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The IMF’s own data supports widespread concerns that the surcharge policy presents a tremendous burden on heavily indebted countries, which is only growing.

Michael Galant and Ivana Vasic-Lalovic / February 20, 2024

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NYT Highlights Problem of Part-Time Employment as It Hits Record Low

Dean Baker / February 19, 2024

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Ecuador News Round-Up No. 11: Noboa Looks to Fund his “War on Drugs” as Tensions with Russia Rise

Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa is facing a series of challenges, including an ongoing internal security crisis, questions around his economic reform plans, and concerns over new military cooperation with the US.

Pedro Labayen Herrera / February 16, 2024

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Disasters and Vanishing Land Are Leaving the Most Vulnerable Behind in Southeastern Louisiana

Through the combination of subsidence — land literally sinking from the previously noted resource extraction — and rising sea waters, the Gulf of Mexico is slowly swallowing lower Plaquemines.

Matt Sedlar / February 15, 2024

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Special Drawing Rights

No More Excuse for Surcharges: the Target for Precautionary Balances Has Been Reached

New calculations negate one of the main rationales the IMF has put forward to justify its unfair, unnecessary, and counterproductive surcharge policy.

Andrés Arauz and Ivana Vasic-Lalovic / February 15, 2024

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New York Times Tells Readers that the Inability of Big Firms to Raise Prices is Evidence of Inflation

Dean Baker / February 14, 2024

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Biden’s Record on Income Growth

Dean Baker / February 13, 2024

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Democracy

Honduras

Latin America and the Caribbean

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Once the US’s “Good Friend” in Honduras; Now on Trial for Drug Trafficking

The trial of Juan Orlando Hernández, once the seemingly untouchable and authoritarian president of Honduras, is officially set to begin on February 12. The US government supported Hernández from the beginning of his first presidential term and backed him even as evidence of his criminal involvement grew.

Dan Beeton and Alexander Main / February 09, 2024

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Haiti

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Haiti News Round-Up No. 12: US Backs De Facto Prime Minister Amid Increasing Protests Calling for His Resignation

Haiti's de facto prime minister Ariel Henry is vowing to stay in office despite mass protests the day that a democratic transition should have occurred. Henry's government has not scheduled new elections.

Jake Johnston and Chris François / February 09, 2024

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Really Big Numbers and the Ukraine Funding Request

Dean Baker / February 08, 2024

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Do You Want to Subsidize Rich People’s Political Contributions?

Dean Baker / February 06, 2024

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The Young People Will Never Own Homes Lie that the Media Keep Pushing

Dean Baker / February 04, 2024

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Job and Wage Growth Surge in January

The January jobs report removed any immediate concerns about a weakening labor market as the economy added 353,000 jobs. In addition, the December figure was revised up to 278,000, bringing the three-month average to 289,000 a month.

Dean Baker / February 02, 2024

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Contrary to What You Read in the Washington Post, Malaysia Is Not Stuck in a Middle-Income Growth Trap

Dean Baker / February 01, 2024

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Elon Musk’s $56 Billion Pay Package Nixed as Unfair to Shareholders

Dean Baker / February 01, 2024

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Disability Justice and Civil Rights: The Fight Isn’t Over After Acheson v. Laufer

With a supermajority on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), conservative justices have made quick work of undermining and dismantling decades of civil rights advances.

Ariel Adelman and Hayley Brown / January 31, 2024