Op-eds & Columns
Hints of Progress for Labor in the United States
Dean Baker
Intereconomics, Volume 52, May/June 2017, Number 3
Intellectual Property Is Real Money
Dean Baker
Jacobin, May 31, 2017
Twelve Reasons to Oppose Rules on Digital Commerce in the WTO
Deborah James
HuffPost, May 12, 2017
How the Eurozone Damaged French Politics — And This Year’s Presidential Election
Mark Weisbrot
The Nation, May 5, 2017
Publications
The French Economy, European Authorities, and the IMF: “Structural Reform” or Increasing Employment?
April 2017, Mark Weisbrot, Lara Merling, Alexander Main, and David Rosnick
“The Rise of Populism: The Masses Have a Case”
March 27, 2017, Dean Baker
Brazil’s Enormous Interest Rate Tax: Can Brazilians Afford It?
April 2017, Mark Weisbrot, Jake Johnston, Julia Villarruel Carrillo, and Vitor Mello
Did NAFTA Help Mexico? An Update After 23 Years
March 2017, Mark Weisbrot, Lara Merling, Vitor Mello, Stephan Lefebvre, and Joseph Sammut
CEPR in the News
US Admits DEA Lied about Honduras 'Massacre' that Killed Four Villagers
The Guardian, May 25, 2017
Private Equity on the March
Late Night Live, May 16, 2017
France, Macroneconomics and the Triumph of the Neoliberal Order - For Now.
This is Hell, May 13, 2017
Trump’s Newest Wall Street Watchdog Sidesteps Ethics Scrutiny
Bloomberg, May 10, 2017
NAFTA Scorecard: Who Gained, Who Was Pained
USA Today, May 02, 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.
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
Data Bytes
CEPR's analysis of government economic data releases (CPI, Jobs, GDP, etc.).
Job Growth Slows Sharply in May as Unemployment Hits New Low
June 2, 2017 (Jobs Byte)
Inflation Still Stable in April
May 12, 2017 (Prices Byte)
Prime-Age Employment Rate Hits New High for Recovery
May 5, 2017 (Jobs Byte)
Weak Consumption and Inventories Lead to Slow GDP Growth in First Quarter
April 28, 2017 (GDP Byte)
Graphic Economics
Graphic representations of data by CEPR researchers on important economic issues.
The Real Rate of Recovery, June 2017
June 2, 2017
Index of Employment Rates by Education Level, 25 Years and Older, 2000-2017
June 2, 2017
The Real Rate of Recovery, May 2017
May 8, 2017
Online Calculators
Compare home ownership vs. rental costs and convert federal budget numbers into per capita or percentage totals.