May 12, 2021

12 Mayo 2021

Jerome Powell has explicitly said that he wants to have the economy run hot, pushing it as far he can without kicking off inflation.

• Affordable Care ActGovernmentEl GobiernoHealth and Social ProgramsLos Programas Sociales y de Salud

The Fighting Isn’t Over: Review of The Ten Year War, by Jonathan Cohn

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 10, 2021

10 Mayo 2021

I will make a few comments about the book Cohn wrote and then get to some of the things I would have liked to see him discuss more.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Are Those $300 Weekly Supplements Making It Impossible for Employers to Get Good Help?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 10, 2021

10 Mayo 2021

In short, it is not plausible that the generosity of unemployment insurance benefits are a major factor affecting employers’ ability to find workers.

• COVID-19CoronavirusIntellectual PropertyPropiedad IntelectualTechnology

Vaccine Production and Open Source Technology

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 08, 2021

08 Mayo 2021

Even where we are now, there is good reason to believe that we can hasten the process of vaccinating the world by freely transferring technology.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

More Cheap Fun: Job Growth Under Biden and Trump

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 07, 2021

07 Mayo 2021

To repeat my standard disclaimer, I know this sort of comparison is silly, but . . .

• COVID-19CoronavirusIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

Biden’s Big Step on TRIPS: Getting the World Vaccinated

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 06, 2021

06 Mayo 2021

The goal here should be getting the world vaccinated, not scoring propaganda points. If President Biden approaches the issue that way, hopefully, he can get his counterparts in other major powers to do the same.

Dear Beat the Press Readers

By Dawn NiederhauserDawn Niederhauser

May 04, 2021

04 Mayo 2021

If this guy at the New York Post thinks we’re influential now, what if we really WERE well-funded?

• COVID-19CoronavirusIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

The Neanderthal Protectionists at the Washington Post Don’t Care About Getting the World Vaccinated

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 04, 2021

04 Mayo 2021

The reality is that much of the developing world is needlessly facing a humanitarian disaster because of vaccine nationalism and our protection of intellectual products.

• GovernmentEl Gobierno

More Projection from the Right: CEPR Is Not Well-Funded

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 03, 2021

03 Mayo 2021

The Post is welcome to disagree with our work, but the idea that we are doing for the money is a flat-out lie.

• Affordable Care ActEconomic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónFinancial Transaction TaxWall StreetEl Mundo Financiero

Financial Transactions Taxes: The Perfect Way to Pay for Biden’s Infrastructure Package

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 02, 2021

02 Mayo 2021

The bottom line is that Biden’s investment plan addresses longstanding needs in the country ... A financial transactions tax is a great place to look for some of the offset.