Publications

The OAS Picks Sides in Haiti … Again

US Foreign Policy

Jake Johnston / June 04, 2020

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Bolivia

How Bolivia’s de Facto Regime Has Taken Advantage of COVID-19 to Consolidate Its Power and Repress Political Rivals

On April 29, Bolivia’s de facto president, Jeanine Áñez, announced that the country would be moving into a “dynamic quarantine” phase on May 11. This decision was intended to alleviate the social and economic repercussions of the pandemic by loosening

Lola Allen / June 03, 2020

Article Artículo

Why Should Anyone Care About Paying Big Bucks for Vaccine Government Funded?

Intellectual Property

Dean Baker / June 03, 2020

Article Artículo

In Defense of the Fed’s Bailout

Dean Baker / June 03, 2020

Article Artículo

Globalization and Trade

The UN’s Anti-Poverty Proposal for Latin America: A “Basic Emergency Income”

By quickly distributing cash without hassle to impoverished populations, a targeted basic income for the poor could serve as a vital part of Latin America’s policy response to COVID-19.

Brett Heinz / June 01, 2020

Article Artículo

Republican Attacks on State and Local Government Are Yet Another Assault on Black People

Dean Baker / June 01, 2020

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Trump Veto Student Loan Debt Relief Measure Will Save Government 0.02 Percent of Projected Spending

Dean Baker / May 30, 2020

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Haiti

An Impending Crisis: COVID-19 in Haiti, Ongoing Instability, and the Dangers of Continued U.S. Deportations

US Foreign Policy

Prepared remarks by Jake Johnston to Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson's forum on COVID-19 and ICE's deportation of detainees to Haiti

Jake Johnston / May 29, 2020

Article Artículo

Washington Post Tells Readers About Trump’s “Existential” Threat to China

Globalization and Trade

Dean Baker / May 28, 2020

Article Artículo

The Impact of the Pandemic on Young People’s Employment and Economic Security

Young people’s employment rate has been trending down over the past several decades. Then the pandemic hit.

Shawn Fremstad and Hye Jin Rho / May 28, 2020

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International Monetary Fund

Globalization and Trade

US Foreign Policy

We Can’t Trust the IMF and World Bank to Lead the COVID-19 Recovery

World Bank

Despite decades of protests against them, the IMF and World Bank continue to force the same discredited neoliberal policies on poor governments and their people. Countries in economic distress desperately need alternative sources of aid that won't demand

Lara Merling / May 28, 2020

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Bolivia

The Ends Don’t Justify the Means

Yet Another Analysis Fails to Support the OAS’ Delegitimization of Bolivian Elections

David Rosnick / May 27, 2020

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The Impact of Upward Redistribution on Social Security Solvency (2020 Update)

Hayley Brown and Dean Baker / May 27, 2020

Article Artículo

A Gilead-Remdesivir Fix: The Ten Percent Solution

Intellectual Property

Dean Baker / May 27, 2020

Article Artículo

In Defense of the Earned Income Tax Credit

This is a response to a recent critique by Matt Bruenig of the People’s Policy Project that has provoked a renewed scrutiny of EITC by the left.

CEPR and Max B. Sawicky / May 26, 2020

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Government