Publications

Coronavirus Hit Shows Up Strongly in March Data, Loss of 701,000 Jobs

Workers

Most sectors took a big hit in employment, most concerning is a loss of 42,500 jobs in health care.

Dean Baker / April 03, 2020

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Which Bailed Out Industries Have a Shortcut to Biden World?

Special interests are coming for Democrats, too, and the industries affected by COVID-19 are already swarming to influence a Biden administration’s personnel decisions.

April 03, 2020

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

International Monetary Fund

Latin America and the Caribbean

US Foreign Policy

ECLAC: Tens of Millions Will Be Pushed into Poverty Amid COVID-Induced Recession

Jake Johnston / April 03, 2020

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Getting to Medicare for All, Eventually

Dean Baker / April 02, 2020

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Private Equity

Wall Street

Hospital Bailouts Begin—for Those Owned by Private Equity Firms

Hospitals weighed down by debt to their private equity owners set to receive taxpayers’ dollars.

Eileen Appelbaum / April 02, 2020

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The Men and Women Who Shrank the U.S. Ventilator Supply

A ‘killer acquisition’ merger in 2012 was waved through by the Federal Trade Commission, whose commissioners all went on to represent corporate America at top law firms.

Andrea Beaty / April 02, 2020

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Haiti

International Monetary Fund

US Foreign Policy

COVID-19 an Ayiti – Repons ak Obstak

Jake Johnston and Kira Paulemon / April 01, 2020

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Amazing Discovery at the NYT: Drugs and Vaccines Can be Developed Without Patent Monopolies

Dean Baker / April 01, 2020

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In looking past the immediate crisis, when considering permanent, long-term reforms that will protect the country from future calamities, improving our system of Federal grants should rank high among the priorities.

CEPR / March 31, 2020

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It’s Infrastructure Week! A Quick Note on Donald Trump’s Big Stimulus

Dean Baker / March 31, 2020

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Bailing Out Journalists: Another Problem Too Simple for Policy Types to Understand

Dean Baker / March 30, 2020

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Money Is Not the Reason the U.S. Is Not Following the Danish Model

Dean Baker / March 28, 2020

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The Relative Generosity of the Economic Rescue Package: Boeing and Public Broadcasting

Dean Baker / March 27, 2020

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International Monetary Fund

Haiti

US Foreign Policy

COVID-19 in Haiti — The Current Response and Challenges

Jake Johnston and Kira Paulemon / March 27, 2020

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Use Work-sharing Unemployment Insurance to Pay People to Stay Home

Workers

The government should pay people to stay home. And whenever possible, the government should do this in a way that allows people to keep their jobs.

Dean Baker / March 27, 2020

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The US Response to COVID-19: What’s in Federal Legislation and What’s Not, but Still Needed

This table is based on the two COVID-19 bills enacted by Congress to date and our best understanding of the compromise bill passed by the Senate.

Eileen Appelbaum and Shawn Fremstad / March 26, 2020

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The Shape of the Recovery: Those Who Tell Don’t Know

Dean Baker / March 26, 2020

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Bolivia

Latin America and the Caribbean

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Diego Escobari Approach to Bolivia’s Elections

Guilty until proven innocent. That appears to be the electoral fraud approach favored by Walter D. Valdivia and Diego Escobari in their recent piece in Project Syndicate. It is also the exact approach the OAS had a responsibility to avoid in their audit

David Rosnick / March 26, 2020

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