The Center for Economic and Policy Research

The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) promotes democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives.

CEPR is committed to presenting issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better informed.

Unemployment Rate Falls to New Low

The Labor Department reported little change in the unemployment or employment rates in December, as job growth slowed slightly to 156,000 in the month. For more, read the latest Jobs Byte.

The Real Impact of Trump's Jobs Claims

CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker appeared on MSNBC's All in with Chris Hayes to talk about the minimal impact of Trump's jobs claims, a topic also covered in Dean's latest Hankyoreh column.

Can Brazilians Afford Brazil’s Enormous Interest Rate Tax?

A new CEPR paper looks at Brazil's unusually high interest rates and warns that unless Brazil corrects its monetary policy, it could contribute to another severe, long-term growth failure comparable to the experience of 1980–2003.

Haiti's Long-Delayed Elections Finally Happen, Despite Hurricane Damage

CEPR's Jake Johnston has written primers on the recent election in Haiti. You can read them here, here, here, here and here.

Op-eds & Columns

How Private Equity Firms are Designed to Earn Big While Risking Little of Their Own

Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt
LSE Business Review, January 23, 2017

The Trump Cabinet: Strangest Show on Earth

Dean Baker
Truthout, January 23, 2017

Will Trump Be Better for Latin America than Obama?

Alexander Main
Jacobin, January 13, 2017

President Obama Should Make Sure that Haitian Victims of UN-Caused Cholera Are Compensated

Mark Weisbrot
The Huffington Post, January 12, 2017

Publications

Eight Market-Oriented Proposals That Reduce Income Inequality

January 2017, Dean Baker

Response to Vanderbilt University’s LAPOP Critique of CEPR Report, “Have US-Funded CARSI Programs Reduced Crime and Violence in Central America?”

January 2017, David Rosnick

A Blow to Brazilian Democracy: The Illegitimate Removal of Dilma Rousseff from Power

November 2016, Alexander Main

A Critical Review of the US State Department’s 2015 Progress Report on Haiti

December 2016, Alexander Main, Jasmine Huggins, Jake Johnston, Charissa Zehr, Jessica Hsu, and Alan Yarborough

CEPR in the News

President Trump Says Mexico Will Pay for the Wall. But His Tax Plan Means Americans Will

Fortune, January 27, 2017

Ecuador Revives Campaign for UN Tax Body

Inter Press Service, January 27, 2017

A Citigroup Lawyer Helped Trump Pick Bank Regulators, Then Returned to Work at the Bank

The Huffington Post, January 26, 2017

We Need to Work Less to Live Better

The Coast, January 25, 2017

Don't Think Trump Can Change US Economy Much

IndUS Business Journal, January 21, 2017

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 co-director of 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.

Director Watch

Putting an end to blank checks for CEOs. These people deserve the public's scrutiny however accomplished they may be in other areas. Director Watch is an effort to provide this scrutiny.

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.