Publications

Inequality

Aging Populations and Great Power Politics: The Problem is for the Elites, not the Masses

There is little reason for the overwhelming majority of the country to be concerned about a declining population.

Dean Baker / February 13, 2023

Article Artículo

When the WPA Created Over 400,000 Jobs for Black Workers

In response to the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) created jobs for over 8 million people between 1935 and 1943.

Algernon Austin / February 09, 2023

Article Artículo

The NYT Tells Us that Drugs Are Cheap, Government-Granted Patent Monopolies Make Them Expensive

February 07, 2023

Article Artículo

Healthcare

Intellectual Property

Ending the Cesspool in Pharmaceuticals by Taking Away Patent Monopolies

It is absurd that we use the power of the government to make life-saving drugs that would sell for hundreds of dollars in a free market, instead sell for tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Dean Baker / February 05, 2023

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Federal Reserve

Health and Social Programs

The Fed’s 2.0 Percent Inflation Target

Inflation can move unpredictably, as we have seen, and a 2.5 percent inflation rate means there is little room for a rise without the Fed having to be worried, but there seems little harm in waiting.

Dean Baker / February 05, 2023

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Affordable Care Act

Healthcare

Social Security

The Washington Post Wants to Cut Social Security and Medicare (Yeah, What Else is New?)

Much has been done to improve the program's finances in contrast to what is implied in the Post’s editorial. The key is reducing the costs of our healthcare system as a whole.

Dean Baker / February 05, 2023

Article Artículo

Vaccine Nationalism: China’s and Ours

February 04, 2023

Jobs Byte Artículo

Jobs

Workers

Job and Hour Growth Soar in January, Unemployment Hits New Half-Century Low

Wage Growth Remains Solid in Most Sectors

Dean Baker / February 03, 2023

Article Artículo

Jobs

Job Growth: Is the Household or Establishment Survey Right?

The employment growth shown in the household survey would still be quite impressive, especially in an economy that started the year at a historically low unemployment rate.

Dean Baker / February 03, 2023

Article Artículo

60 Years of No Progress on Black-White Unemployment Equity

Regardless of whether economic conditions are good or bad, Black jobseekers are less likely to find work.

Algernon Austin / February 01, 2023

Article Artículo

Preview: What to Expect in the January Jobs Report

Most of the data going into the new year suggest that the economy, and the labor market, is still looking very healthy.

Dean Baker / January 31, 2023

Article Artículo

CEPR Sanctions Watch, January 2023

At least 124 people have died as winter temperatures set in across Afghanistan, compounding what was already a dire humanitarian crisis.

Michael Galant / January 31, 2023

Article Artículo

IMF

Media

World

Quick, How Important Would $210 Billion Have Been in Korea Over the Last 16 Years?

Dean Baker / January 28, 2023

Article Artículo

Government-Granted Patent Monopolies Lead to Corruption #54,279

January 28, 2023

Article Artículo

GDP Grows 2.9 Percent in 4th Quarter, Driven by Inventories and Service Consumption

There is more evidence that inflation is moderating. The largest source of weakness, residential investment is virtually certain to be far less of a drag in future quarters.

Dean Baker / January 26, 2023

Article Artículo

After Fourth Quarter GDP, Economy Looks Solid Unless Fed Derails It

Dean Baker / January 26, 2023

Article Artículo

Economic Policy

GDP

Globalization and Trade