Publications

Article Artículo

Are Those $300 Weekly Supplements Making It Impossible for Employers to Get Good Help?

In short, it is not plausible that the generosity of unemployment insurance benefits are a major factor affecting employers’ ability to find workers.

Dean Baker / May 10, 2021

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Intellectual Property

Technology

Vaccine Production and Open Source Technology

Even where we are now, there is good reason to believe that we can hasten the process of vaccinating the world by freely transferring technology.

Dean Baker / May 08, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Economy Adds Just 266,000 Jobs in April; Unemployment Edges Up to 6.1 Percent

Unemployment due to voluntary quits remains extraordinarily low.

Dean Baker / May 07, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

More Cheap Fun: Job Growth Under Biden and Trump

To repeat my standard disclaimer, I know this sort of comparison is silly, but . . .

Dean Baker / May 07, 2021

Article Artículo

Government

Inequality

United States

Biden Proposes Progress, Republicans Scream “Socialism”

There was no investment boom when Reagan, Bush II, and Trump cut taxes.

Dean Baker / May 06, 2021

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Intellectual Property

Biden’s Big Step on TRIPS: Getting the World Vaccinated

The goal here should be getting the world vaccinated, not scoring propaganda points. If President Biden approaches the issue that way, hopefully, he can get his counterparts in other major powers to do the same.

Dean Baker / May 06, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

COVID-19 Recession Disproportionately Harmed Working-Class Mothers

From April to December 2020, 1.45 million fewer working-class mothers were employed compared to the same time period in 2019.

Aiden Lee, Simran Kalkat, Hayley Brown and Sarah Rawlins / May 05, 2021

Article Artículo

Government

United States

Postal Service Reform: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

The USPS is the premier public enterprise of the United States, and we could do with more of it.

Max B. Sawicky / May 05, 2021

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Jobs

Workers

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the April Jobs Report

A jump in employment that could exceed 1 million is likely to be associated with a drop in the unemployment rate of 0.3 to 0.4 percentage points, putting the April unemployment rate in the 5.6 to 5.7 percent range.

Dean Baker / May 04, 2021

Article Artículo

Dear Beat the Press Readers

If this guy at the New York Post thinks we’re influential now, what if we really WERE well-funded?

Dawn Niederhauser / May 04, 2021

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Intellectual Property

The Neanderthal Protectionists at the Washington Post Don’t Care About Getting the World Vaccinated

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

Affordable Care Act

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Financial Transaction Tax

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

Economic Growth

United States

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

Inequality

United States

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

Economic Growth

United States

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

Economic 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