Publications

Intellectual Property

The Enemy is Government-Granted Patent Monopolies, not the Market

This is the first entry in an exchange with Leigh Phillips. I am responding to a piece he wrote in Jacobin last week about the drug industry's response to the pandemic.

Dean Baker / June 08, 2020

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Government

You’ve Stormed the Gate. What Comes Next?

If this wave of young people are organized, registered to vote and prepared to overwhelm the ballot box in November, showing their rage in a river of discontent through politics, then they will have found the stepping stones toward the new America they se

Junius Williams / June 06, 2020

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Workers

Employment Jumps 2.5 Million in May, as Unemployment Falls to 13.3 Percent

Seventy-three percent of the unemployed report being on temporary layoffs.

Dean Baker / June 05, 2020

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Washington Post Invents a Growth Dividend from Sweden’s Coronavirus Strategy

Dean Baker / June 04, 2020

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Racial Inequality Among Workers in Frontline Industries: Black Workers are Overrepresented and Undercompensated

Three figures compare Black and White workers in six frontline industry groups.

Hayley Brown, Shawn Fremstad and Hye Jin Rho / June 04, 2020

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Private Equity

Wall Street

CEPR Statement on New Labor Department Guidance Allowing Risky Private Equity Investments in Workers’ 401(k) Accounts

Private Equity (PE) firms have had their eye on workers’ retirement nest eggs - 401(k) and IRA accounts - since late 2013 when rules on advertising to individuals were relaxed.

Eileen Appelbaum / June 04, 2020

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Haiti

US Foreign Policy

The OAS Picks Sides in Haiti … Again

Jake Johnston / June 04, 2020

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Bolivia

World

How Bolivia’s de Facto Regime Has Taken Advantage of COVID-19 to Consolidate Its Power and Repress Political Rivals

On April 29, Bolivia’s de facto president, Jeanine Áñez, announced that the country would be moving into a “dynamic quarantine” phase on May 11. This decision was intended to alleviate the social and economic repercussions of the pandemic by loosening

Lola Allen / June 03, 2020

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Intellectual Property

Why Should Anyone Care About Paying Big Bucks for Vaccine Government Funded?

Dean Baker / June 03, 2020

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In Defense of the Fed’s Bailout

Dean Baker / June 03, 2020

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Globalization and Trade

World

The UN’s Anti-Poverty Proposal for Latin America: A “Basic Emergency Income”

By quickly distributing cash without hassle to impoverished populations, a targeted basic income for the poor could serve as a vital part of Latin America’s policy response to COVID-19.

Brett Heinz / June 01, 2020

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Republican Attacks on State and Local Government Are Yet Another Assault on Black People

Dean Baker / June 01, 2020

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Trump Veto Student Loan Debt Relief Measure Will Save Government 0.02 Percent of Projected Spending

Dean Baker / May 30, 2020

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Haiti

US Foreign Policy

An Impending Crisis: COVID-19 in Haiti, Ongoing Instability, and the Dangers of Continued U.S. Deportations

Prepared remarks by Jake Johnston to Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson's forum on COVID-19 and ICE's deportation of detainees to Haiti

Jake Johnston / May 29, 2020

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Globalization and Trade

Washington Post Tells Readers About Trump’s “Existential” Threat to China

Dean Baker / May 28, 2020

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Health and Social Programs

The Impact of the Pandemic on Young People’s Employment and Economic Security

Young people’s employment rate has been trending down over the past several decades. Then the pandemic hit.

Shawn Fremstad and Hye Jin Rho / May 28, 2020

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