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Percent of Uninsured Falls as ACA Continues to Do Its Job

This post on the CEPR Blog finds the decrease in the number of uninsured across metrics is clear evidence that the ACA is succeeding at its goal of increased access to health insurance.

The Job Market is Far from Recovered

A new report from CEPR shows that the labor market is only two-thirds recovered from the Great Recession, providing little support for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates now, or in the near future, and instead supporting the need for monetary and fiscal stimulus.

Have US-Funded CARSI Programs Reduced Crime and Violence in Central America?

A new CEPR paper finds that a study does not support the conclusion that areas subject to treatment in US-funded CARSI programs showed better results than areas that were not.

Clinton E-Mails Point to US Intervention in 2010 Haiti Elections

Newly released emails from Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State reveal more details of US intervention to overturn Haiti's 2010 presidential elections. The disclosures are consistent with CEPR's statistical analysis of the elections, and previous revelations by an OAS whistleblower.