David is an economist at CEPR. He has a PhD in computer science from North Carolina State University and an M.A. in economics from George Washington University.
David has extensive experience monitoring international election data and testing theories of fraud and institutional interference, including balloting in Bolivia (“Observing the Observers: The OAS In The 2019 Bolivian Elections” with Jake Johnston, March 2020), Ecuador, Haiti (“The Organization of American States in Haiti: Election Monitoring or Political Intervention?” October 2011), Mexico (“An Analysis of Mexico’s Recounted Ballots” with Mark Weisbrot, Luis Sandoval, and Carla Paredes-Drouet, August 2006), Pakistan, Peru, and Venezuela (“Black Swans, Conspiracy Theories, and the Quixotic Search for Fraud: A Look at Hausmann and Rigobon’s Analysis of Venezuela’s Referendum Vote” with Mark Weisbrot and Todd Tucker, September 2004).
David has written numerous policy papers and analyses on a variety of subjects including “Have US-Funded CARSI Programs Reduced Crime and Violence in Central America?” with Alex Main and Laura Jung; “Latin American Growth in the 21st Century: The ‘Commodities Boom’ That Wasn’t” with Mark Weisbrot, May 2014; “Pension Liabilities: Fear Tactics and Serious Policy” with Dean Baker, January 2012; “The Ryan Medicare Plan: Winners and Losers” with Dean Baker, April 2011; “Social Security and the Age of Retirement,” June 2010; “Poor Numbers: The Impact of Trade Liberalization on World Poverty,” with Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker, November 2004; and “The Forty-Four Trillion Dollar Deficit Scare,” with Dean Baker, September 2003.
He is the architect of a number of online calculators, including CEPR’s Accurate Benefits Calculator that compares current-law Social Security benefits to the Bush Plan based on “Progressive Indexing” and the Housing Cost Calculator that compares the cost of owning a home relative to renting for a potential new homeowner. The Housing Cost Calculator gave homebuyers a sense of how the bubble in the housing market might have affected them.
Prior to joining CEPR, he worked as a research associate (postdoc) at the Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University.
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Study: Argentina’s Boom Was Little Influenced by Commodity Prices
In 1991, Argentina fixed its peso to the US dollar, but the increasing value of the dollar led to a deep recession beginning in mid-1998, and default on dollar-denominated debt in December 2001. The currency board devalued the peso by 29 percent in Januar
Income Inequality Worse than Reported, New Analysis Shows
The latest analysis of family income by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) understates the rate at which inequality has risen over the past 35 years. CBO’s analysis fails to capture the full extent of the increase in income inequality due to the way it
The Wealth of Households: An Analysis of the 2016 Survey of Consumer Finance
November 2017, David Rosnick and Dean Baker
The Dollar Does Matter for Trade
Consider Figure 1, which shows the trade deficit as a percent of total trade. Since the early 1970s, there have been three large swings toward bigger deficits: the mid 1970s, the mid 1980s and the early 2000s. Each of these swings was more sustained and e
The Scorecard on Development, 1960–2016: China and the Global Economic Rebound
October 2017, David Rosnick, Mark Weisbrot, and Jacob Wilson
June Jobs Report Shows Modest Improvement Over Weak May Numbers
July 7, 2017 (Jobs Byte)
June Jobs Report Signals There is More Room for Growth
The French Economy, European Authorities, and the IMF: “Structural Reform” or Increasing Employment?
April 2017, Mark Weisbrot, Lara Merling, Alexander Main, and David Rosnick
Brazil: Tight Monetary Policy Prolonging Recession
February 23, 2017 (Latin America Data Byte)