Publications

Waiting for a Vaccine: Killing for Inequality

It is hard to understand how, not just mainstream Democrats, but even progressive leaders ... were not pushing for an open research response to the pandemic. This almost certainly would have given us a vaccine more quickly.

Dean Baker / October 11, 2020

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Auto Suppliers Complain that They Can’t Get Good Help

Auto suppliers are not raising wages especially rapidly, which is likely the reason they are having trouble getting workers.

Dean Baker / October 08, 2020

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Outdated Assumptions Mask True Poverty Rate

Shawn Fremstad / October 07, 2020

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Latin America and the Caribbean

Jump in Wage Growth Shows Disparate Impact of Layoffs

We are not only seeing the lower paid workers in each sector losing their jobs, but we are also seeing large-scale layoffs in the lowest paid sectors.

Dean Baker / October 07, 2020

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Bolivia

World

Why a DC Public Relations Firm Pretended to Be Bolivian on Facebook

New details about the recent Latin American operations of a US public relations firm called CLS Strategies illustrate that Americans are not just on the receiving end of manipulative social media campaigns, but are participants in them as well.

Brett Heinz / October 05, 2020

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Republican Attempts to Suppress the Vote Must be Stopped

Between now and the election, Trump and his party must be held accountable for what they have already done, and the mass death and suffering that their decisions have caused.

Mark Weisbrot / October 05, 2020

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Workers

Economy Adds 661,000 Jobs in September, Unemployment Falls to 7.9 Percent

The large jump in long-term unemployment and people leaving the labor force are ominous signs for the future.

Dean Baker / October 02, 2020

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Government

World

If You Could Save a Million Lives, Would You Do It?

That is what members of Congress should be asking themselves before they leave for recess in October.

Mark Weisbrot / October 02, 2020

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Government

Trump’s Approach to a Coronavirus Vaccine May Leave America Behind

The failure to pursue a cooperative vaccine development is a real tragedy. This could have been an incredibly important example of the value of global cooperative medical research. As it is, it is lining up to be just one more Trumpian failure.

Dean Baker / October 01, 2020

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Affordable Care Act

Healthcare

How Much Will Trumpcare Insurance Cost People with Health Issues?

It is reasonable to ask how much money people should expect to pay for their insurance if ... Trump gets his way and eliminates the ACA.

Dean Baker / October 01, 2020

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Poverty

The Defining Down of Economic Deprivation: Why We Need to Reset the Poverty Line

The way the federal government measures poverty, rooted in the economic assumptions of the 1960s and 1990s, is woefully out of date, resulting in a drastic underreporting of families in poverty.

Shawn Fremstad / September 30, 2020

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Latin America and the Caribbean

Patent Monopolies in Prescription Drugs Cause Corruption # 43,508

Indiscriminate use of tariffs is likely to lead to large-scale corruption, as corporations use their political power to gain special treatment.

Dean Baker / September 30, 2020

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World

Election Interference in Latin America: A Growing Danger

In Latin America, organized social media manipulation campaigns have already become a go-to strategy for many right-wing movements and governments.

Brett Heinz / September 30, 2020

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Government

The US Postal Service Is a National Asset: Don’t Trash It

The financial problems of the United States Postal Service (USPS) are the result of misguided policy decisions — some of them long-standing — not declines in first-class mail, its primary source of revenue.

Max B. Sawicky / September 29, 2020

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Housing

Housing Affordability and Insecurity Before and During the Pandemic

Julie Yixia Cai and Shawn Fremstad / September 29, 2020

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Affordable Care Act

How Academic Medical Centers Made Out on Coronavirus Bailouts

It’s time to re-examine the tax-exempt status of these profit-making ‘nonprofits.’

Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt / September 28, 2020

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How’s that Recovery Going?

Donald Trump boasts endlessly about the economic recovery and insists that people are doing great now. The numbers disagree.

Dean Baker / September 28, 2020

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Your Periodic Reminder that CEOs Maximize CEO Pay, Not Shareholder Returns

There is considerable evidence that CEOs do not earn their $20 million pay.

Dean Baker / September 24, 2020

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