Publications

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the Third Quarter GDP Report

Growth

While we are virtually certain to see record growth for GDP in the third quarter, without a new stimulus package a drop is likely in the fourth quarter.

Dean Baker / October 27, 2020

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The Rise in Material Hardship Among Working-Class Whites and How It Could Impact the 2020 Election

Government

The rise in material hardship among lower-income whites without college degrees will likely make it harder for Trump to hold on to these important swing voters in the election.

Mariko Lewis, Yixia Cai and Shawn Fremstad / October 27, 2020

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CEO Pay

Washington Post Reports on How Top Execs at Bankrupt Companies Get Large Bonuses

Bloated CEO pay is simply corruption that generates inequality, and shareholders should be allies in stopping it.

Dean Baker / October 27, 2020

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Red State Governors Still Flunk Coronavirus Testing

I argued that positive test rates are a good measure of how serious the governors are in trying to bring the pandemic under control.

Dean Baker / October 26, 2020

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Yet Another Diatribe on Patent Monopolies and How They Are Not Talked About in Polite Company

Intellectual Property

I don’t know why reporters, economists, and other policy types don’t talk about the abuses and waste created by patent and copyright monopolies. I just know that they don’t.

Dean Baker / October 26, 2020

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Mexico

Mexico at the OAS General Assembly: Almagro undermined the OAS Charter and Damaged Bolivia’s Democracy

The most scathing public indictment of Almagro’s actions has come from Mexico, whose Subsecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean delivered a scathing indictment of the current General Secretary for his unilateral decision-making, support for harmful

Cavan Kharrazian / October 23, 2020

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The Impact of the Pandemic on Superstar Cities

It is still too early to make any definitive judgements, but as remote work becomes more accepted, it is hard to believe that many people will not take the opportunity to move to lower cost parts of the country.

Dean Baker / October 23, 2020

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Datos de las Elecciones Bolivianas Añaden Más Pruebas de que la OEA Fabricó Las Denuncias de Fraude del Año Pasado

Esas 226 actas nunca mostraron un fraude, como afirmó la OEA. Sin embargo, sí revelan cómo la OEA privó de sus derechos a decenas de miles de indígenas bolivianos en sus descarados intentos por justificar la destitución antidemocrática de un líder electo.

Jake Johnston / October 22, 2020

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Government

Private Equity

Revolving Door Project

How BlackRock is on Track to Infiltrate a Biden Administration

As Joe Biden leads in national polls and swing states, the most powerful firms in the country are seeking assurances that his administration won't crack down on their crimes.

Max Moran / October 22, 2020

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Data from Bolivia’s Election Add More Evidence That OAS Fabricated Last Year’s Fraud Claims

US Foreign Policy

Jake Johnston / October 21, 2020

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Bolivians Reclaim Their Democracy

The overwhelming MAS election victory is a repudiation of the racist coup regime as well as the Trump administration and the OAS, which helped install it.

Mark Weisbrot / October 21, 2020

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Government-Granted Patent Monopolies Gave Purdue Pharma Incentives to Push Opioids

Intellectual Property

Maybe this is too obvious a point, but I don't see it mentioned in news coverage of the company's settlement.

Dean Baker / October 21, 2020

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Two Interviews on the Bolivian Coup and Its Aftermath

Two new interviews recorded for a new podcast, “While We were Sleeping,” offer useful context for the October 18 general elections just carried out in Bolivia.

CEPR and Francesca Emanuele / October 20, 2020

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Bolivian Elections Live Blog

Bolivians go to the polls October 18 in the first general elections since democratically elected president Evo Morales was forced out in a military coup.

October 18, 2020

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