Publications

Should Progressives Abandon the Earned Income Tax Credit?

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is an annual means-tested money benefit available to eligible tax units with earned income and administered through the tax system. In 2019, about 25 million tax units received a total of $63 billion in benefits from th

Shawn Fremstad / May 26, 2020

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Restaurants in the Pandemic

Dean Baker / May 24, 2020

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Globalization and Trade

Intellectual Property

The Sure Way to End Concerns About China’s “Theft” of a Vaccine: Make it Open

Dean Baker / May 21, 2020

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US Foreign Policy

ICE Confirms More than 100 Deportation Flights to 13 Countries in an Eight-Week Period

Jake Johnston / May 21, 2020

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Inequality

Can You Make Stagnating Incomes Go Away? The New York Times Wants You!

Dean Baker / May 19, 2020

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Argentina

Globalization and Trade

IMF

Lives Depend on Argentina’s Debt Talks

In an op-ed for The New York Times, Mark Weisbrot writes on Argentina and the fact that governments won’t be able to contain the pandemic if they are forced to use scarce foreign currency to make unsustainable debt payments.

Mark Weisbrot / May 19, 2020

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Washington Post Runs Major Article Saying Landlords Are Morons

Dean Baker / May 16, 2020

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Health and Social Programs

NYT Has Trouble Talking Seriously About the Swedish Approach

Dean Baker / May 15, 2020

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Social Security is Strong and it Deserves more Support

Social security is an incredibly popular program that supports over 62 million Americans every year. In addition to providing retirement and disability benefits, it is also responsible for pulling more children out of poverty than any other program.

Sarah Rawlins / May 15, 2020

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Inequality

Intellectual Property

Corruption and the Pandemic Bailout

Dean Baker / May 14, 2020

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Workers

US Should Release Occupational Data in COVID-19 Death Reports

The public, researchers, worker advocates and others should have access to the systematic data on deaths by occupational groups available from death certificates.

Shawn Fremstad / May 14, 2020

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Economic Growth

Consumer Price Index Plunges 0.8 Percent, Core Falls 0.4 Percent

Food prices rose 2.6 percent in April, reflecting a large increase in store-bought food.

Dean Baker / May 12, 2020

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Haiti

Etazini vle depòte yon gwo asasen an Ayiti

Constant se ansyen chèf Fwon pou Avansman ak Pwogrè Ayisyen (FRAPH). Se te yon òganizasyon paramilitè ki responsab lanmò 3 000 a 4 000 Ayisyen apre koudeta 1991 lan

Jake Johnston / May 12, 2020

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US Foreign Policy

El ministerio de las Colonias estadounidenses

La reelección de Luis Almagro como Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) el pasado 20 de marzo, prolonga el clima de guerra fría que se ha instalado en América Latina estos últimos años.

Guillaume Long / May 12, 2020

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Bolivia

Organization of American States

US Foreign Policy

Under Luis Almagro, the OAS is Advancing the Trump Agenda in Latin America

The re-election in March of Luís Almagro, the Organisation of American States’ secretary general, will prolong the cold war climate that has settled over Latin America these past few years.

Guillaume Long / May 12, 2020

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Hot Tip for CNN: People Eat Food When They Are not in Restaurants

Dean Baker / May 11, 2020

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