program "is so deeply flawed that it is bound to cause more trouble," and "the IMF has already acknowledged that the shrinking of the Ecuadorian economy this year is a result of the budget-tightening in its program," Mark Weisbrot writes at The Nation.

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.

Op-eds & Columns

General Trump’s Strange Offensive in His Trade War

Dean Baker
Truthout, December 9, 2019

Workers are Benefitting from Low Unemployment and Higher Minimum Wages

Dean Baker
Truthout, December 2, 2019

The WTO 20 Years After the 'Battle of Seattle'

Deborah James
Al Jazeera, November 29, 2019

How the OAS, and the Media’s Lack of Scrutiny, Caused a Violent Coup in Bolivia

Guillaume Long
OpenDemocracy, November 25, 2019

Publications

Eileen Appelbaum's Testimony for a House Committee on Financial Services Hearing Titled “America for Sale? An Examination of the Practices of Private Funds”

November 19, 2019, Eileen Appelbaum

Rental Housing and Homelessness in the 2020 Election: Positions of Presidential Candidates

November 2019, Andrea M. Beaty and Shawn Fremstad

What Happened in Bolivia’s 2019 Vote Count?

November 2019, Guillaume Long, David Rosnick, Cavan Kharrazian, and Kevin Cashman

Bolivia’s Economic Transformation: Macroeconomic Policies, Institutional Changes and Results

October 2019, Andrés Arauz, Mark Weisbrot, Andrew Bunker and Jake Johnston

CEPR in the News

Deal Offers Paid Leave for Federal Workers, But Only New Parents

MarketPlace Radio, December 11, 2019

US Lobbyists Prepare to Seize "Historic Opportunity" in Tory-Led Brexit to Shred Consumer Safeguards, Raise Drug Prices

The Intercept, December 09, 2019

Meet the New IMF, Same as the Old IMF

Fair Observer, December 04, 2019

Buttigieg Is Wrong — Free College Should Be Free for All, Including Children of the Rich

Los Angeles Times, December 02, 2019

This Doctors Group Is Owned by a Private Equity Firm and Repeatedly Sued the Poor Until We Called Them

ProPublica, November 27, 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.