Publications

The cost of homeowners insurance has been rising dramatically — and it is not adequately captured in the official inflation measures.

Industrial policy is unavoidable, and the real question is whether an AI sovereign wealth fund is an effective way to support innovation and economic growth.

Despite deepening divisions within NATO, member states have committed to raising military spending to 5 percent of GDP by 2035. As governments face mounting pressure to rearm, growing political and public opposition is questioning the social and economic costs of the alliance’s agenda.

Dean Baker sits down with CEPR climate analyst Matt Sedlar to unpack how Trump’s cuts to FEMA and NOAA are leaving states, especially poorer Republican ones in Appalachia, dangerously exposed.

The May trade deficit surged to its highest level since March 2025, driven in part by AI-related imports and undercutting Trump’s goal of reducing the trade gap.

The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 for 17 years— which is bad news for workers, especially those in states that do have not set a higher wage floor.

An AI sovereign wealth fund would concentrate political power, reinforce the AI bubble, and divert attention from more effective industrial and corporate tax policies.

The Trump administration has reinstated a full suppression strategy to wildfires — a move that defies explanation and puts firefighters at risk.

The Trump administration’s ‘war on fraud’ is attempting to defund a successful anti-fraud operation in New York.

Medicare Advantage providers are making billions in ‘bonus payments’ — one more sign of a dysfunctional, wasteful health care system.