Publications

Consumer Price Index Plunges 0.8 Percent, Core Falls 0.4 Percent

Growth

Food prices rose 2.6 percent in April, reflecting a large increase in store-bought food.

Dean Baker / May 12, 2020

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Haiti

Latin America and the Caribbean

World

Etazini vle depòte yon gwo asasen an Ayiti

Constant se ansyen chèf Fwon pou Avansman ak Pwogrè Ayisyen (FRAPH). Se te yon òganizasyon paramilitè ki responsab lanmò 3 000 a 4 000 Ayisyen apre koudeta 1991 lan

Jake Johnston / May 12, 2020

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Latin America and the Caribbean

World

El ministerio de las Colonias estadounidenses

La reelección de Luis Almagro como Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) el pasado 20 de marzo, prolonga el clima de guerra fría que se ha instalado en América Latina estos últimos años.

Guillaume Long / May 12, 2020

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Hot Tip for CNN: People Eat Food When They Are not in Restaurants

Dean Baker / May 11, 2020

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Mothers on the Frontlines of a Pandemic Need More than Flowers

Mothers make up a larger share of the frontline workforce (23.8%) than they do of the workforce as a whole (16.9%).

Hayley Brown and Shawn Fremstad / May 10, 2020

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White Unemployment Rose More than Black Unemployment and No One Notices

Dean Baker / May 09, 2020

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Here We Go Again, the Washington Post Tells Us that Politicians Are Philosophers

Dean Baker / May 09, 2020

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Growth

Pandemic Causes Loss of 20,500,000 Jobs, Unemployment at 14.7 Percent

Temporary layoffs make up 78.3 percent of unemployment.

Dean Baker / May 08, 2020

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Mothers in Frontline Industries Deserve Better

Mothers working in frontline industries are disproportionately nonwhite compared to the general workforce, and to other mothers in the general workforce.

Hayley Brown, Hye Jin Rho and Shawn Fremstad / May 08, 2020

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What Not to Do During a Pandemic: Business-As-Usual on Trade Negotiations

Globalization and Trade

World

World Trade Organization

some rich countries, including Australia, Canada, and Switzerland, as well as the European Union, are busy at the World Trade Organization (WTO) trying to pressure others into “virtual negotiations” on investment facilitation, regulation of domestic servi

Deborah James / May 07, 2020

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How Private Equity Firms Will Profit From COVID-19

Private Equity

Wall Street

Unless Congress and regulators act, private equity will shed its nonperforming assets and feast on new ones. J. Crew is the latest example.

Eileen Appelbaum / May 07, 2020

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Workers in Frontline Industries in Chicago and Illinois

Illinois is one of the hardest hit states in the US by COVID-19, with more than 50,000 confirmed cases as of May 4. There are more than 1.3 million workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response in Illinois.

Hye Jin Rho, Hayley Brown and Shawn Fremstad / May 06, 2020

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Revolving Door Project

Apple Gets a Boot in Joe Biden’s Door

Cynthia Hogan, one of the members of Biden’s vice-presidential search committee, was a top lobbyist for the computing giant.

Max Moran / May 06, 2020

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Fixing the Bailout Scammers: The Ten Percent Solution

Inequality

Dean Baker / May 06, 2020

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Why Did the NYT Tell Readers that Republicans “Distrust” Food Stamps?

Dean Baker / May 06, 2020

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Don’t Just Appreciate, Empower

We need your support as well, so we can continue to push for the policies that will ensure that frontline workers have access to paid sick and family leave.

CEPR / May 05, 2020

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