Publications

Labor Day: Unions Have a Stake in Ending Minority Rule in the United States

Workers

Two months from this Labor Day, members of unions, as well as working people throughout the country, will have some important choices to make in our national elections.

Mark Weisbrot / September 01, 2022

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The Union Advantage for Young Workers: Higher Wages and More Benefits

In an economy that is otherwise strongly tilted toward the managerial class, it is vital to empower workers by protecting and supporting their unions.

Hayley Brown / September 01, 2022

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Jobs

Preview: Will Job Growth Finally Slow?

Two big questions for Jobs Day: “Is job growth slowing to a sustainable pace?” and “Is wage growth falling back to a more normal rate?”

Dean Baker / August 31, 2022

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The Pandemic Rise in Self-Employment: Who Is Working for Themselves Now?

Workers

This analysis examines which groups have seen the largest rise in self-employment compared to the years just before the pandemic.

Annabel Utz, Julie Yixia Cai and Dean Baker / August 29, 2022

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Afghanistan: One Year of Taliban Rule, Event Transcript

Unfreeze Afghanistan convened leading economists, humanitarian experts, and foreign policy analysts to discuss the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

Michael Galant / August 29, 2022

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Thoughts on Industrial Policy

Intellectual Property

There is much that is good in the recent legislation that has been touted as industrial policy. However, these bills have not been well-structured from the standpoint of reducing income inequality.

Dean Baker / August 27, 2022

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Education

Government

How Biden Got It Just Right on Student Loan Forgiveness

The Biden administration's debt forgiveness plan is not perfect, but it is a big step that will help tens of millions of people. That's pretty good for government work.

Dean Baker / August 26, 2022

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La Unasur aún existe y es la mejor plataforma para integrarnos

Guillaume Long / August 24, 2022

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Colombia

US Foreign Policy

A Warm Washington Welcome for Colombia’s Controversial Ex-President

Iván Duque may still have a bright future in Washington, DC.

Alexander Main / August 24, 2022

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Colombia

US Foreign Policy

Washington le da una cálida bienvenida a controvertido expresidente colombiano

Queda por verse si la administración estadounidense realmente aceptará la nueva realidad política en Colombia o si intentará socavar, o incluso derrocar, a su gobierno, como lo ha hecho tantas veces antes en América Latina.

Alexander Main / August 24, 2022

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IMF

Special Drawing Rights

Special Drawing Rights One Year Later, By the Numbers

This work updates an April 2022 report and tracks how countries made use of these SDRs from August 23, 2021 to July 31, 2022.

Andrés Arauz and Kevin Cashman / August 24, 2022

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Intellectual Property

Bernie Sanders Makes the Washington Post Oped Page: We Don’t Need Government-Granted Patent Monopolies to Finance Drug Research

Moving away from … government-granted patent monopolies to a system of direct public funding will be a long process. But we have to get the debate started.

Dean Baker / August 22, 2022

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How to Decimate the Corporate Tax-Avoidance Industry

Wall Street

Insofar as companies spend large amounts of money trying to avoid paying taxes, the goal of the corporate income tax is undermined.

Dean Baker / August 22, 2022

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Productivity Growth: What Happened to the Upturn?

There are reasons for some hope that we are on a faster productivity path than we were before the pandemic. However, we will need to see more evidence to believe this is actually the case.

Dean Baker / August 22, 2022

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Inflation: Where are We Now?

The recent government data on inflation, along with a wide variety of private measures, give us good reason to believe that we are seeing at least a temporary pause where the monthly inflation data will be moderate.

Dean Baker / August 19, 2022

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Bolivia

Organization of American States

OAS Continues to Dodge Accountability for Actions in the 2019 Bolivian Election

The failure of the OAS to explain false claims of fraud it made during the Bolivian elections in 2019 continues to fuel doubts about its ability to monitor elections fairly and objectively.

Francisco R. Rodríguez and Jake Johnston / August 18, 2022

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Health and Social Programs

Poverty