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Latin America and the Caribbean

Intellectual Property

Getting Ready for the Next Pandemic: Can We Get Patent Monopolies on the Table?

We are still seeing no real debate as to whether we want to rely on these monopolies as a primary mechanism for financing medical innovation in the future.

Dean Baker / December 20, 2021

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Ecuador

Ecuador and the Pandora Papers: Death Threats and Impunity

Fighting for financial transparency is a fight for truth and social justice that we cannot afford to give up.

Andrés Arauz / December 20, 2021

Article Artículo

Ecuador

Andrés Arauz on CDBCs and Sovereignty

Interview with Andres on Bitcoin, the broader world of crypto & NFTs, how to think about digital and monetary sovereignties together, the geopolitics of the global payment systems, China’s efforts to control FinTech, the situation in El Salvador, and the

Andrés Arauz / December 19, 2021

Article Artículo

Intellectual Property

Plans to Save the Local Newspaper

My preference for the tax credit system is both that it applies to a much broader range of material than just news, and that I think it would be far easier to implement and enforce.

Dean Baker / December 18, 2021

Article Artículo

Latin America and the Caribbean

Can Quitters be Winners? Lessons from the Great Resignation

Dean Baker / December 17, 2021

Article Artículo

Haiti

Spotlight

US Foreign Policy

CEPR Spotlight: Haiti

CEPR continues to educate members of Congress and US policymakers on electoral issues and aid accountability in Haiti.

Dawn Niederhauser / December 17, 2021

Article Artículo

Quick Note on the Inflation Debate and November Retail Sales

People are still not spending the money banked in the pandemic. This means that we have less reason to fear excess demand driving inflation.

Dean Baker / December 16, 2021

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Inflation Fears Shouldn’t Be a Pretext for Class War

The specter of inflation is being invoked to obstruct vital social programs in the Build Back Better bill. That’s a recipe for economic ruin.

Max B. Sawicky / December 16, 2021

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Inequality

Workers

Family Policies in the Build Back Better Act Would Reduce Burdens on Families and Provide a Better Buffer to Economic Instability

Julie Yixia Cai and Algernon Austin / December 14, 2021

Article Artículo

Inequality

Spotlight

CEPR Spotlight: Work, Poverty, and Inequality

CEPR’s research and analysis supports efforts to increase the power, economic security, and well-being of today’s diverse working class.

Dawn Niederhauser / December 14, 2021

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Affordable Care Act

Casey Mulligan Says Build Back Better Will Raise Childcare Costs by $27,000

But tens of millions of families with children will have better access to quality childcare. I suspect most parents will be fine with this situation.

Dean Baker / December 14, 2021

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Private Equity in Healthcare: Profits before Patients and Workers

The time is ripe for Congressional action to curb wealth extraction from our healthcare system.

Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt / December 14, 2021

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Will We See Deflation in the Next 12 Months?

I’m not worried at this point about a deflationary spiral, but I see what, to my view, is a plausible scenario where the CPI actually goes negative in the next twelve months.

Dean Baker / December 12, 2021

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Could the Omicron Variant Be Good News?

If it turns out that the difference in the severity with delta is larger than the difference in spread, the omicron variant may prove to be very good news.

Dean Baker / December 11, 2021

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Washington Post Says School Employees Being Fired in LA Because of Vaccine Mandate are Less Than One Month’s Normal Turnover

The number of employees who stand to be fired over the mandate is less than the number who would be fired or quit their job in a typical month.

Dean Baker / December 11, 2021

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Inflation

Reopening Issues Are Still a Big Factor Driving Inflation In November

Overall, reopening issues are still a big factor in inflation. Energy prices in the CPI are lagging world prices, and are almost certain to be sharply negative (lowering inflation) in December.

Dean Baker / December 10, 2021

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Globalization and Trade

IMF

Special Drawing Rights

November Data Shows More Countries Are Using Special Drawing Rights; Over 30 Countries Have Actively Used Most of Their New SDRs

This post analyzes SDR holdings as reported by the IMF at the end of November and compares them to previous months’ reports.

Andrés Arauz and Kevin Cashman / December 10, 2021

Article Artículo

Globalization and Trade

IMF

Spotlight