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Many people are thinking about policy through this crisis as though the country will be largely shut down for many months. This is not going to happen. The length of this shutdown will be determined by Donald Trump, not science, and he is not going to all

Dean Baker / April 06, 2020

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Basic Economics for Economic Columnists: A Depression is a Process, not an Event

With the economy going into a shutdown mode for at least month, and possibly quite a bit longer, we're again hearing the cries from elite economics columnists about a Second Great Depression.

Dean Baker / April 05, 2020

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Intellectual Property

Why Do Economists Have Such a Hard Time Imagining Open Source Biomedical Research?

It seems more than a bit bizarre, but in a discussion of alternative to patents for financing the development of new drugs and vaccines, publicly funded open-source research is not mentioned.

Dean Baker / April 04, 2020

Jobs Byte Artículo

COVID-19

United States

Workers

Coronavirus Hit Shows Up Strongly in March Data, Loss of 701,000 Jobs

Most sectors took a big hit in employment, most concerning is a loss of 42,500 jobs in health care.

Dean Baker / April 03, 2020

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COVID-19

Economic Crisis and Recovery

IMF

Latin America and the Caribbean

US Foreign Policy

World

ECLAC: Tens of Millions Will Be Pushed into Poverty Amid COVID-Induced Recession

Jake Johnston / April 03, 2020

Article Artículo

COVID-19

Health and Social Programs

Private Equity

United States

Wall Street

Here’s What Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Know About its Grip on Emergency Rooms

Doctor Ling Min is the first emergency room doctor to be fired for going public with his concerns about poor hospital emergency room safety practices. He won't be the last.

Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt / April 03, 2020

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Affordable Care Act

Health and Social Programs

United States

Getting to Medicare for All, Eventually

Dean Baker / April 02, 2020

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Private Equity

United States

Wall Street

Hospital Bailouts Begin—for Those Owned by Private Equity Firms

Hospitals weighed down by debt to their private equity owners set to receive taxpayers’ dollars.

Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt / April 02, 2020

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Amazing Discovery at the NYT: Drugs and Vaccines Can be Developed Without Patent Monopolies

Dean Baker / April 01, 2020

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Haiti

Health and Social Programs

IMF

US Foreign Policy

World

COVID-19 an Ayiti – Repons ak Obstak

Jake Johnston and Kira Paulemon / April 01, 2020

Article Artículo

In looking past the immediate crisis, when considering permanent, long-term reforms that will protect the country from future calamities, improving our system of Federal grants should rank high among the priorities.

CEPR and Max B. Sawicky / March 31, 2020

Article Artículo

It’s Infrastructure Week! A Quick Note on Donald Trump’s Big Stimulus

Dean Baker / March 31, 2020

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