Publications

The reality is that much of the developing world is needlessly facing a humanitarian disaster because of vaccine nationalism and our protection of intellectual products.

Dean Baker / May 04, 2021

Article Artículo

Government

More Projection from the Right: CEPR Is Not Well-Funded

The Post is welcome to disagree with our work, but the idea that we are doing for the money is a flat-out lie.

Dean Baker / May 03, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Wall Street

Financial Transactions Taxes: The Perfect Way to Pay for Biden’s Infrastructure Package

The bottom line is that Biden’s investment plan addresses longstanding needs in the country ... A financial transactions tax is a great place to look for some of the offset.

Dean Baker / May 02, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Growth

GDP Rises 6.4 Percent in Q1: Implies Continuation of Strong Productivity Growth

Housing reached its highest share of GDP since the bubble years.

Dean Baker / April 29, 2021

Article Artículo

Government

Revolving Door Project

Trump Holdovers Are Dragging Down the Biden Agenda

In his first 100 days, the president still hasn’t cleared his predecessor’s cronies out of the executive branch, where they’re free to sabotage his presidency.

Eleanor Eagan / April 29, 2021

Article Artículo

Families

Inequality

Working-Class Mothers and the COVID-19 Shecession

Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, women have disproportionately borne the brunt of the pandemic’s economic devastation.

Hayley Brown, Simran Kalkat and Aiden Lee / April 28, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Growth

PREVIEW: What to Look for In the First Quarter 2021 GDP Report

Dean Baker / April 27, 2021

Article Artículo

Cheap Theatrics on Facebook from Congress

Repeal Section 230 protection and hold Internet intermediaries to the same sort of liability as their competitors in print and broadcast media.

Dean Baker / April 27, 2021

Article Artículo

Inequality

CEO Pay Does not Necessarily Line Up With Shareholder Interests, Even if it is in Stock Options

If shareholders can be empowered in ways that make them more able to control CEO pay, this could be a large step toward reducing income inequality.

Dean Baker / April 25, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Growth

The Biden Recovery: How’s That Hopey Changey Thing Working Out for You?

One of the key factors that will determine whether inflation ends up being a problem is the economy’s rate of productivity growth. Our ability to predict it is close to zero.

Dean Baker / April 23, 2021

Article Artículo

Government

Health and Social Programs

Biden’s Education Proposals Sets Off Washington Post Orgy of Really Big Numbers

It is irresponsible to imply that these proposals involve some extraordinary commitment of resources. They do not.

Dean Baker / April 22, 2021

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Health and Social Programs

Inequality

Poverty

The Progressive Case for a Unified Child Benefit

This paper reviews the goals of a broad-based child benefit and identifies four criteria that should guide its design: universality, adequacy on an annual and monthly basis, simplicity, and visibility.

Shawn Fremstad / April 19, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Wall Street

Tax Stock Returns: If Biden Really Wants to Close Corporate Income Tax Loopholes

Taxing stock returns is better than taxing corporate profits for the simple reason that it is completely transparent.

Dean Baker / April 18, 2021

Article Artículo

Environment

Paying by the Mile and Ending the Gas Tax

If we continue to allow gas taxes to fund road repairs and improvements, we will see large shortfalls in revenue as people shift to electric cars.

Dean Baker / April 15, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Globalization and Trade

A Two-Year Shortage of Semi-Conductors Is Not a Supply Chain Problem

Those interested in preventing this sort of problem should be asking why highly paid executives at major semi-conductor manufacturers don’t seem to know their industry.

Dean Baker / April 14, 2021

Article Artículo

Budget

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Putting the Debt in Context

If we paid off the national debt, but left an economy in ruins and a devastated environment, we will not have done our children any favors.

Dean Baker / April 14, 2021