Publications

Wage Cap Allows Millionaires to Stop Contributing to Social Security on February 23, 2021

Today is the first day of 2021 that millionaires make no contribution to Social Security.

Sarah Rawlins / February 23, 2021

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Bitcoin and Baseball Cards

I have no idea how high the Bitcoin enthusiasts will push up its price. The one prediction in which I feel very confident is that it is not about to become a currency that will replace traditional currencies.

Dean Baker / February 22, 2021

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The Green New Deal Threatens Republicans’ Bread and Butter, it’s Not Just Competition in the Battle of Ideas

The Green New Deal is a huge challenge to major financial backers of the Republican Party.

Dean Baker / February 21, 2021

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The Failure of the Media in Responding to the Lying Right

The media have agency, but have thus far largely sought to pretend to just be observers.

Dean Baker / February 17, 2021

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Pandemic-Related Drop in College Enrollment Reveals Inequities in Access to Higher Ed

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on college enrollments this fall.

Sepideh Jessica Vasseghi / February 16, 2021

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Intellectual Property

How Will Our Children Know They Face a Crushing Debt Burden?

Let’s imagine a world where our children weren’t constantly being told that they face a crushing debt burden, how would they know?

Dean Baker / February 15, 2021

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Globalization and Trade

Health and Social Programs

Being Wrong in Elite Jobs Doesn’t Have Any Consequences

The highly paid workers at the top of their profession face no career risk from making huge mistakes with massive consequences for society.

Dean Baker / February 14, 2021

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Government

Latin America and the Caribbean

Comments on RIN 1235-AA34: Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Delay of Effective Date

Comments of Eileen Appelbaum, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC. Submitted on FederalRegister.gov on February 13, 2021

Eileen Appelbaum / February 13, 2021

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Brazil

US Foreign Policy

Dozens of Prominent Organizations and Academics Pressure Biden on Human Rights in Brazil

The US Network for Democracy in Brazil delivered a white paper to the Biden White House urging the new administration to make a fundamental break with Trump-era policies toward Bolsonaro’s government.

February 11, 2021

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Economic Growth

Consumer Price Index: Jump in Gas Prices Pushes Overall CPI up 0.3 Percent in January

The overall inflation picture looks good. Inflation in the problem areas (rent, medical care, and education) continues to be under control.

Dean Baker / February 10, 2021

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Economic Growth

Inflation

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

It is less likely that inflation will be a major concern overall if inflation remains low in these problem areas as the economy recovers from the pandemic.

Dean Baker / February 09, 2021

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Globalization and Trade

More on the Summers v. Biden Spending Debate

If the economy is really seeing excess demand that it can't meet, an increased deficit is preferable to an inflationary spiral.

Dean Baker / February 09, 2021

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Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property, Inequality, and the New Cold War with China

The risk of a new Cold War gives us yet another good reason not to be fans of intellectual property.

Dean Baker / February 08, 2021

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COVID-19

Government

Intellectual Property

Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules

While making our tax structure more progressive is important, most of the increase in inequality comes from greater inequality in before-tax income, not from reductions in taxes paid by the rich.

Dean Baker / February 08, 2021

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Affordable Care Act

Wealth Inequality: Should We Care?

I have never considered wealth a very good measure of inequality for several reasons.

Dean Baker / February 08, 2021

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Jobs

Workers

Unemployment Falls to 6.3 Percent, but Job Growth Weak

Trump is the first president to leave office with a loss of jobs since Herbert Hoover.

Dean Baker / February 05, 2021

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To Fight Climate Change in the Middle of this Economic Crisis, We Need a New Deal that is Green

Against the universal, natural tendency to put off future needs for the sake of current ones, I want to dwell on the disposition of U.S. public investment.

Max B. Sawicky / February 05, 2021

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Health and Social Programs

Excessive Stimulus and Other Things Larry Summers Worries About

Summer's does raise a very reasonable concern, but there is so much upside to this package, with a comparatively small downside risk, that it definitely seems worth the gamble.

Dean Baker / February 05, 2021

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Government

It is Time for the FMLA to Fulfill the Promise of Inclusive and Paid Leave

February 5th, 2021 marks the 28th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). While this landmark federal legislation has protected the health and incomes of millions of workers, it still leaves out an overwhelming share of low- or moderate-in

Julie Yixia Cai and Eileen Appelbaum / February 04, 2021

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