Publications

Latin America and the Caribbean

Wall Street

Private Equity Funds’ Claims of Strong Performance Are Based on a Mirage

Investors should not be fooled by the myth that private equity investments provided outsized returns over the last 13 years.

Eileen Appelbaum and Jeffrey Hooke / June 17, 2022

Article Artículo

Colombia

Globalization and Trade

Organization of American States

Sanctions

US Foreign Policy

World

Summit of the Americas Underlines Widespread Discontent with U.S. Policy Generally

Criticisms of the United States and OAS underlined the need to revive regional integration initiatives independent of U.S. influence.

Alexander Main / June 17, 2022

Article Artículo

Economic Growth

IMF

Let’s Count What Really Matters

Regularly tracking four alternative economic indicators would provide a very different view of comparative performance from the one that emerges from GDP-based analysis.

Jayati Ghosh / June 16, 2022

Article Artículo

Health and Social Programs

Only Radical Changes Will Make Rents Affordable

The US needs to adopt European-style social housing and also make rental assistance an entitlement.

Algernon Austin / June 16, 2022

Article Artículo

Economic Policy

Will CNN Put Donald Trump Back in the White House?

The network’s coverage of the economy has been inflation, inflation, inflation 24-7. But inflation is not the whole story of the economy. We also have unemployment that is near 50-year low. That is a really big deal.

Dean Baker / June 16, 2022

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LGBTQ+

Latin America and the Caribbean

Children Raised by Same-Sex Parents are Thriving

New generation of research consistently shows that children raised by same-sex parents do at least as well as children raised by different-sex parents.

Shawn Fremstad / June 15, 2022

report informe

Colombia

Elections

Sanctions

What’s at Stake in Colombia’s Presidential Election: Building Peace, Reducing Poverty and Inequality

This paper looks at some of the most important issues that could be decided in Colombia’s June 19 presidential election runoff.

Guillaume Long, Mark Weisbrot, Francisco R. Rodríguez and Joe Sammut / June 15, 2022

report informe

Colombia

Elections

Latin America and the Caribbean

World

Lo que está en juego en las elecciones presidenciales de Colombia: Construir la paz, reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad

El presente informe analiza algunos de los temas cruciales en juego de cara a la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales de Colombia del 19 de junio.

Guillaume Long, Mark Weisbrot, Francisco R. Rodríguez and Joe Sammut / June 15, 2022

Article Artículo

How Do We Get a Wage-Price Spiral When Wage Growth Is Slowing?

The pattern of wage-growth we are seeing is not consistent with a wage-price spiral story. The Fed would be making a bad mistake if it raises rates as though it were responding to one.

Dean Baker / June 12, 2022

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Socialism Ain’t What It Used to Be: Ezra Klein Interview with Bhaskar Sunkara

Liberal/left parties around the world in recent decades, have not only often supported policies that weakened unions, but they have also supported policies that directly redistribute money from the traditional working class to people with more education.

Dean Baker / June 11, 2022

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The Not Very Good May Price Report

It’s pretty hard to be happy about the May CPI report. It means lower real wages for workers and is another big piece of uncertainty in an economy shaking from both the pandemic and the war.

Dean Baker / June 10, 2022

Article Artículo

Globalization and Trade

World

Why It Matters What’s Going on Right Now at the WTO

After many postponements, the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will take place June 12–15, 2022, in Geneva.

Deborah James / June 10, 2022

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Soaring Food and Energy Prices Drive Inflation Higher in May

Bad news. Soaring energy and food prices, largely due to the Ukraine war, will hit consumers hard. A cease fire could make a big difference.

Dean Baker / June 10, 2022

Article Artículo

Washington Post Says Most Americans’ Economic Models Project Uptick in Inflation

With the media’s coverage of the economy focusing almost exclusively on inflation, it is not surprising that most people would expect inflation to pick up.

Dean Baker / June 09, 2022

Article Artículo

Staying Together for the Kids Won’t Reduce Mass Shootings

If the US wants to reduce mass shootings, it must focus on regulating firearms and changing its gun culture.

Shawn Fremstad / June 08, 2022

Article Artículo

Gun Violence

Health and Social Programs

Black Children are Disproportionately Harmed by Extremist Gun Rights Policies in the US

The US is a toxic country as far as gun violence is concerned, particularly for Black people. Only when US politicians are committed to common sense gun safety policies will we see any change.

Algernon Austin / June 08, 2022

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Affordable Care Act

Finances of Both Social Security and Medicare Show Modestly Better Results in Latest Trustees Reports

The projected Medicare savings from ACA is almost as large as the current projected shortfall for the Social Security program.

Dean Baker / June 07, 2022

Article Artículo

Inflation