Economic Crisis and Recovery Archives - Center for Economic and Policy Research

Op-Ed/Commentary

CoronavirusEconomic Crisis and RecoveryInequalityIntellectual Property It’s Not Vaccine Nationalism, It’s Vaccine Idiocy

The pandemic gave us an extraordinary opportunity to experiment with an alternative mechanism for financing research that could have enormously benefitted public health, both in the United States and elsewhere. The failure to have a visible alternative wi

Dean Baker / September 22, 2020

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Economic Crisis and RecoveryGlobalization and TradeInequalityIntellectual Property Trade Wars Are Class Wars: Even More than Klein and Pettis Say

The focus should be on reducing the protectionist barriers ... and on limiting the protections for intellectual property that raise the prices we pay for a wide range of items, and hand the money to a relatively small elite in a position to benefit.

Dean Baker / September 18, 2020

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Economic Crisis and RecoveryInequality Robert Samuelson Hangs It Up

Robert Samuelson, the Washington Post columnist who has provided so much material for this blog over the years, announced his retirement today.

Dean Baker / September 14, 2020

Op-Ed/Commentary

Economic Crisis and RecoveryInequality Blue States are Not Wrong to Want to Restore the Deduction for State and Local Taxes

It seems very plausible to me that the higher effective tax rate without the federal deduction will cause more rich people to move out of state, meaning they will have less money to pay for education, infrastructure, and social services.

Dean Baker / September 08, 2020