Publications

The Preliminary Count in Bolivia’s 2019 Election Contained Clear Biases

Votes were not counted at random and that the problem of counting nickels before dimes is real and must be accounted for when the count is incomplete

David Rosnick / November 15, 2022

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Crypto

Financial Transaction Tax

Crypto Meltdown is a Great Time to Eliminate Waste in Bloated Financial Sector

Wall Street

If our politicians actually had any interest in economic efficiency, they would be engaged in an all out push to downsize the financial industry and free up hundreds of billions of dollars for productive uses.

Dean Baker / November 14, 2022

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Who to Believe? NYT Says Young People Can’t Buy Homes, BLS Says Ownership Rate Is Way Up

November 12, 2022

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Healthcare

The Crushing Health Care Cost Burden that Never Came (Corrected)

We have dodged the health care horror story that was projected in the 1990s by the Peter Peterson gang and more recently by CBO. And, that is very good news.

Dean Baker / November 11, 2022

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Economic Policy

Inflation

Lower than Expected Consumer Price Index Bolsters the Case for Fed Pause

Not only did the Consumer Price Index (CPI) come in slightly lower than expected, we are seeing no evidence that inflation is becoming embedded in services, as many had predicted.

Dean Baker / November 10, 2022

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Nickels Before Dimes: The Blog Posts

This is the first in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia.

David Rosnick / November 10, 2022

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The Parable of Nickels Before Dimes: A Tale of Two Roommates

When counting votes in an election, the only thing that matters is the final count. So long as we count all the votes, the order in which we count is unimportant.

David Rosnick / November 10, 2022

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Nickels Before Dimes: Misleading Design in Escobari and Hoover’s “Natural Experiment”

Escobari and Hoover's approaches to fraud detection are faulty and their claims to have measured fraud in the 2019 Bolivian elections are not supported.

David Rosnick and Aileen Wu / November 10, 2022

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Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

US Foreign Policy

Desta vez, vamos garantir que os EUA respeitem a democracia no Brasil

Aqueles que prezam a democracia no Brasil precisam ficar atentos para o que o governo dos Estados Unidos fará nos próximos meses e anos.

Mark Weisbrot / November 09, 2022

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Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

US Foreign Policy

Asegurémonos de que, esta vez, el gobierno de EE.UU. respete la democracia en Brasil

Quienes consideran importante la democracia en Brasil tendrán que estar atentos a lo que haga el gobierno de Estados Unidos en los meses y años venideros.

Mark Weisbrot / November 09, 2022

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Brazil

Democracy

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

US Foreign Policy

Let’s Make Sure that the US Government Respects Democracy In Brazil This Time

Those who care about democracy in Brazil will have to keep a watchful eye on what the United States government is doing in the months and years ahead.

Mark Weisbrot / November 09, 2022

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Economic Policy

Globalization and Trade

The Case for the Trumpers’ Anger

Imagine the lowest paid workers, the people cleaning toilets in office buildings or bussing dishes in restaurants, earned $52,000 a year if they worked a full-time job for the whole year. … That’s a very different world than the one we have.

Dean Baker / November 08, 2022

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Comunicado sobre el conflicto politico en Bolivia

El CEPR hace un llamado al Gobierno y a las diferentes fuerzas políticas y sociales de Bolivia para que se consolide una instancia de diálogo para procesar las diferencias surgidas del actual conflicto político en el país.

November 08, 2022

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CEPR Sanctions Watch, September–October 2022

CEPR Sanctions Watch aims to help generate more awareness around sanctions by providing regular updates on US economic sanctions policy and its harmful impacts on people around the world.

Michael Galant / November 08, 2022

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Inflation

Preview: What to Look for in the October Consumer Price Index

There is evidence of falling inflation in many areas of the economy, but a high overall and core rate is likely in October.

Dean Baker / November 08, 2022

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IMF

Bangladesh is Richer than Denmark: Amazing Things You Can Learn at NPR

Denmark’s per capita income (the most basic measure of economic well-being) is almost 10 times as large as Bangladesh’s. How did NPR get things so badly wrong?

Dean Baker / November 07, 2022

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Inflation

Inflation Reduction Act

Taxes

Inflation Reduction Act May Transform the Corporate Income Tax

Wall Street

It makes more sense to tax the returns to shareholders that we can see than to tax corporate profits that corporate accountants calculate for us.

Dean Baker / November 07, 2022

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What’s the Problem with 3.9 Percent Annual Wage Growth?

The data we got from the October jobs report is certainly consistent with a pause by the Fed. Everyone recognizes that the full effects of rate hikes are not felt for many months.

Dean Baker / November 06, 2022

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