Publications

Does the New York Times Prohibit Its Reporters from Providing Context on Budget Issues?

This article on the $3.5 trillion budget outline didn't mention once that the spending would be over ten years.

Dean Baker / August 25, 2021

Article Artículo

Jerome Powell, the Fed and Regulation

Inequality

Inflation

Having argued the case for the importance of regulating finance, let me say that I still see it as very much a secondary consideration in the selection of the Fed chair.

Dean Baker / August 25, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Policy

Government

Haiti

Latin America and the Caribbean

Organization of American States

US Foreign Policy

Haiti Since the 2010 Earthquake: A Review of 11 Years Following the Money

Jake Johnston / August 24, 2021

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Denmark and the Case for Optimism on the Pandemic

If the nonsense coming from the vaccine resisters can be effectively countered, we should be able to reach vaccination rates comparable to Denmark’s in the not distant future.

Dean Baker / August 23, 2021

Article Artículo

CORRECTION: The $23 an Hour Minimum Wage

The problem is that we have made many changes to the economy that shifted huge amounts of income upward, so that we cannot support a pay structure that gives workers at the bottom $52,000 a year. This is the whole point of my book, Rigged.

Dean Baker / August 19, 2021

Article Artículo

Life at the Bottom in Joe Biden’s America

Nominal wages have been rising rapidly for workers at the bottom of the pay ladder in recent months. This has allowed workers in the lowest paying jobs to see substantial increases in real wages, in spite of the uptick in inflation the last few months.

Dean Baker / August 16, 2021

Article Artículo

Environment

Cheap Talk from the Fed on Global Warming?

It’s easy for a high-level executive to say that they didn’t pay attention to the rantings of some obscure economist, it’s much harder for them to say they don’t bother looking at what the Fed chair says and the research it publishes.

Dean Baker / August 13, 2021

report informe

Health and Social Programs

Exempting the Rich: Who Pays if We Modify the Social Security Tax Cap

This report calculates how many people would be directly affected by modifications to the cap, and explores the characteristics of this group.

Hayley Brown / August 12, 2021

Article Artículo

Inflation

Overall CPI Up 0.5 Percent in July; Higher Car Prices Still Driving Inflation

Most of the inflation is either bounce back or temporary disruptions, mostly with cars.

Dean Baker / August 11, 2021

Article Artículo

Budget

Jobs

The Infrastructure and Budget Bills Are a Watershed in US Economic Doctrine

Deficit demagogy has (finally) become a fringe position in American politics—just look at the massive bills moving through Congress.

Max B. Sawicky / August 11, 2021

Article Artículo

Inflation

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the July Consumer Price Index

There is some evidence that the car market may be getting closer to normal.

Dean Baker / August 09, 2021

Article Artículo

The New York Times’ Big Deficit Numbers

The burden of the debt and the debt service is such a trivial part of this picture, it’s hard to believe serious people would waste their time on it.

Dean Baker / August 09, 2021

Article Artículo

Cheap Fun Saturday: Job Growth Under Biden and Trump

So, here's where we stand now.

Dean Baker / August 07, 2021

Article Artículo

Jobs

Economy Adds 943,000 Jobs in July; Unemployment Falls to 5.4 Percent

The number of unincorporated small businesses is almost 800,000 above the 2019 average.

Dean Baker / August 06, 2021

Article Artículo

Jobs

CEPR Mourns the Passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

Throughout his life, Trumka was an invaluable champion of the working class.

CEPR / August 06, 2021

Article Artículo

COVID-19