Publications

We Don’t Have to Live in Mitch McConnell’s World

Revolving Door Project

Biden has to actively assert his power as chief executive, in this case over Cabinet appointments.

Max Moran / November 06, 2020

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Globalization and Trade

Donald Trump and Being Deplorable

Intellectual Property

Telling the victims of a four-decade-long policy of upward redistribution that it is their fault, is a lie of Trumpian proportions.

Dean Baker / November 05, 2020

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Congressional Letter to FBI Director Wray on the need to Protect Voters and the Franchise in the 2020 Election

Thirty members of Congress are calling on FBI Director Christopher Wray to investigate Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a Trump appointee, for possible criminal interference in the election

CEPR / November 05, 2020

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“A Silent Pandemic”: Racism, Negligence, and Medical Assault in ICE Detention Centers

Sepideh Jessica Vasseghi and Congressional Progressive Caucus Center / November 05, 2020

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Globalization and Trade

As We Wait to Figure Out Who We Elected, New York Times Feeds Us Pablum on Our Social Problems

Many of the "deepest problems" he describes are actually pretty direct results of the people who serve as president or in Congress.

Dean Baker / November 04, 2020

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Jobs

Workers

PREVIEW: What the October Jobs Report Will Tell Us

There have been some anomalies in the data that are worth tracking.

Dean Baker / November 04, 2020

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The NYT Prints Usual Nonsense About Bubbles

These pieces always show a failure to understand the most basic features of the Great Recession.

Dean Baker / November 01, 2020

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Letter on Proposed Rulemaking: Affidavit of Support on Behalf of Immigrants, Department of Homeland Security Docket No. USCIS– 2019–0023

World

Comments of Shawn Fremstad, Senior Fellow, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC. Submitted on Regulations.gov on November 1, 2020.

Shawn Fremstad / November 01, 2020

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Financial Transaction Tax

Wall Street

Financial Transactions Taxes: A Wall Street Levy that Won’t Affect Pension Funds

This paper examines two issues related to pension funds and Financial Transactions Taxes.

Dean Baker / October 30, 2020

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Changes that Would Make a Difference in the Biden Administration

Intellectual Property

There is a limit to how much we can improve living standards at the bottom and middle if we don’t take a whack at the top.

Dean Baker / October 30, 2020

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Record 33.1 Percent Surge Still Leaves GDP 3.5 Percent Below Pre-Pandemic Level

Growth

The trade deficit reached a record in the third quarter.

Dean Baker / October 29, 2020

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Note to Biden: A President Can Do a Lot Even Without the Senate

Revolving Door Project

What Trump has done inside the administrative state has been more critical than his public persona.

Eleanor Eagan / October 29, 2020

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Brazil

Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro Plot to Get Brazilians Killed

Globalization and Trade

Bolsonaro’s move was purely an effort to satisfy his friend Donald Trump. He apparently has no more respect for the lives of the people in Brazil than Trump does for people in the United States.

Dean Baker / October 29, 2020

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PREVIEW: What to Look for in the Third Quarter GDP Report

Growth

While we are virtually certain to see record growth for GDP in the third quarter, without a new stimulus package a drop is likely in the fourth quarter.

Dean Baker / October 27, 2020

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The Rise in Material Hardship Among Working-Class Whites and How It Could Impact the 2020 Election

The rise in material hardship among lower-income whites without college degrees will likely make it harder for Trump to hold on to these important swing voters in the election.

Mariko Lewis, Julie Yixia Cai and Shawn Fremstad / October 27, 2020

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CEO Pay

Washington Post Reports on How Top Execs at Bankrupt Companies Get Large Bonuses

Bloated CEO pay is simply corruption that generates inequality, and shareholders should be allies in stopping it.

Dean Baker / October 27, 2020

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Red State Governors Still Flunk Coronavirus Testing

I argued that positive test rates are a good measure of how serious the governors are in trying to bring the pandemic under control.

Dean Baker / October 26, 2020

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