Op-eds & Columns
No Bubbles on the Horizon
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 4, 2018
The Patented Solution for Paying Off the National Debt
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 28, 2018
The United States’ Hand in Undermining Democracy in Venezuela
Alexander Main
NACLA, May 17, 2018
An Overview of the 11th Ministerial Conference of the WTO
Deborah James
ALAI, April 25, 2018
Publications
The Availability of Data from Clinical Trials: The Case of Crohn's Disease
June 2018, Ravi Katari, Alex Provan, and Dean Baker
Puerto Rico’s New Fiscal Plan: Certain Pain, Uncertain Gain
June 2018, Lara Merling and Jake Johnston
Congressional Briefing on Toys “R” Us
May 9, 2018, Eileen Appelbaum
Swimming Upstream: Policies to Ensure Broadly Shared Prosperity by Restructuring the Market
April 20, 2018, Dean Baker
CEPR in the News
How the Gig Economy Is Reshaping Work: Not So Much
New York Times, June 07, 2018
How the American Dream is Becoming an American Illusion
Al Jazeera English, June 07, 2018
Social Security and Medicare Trustees Confirm: GOP Policies Have Hurt Both Programs
Los Angeles Times, June 05, 2018
Can the 3.8% Unemployment Rate Tumble Toward Zero?
USA Today, June 03, 2018
Trade War: Fears in US of an Economic Downturn
Al Jazeera English, June 02, 2018
Blogs
CEPR Blog
Blog postings by CEPR staff and updates on the latest briefings and activities at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Beat the Press
Beat the Press is Dean Baker's commentary on economic reporting. Dean Baker is senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
The World in Transition: Economics & Politics
Mark Weisbrot’s blog on economic and political trends in a multi-polar world.
Blue Collar Jobs Tracker
CEPR’s Blue Collar Jobs Tracker lets you take a closer look at the path of job growth in four major blue-collar industries: manufacturing, mining, construction, and logging.
Haiti: Relief and Reconstruction Watch
Relief and Reconstruction Watch is a blog that tracks multinational aid efforts in Haiti with an eye towards ensuring they are oriented towards the needs of the Haitian people.
The Americas Blog
Social, political and economic analysis of the Western Hemisphere.
Research Tools
Online Calculators
Compare home ownership vs. rental costs and convert federal budget numbers into per capita or percentage totals.