Publications

Article Artículo

How Private Equity Firms Will Profit From COVID-19

Unless Congress and regulators act, private equity will shed its nonperforming assets and feast on new ones. J. Crew is the latest example.

Eileen Appelbaum, Andrew Park and Rosemary Batt / May 07, 2020

Article Artículo

COVID-19

United States

Workers

Workers in Frontline Industries in Chicago and Illinois

Illinois is one of the hardest hit states in the US by COVID-19, with more than 50,000 confirmed cases as of May 4. There are more than 1.3 million workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response in Illinois.

Hye Jin Rho, Hayley Brown, Shawn Fremstad and Peter Creticos / May 06, 2020

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Inequality

Fixing the Bailout Scammers: The Ten Percent Solution

Dean Baker / May 06, 2020

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Why Did the NYT Tell Readers that Republicans “Distrust” Food Stamps?

Dean Baker / May 06, 2020

Article Artículo

Argentina

IMF

Without an Economic Recovery, Argentina Cannot Repay Its Debt

Lara Merling / May 05, 2020

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Intellectual Property

Government-Granted Patent Monopolies Give Drug Companies an Incentive to Lie About the Safety and Effectiveness of Their Drugs

Dean Baker / May 05, 2020

Article Artículo

Haiti

US Foreign Policy

Can Haiti’s Peanut Value Chain Survive US Generosity?

Marc J. Cohen and Tonny Joseph May 05, 2020

Article Artículo

COVID-19

United States

Don’t Just Appreciate, Empower

We need your support as well, so we can continue to push for the policies that will ensure that frontline workers have access to paid sick and family leave.

CEPR / May 05, 2020

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Latin America and the Caribbean

US Foreign Policy

Exportación de COVID-19: Inmigración estadounidense realizó vuelos de deportación a 11 países de América Latina, según datos aéreos

Un análisis de CEPR revela que es probable que hubo 232 vuelos de deportación del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) a países de América Latina y el Caribe entre el 3 de febrero y el 24 de abril

Jake Johnston / May 05, 2020

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Haiti

US Foreign Policy

The US Has Been Exporting COVID-19 to Haiti; Now, It Is Returning a Death Squad Leader

Jake Johnston / May 05, 2020

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

As Betting Odds for Yankees Improve, Economists Anticipate Strong Recovery: The Stock Market and the Economy

Dean Baker / May 05, 2020

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Intellectual Property

How Many People Will Patent Monopolies Kill In This Pandemic?

Dean Baker / May 03, 2020

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Measuring Inflation in Times of Coronavirus

Dean Baker / May 02, 2020

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

The “Paycheck Protection Program” Is Designed to Give Workers Paychecks, Why Is This So Hard for the NYT to Understand?

Dean Baker / May 02, 2020

Article Artículo

Inequality

Intellectual Property

Wall Street

More Thoughts on a Wealth Tax and Alternatives

Dean Baker / April 30, 2020

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Serious Class Bias at the NYT: How Much Money Should Taxpayers Give to Someone Who Owns a Large Bakery in Detroit? (Note corrected numbers)

Dean Baker / April 29, 2020

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Economic Growth

United States

GDP Shrinks at 4.8 Percent Annual Rate as Pandemic Brings Longest Recovery to End

Lower spending on health care services was responsible for almost half of the drop in GDP

Dean Baker / April 29, 2020

Article Artículo

Meatpacking Workers are a Diverse Group Who Need Better Protections

Yesterday, on Workers Memorial Day, President Trump issued an executive order that requires beef, pork, and poultry producers to continue operating. The executive order also directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue additional orders and regulation.

Shawn Fremstad, Hye Jin Rho and Hayley Brown / April 29, 2020

Article Artículo

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Economic Growth

More Quick Thoughts on the Recovery from the Crisis: Evidence from China

Dean Baker / April 29, 2020

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Economic Crisis and Recovery

Healthcare

Key Point on Those Going Back to Work: Low-Paid Workers Tend to Be in Poorer Health

Dean Baker / April 28, 2020