Publications

La evidencia (véase más adelante) contra las afirmaciones falsas presentadas repetidamente por la OEA — tanto antes como después del golpe de Estado — ya han ido más allá de una duda razonable. Lo único que queda es establecer una rendición de cuentas.

Jake Johnston, Joe Sammut, Mark Weisbrot and Miguel Carvalho / June 23, 2021

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Environment

Globalization and Trade

The Bitcoin Transactions Tax

The Bitcoin market gives a great laboratory for experimenting with financial transactions taxes.

Dean Baker / June 23, 2021

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My Thoughts on What Biden and the Dems Can Do

It's short and relatively painless.

Dean Baker / June 22, 2021

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Coronavirus

Economic Crisis and Recovery

International Monetary Fund

US Foreign Policy

World

Republican Senate Leadership on IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs): A Fact Check

Despite the fact that SDRs were successfully issued and used during the world recession of 2009, they are still not a well-known policy tool among US legislators. This can lead to misconceptions regarding the nature of SDRs.

Mark Weisbrot and Kevin Cashman / June 21, 2021

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Job Growth and Temporary Layoffs

Now that the number of people on temporary layoffs has fallen sharply, it is highly unlikely that we will see job gains over, or even near, 1 million a month.

Dean Baker / June 19, 2021

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Health and Social Programs

A Father’s Day Guide to Paid Family Leave

A national paid family leave plan promotes equitable participation in paid family leave and would mitigate the disparities and barriers that discourage fathers from taking paternity leave.

Clara Wilson and Pryce Davies / June 19, 2021

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Inequality

Intellectual Property

Biden, China, and the New Cold War

It is not clear that we should all eagerly follow the path that President Biden seems to be outlining with regard to China.

Dean Baker / June 16, 2021

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

William Cohan Predicts Disaster from Low Interest Rates: Yes, We Have Seen This Movie Before

There apparently is a big market for this stuff, but this is little reason to take it seriously.

Dean Baker / June 15, 2021

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Inequality

What’s the Difference Between a Waitress and a Private Equity Partner? (Their Tax Rate)

The ostensible rationale for allowing PE partners to pay a lower tax rate on their carried interest is that these payments involve risk.

Dean Baker / June 12, 2021

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How Does Bloated CEO Pay Maximize Shareholder Value? One of the Great Mysteries of the World

We have a story where the shareholders explicitly rejected a CEO pay package and voted to remove the director most responsible for the pay package. But . . .

Dean Baker / June 11, 2021

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Inflation

Overall CPI Up 0.6 Percent Driven by Bounce Back and Car Shortages

The story this month is overwhelmingly that bounce back inflation was 100 percent predictable, coupled with soaring car prices (both new and used) due to temporary shortages.

Dean Baker / June 10, 2021

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

May CPI Puts Inflation Hawks in Feeding Frenzy

If we take the car story out of the picture, there is not much of a story of run-away inflation. We will see more erratic price movements as the economy continues to reopen.

Dean Baker / June 10, 2021

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Haiti

US Foreign Policy

Referandòm Konstitisyon an: Men Kijan Kominote Entènasyonal la ap Sipòte yon Atanta Ilegal pou Kontwole Pouvwa

Jake Johnston and Kira Paulemon / June 09, 2021

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Coronavirus

States With More Insured Residents Have Higher COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Is state variation in COVID vaccination rates due in part to state-level differences in the percentage of residents with health insurance and state policy decisions that influence the availability and quality of health insurance?

Shawn Fremstad / June 08, 2021

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Coronavirus

WaPo’s New Terminology to Appease the Trumpers: Are Drunk Driving Laws Government “Preferences?”

The vaccine requirement is a safety regulation, designed to protect crew and other passengers from the risk of catching the Covid.

Dean Baker / June 08, 2021

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Revolving Door Project

Why Is Merrick Garland Defending Donald Trump?

In the name of returning the DOJ to “normal,” the attorney general has protected an abnormal president from accountability.

Jeff Hauser and Max Moran / June 08, 2021

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Inflation

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the May Consumer Price Index

The big uncertainty in the May report will be the index for used cars.

Dean Baker / June 07, 2021

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Globalization and Trade

Inequality

Can We Bemoan Inequality as We Push Policies to Increase It?

Instead of US companies like GE and Walmart benefiting from cheap Chinese labor, our leading tech companies are worried about going head-to-head with more efficient Chinese competitors.

Dean Baker / June 07, 2021

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Intellectual Property

Patents Are a Bad Way to Fund the Development of Drugs #46,541

June 07, 2021