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Op-eds & Columns
The Trump Sanctions Against Venezuela: Is Economic Recovery Possible?
Mark Weisbrot
The Nation, September 7, 2017
Should Congress Make Deficit Reduction a Top Priority? No.
Dean Baker
CQ Researcher, September 1, 2017
How Pentagon Officials May Have Encouraged a 2009 Coup in Honduras
Jake Johnston
The Intercept, August 29, 2017
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: A Government Agency for Promoting Growth
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 28, 2017
Publications
Organizational Restructuring in US Healthcare Systems: Implications for Jobs, Wages, and Inequality
September 2017, Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt
Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Development: A Better Set of Approaches for the 21st Century
July 2017, Dean Baker, Arjun Jayadev and Joseph Stiglitz
Life After Debt in Puerto Rico: How Many More Lost Decades?
July 2017, Lara Merling, Kevin Cashman, Jake Johnston, and Mark Weisbrot
Private Equity Partners Get Rich at Taxpayer Expense
July 2017, Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt
CEPR in the News
The Unfortunate Truth About Most Health Care Jobs
CBS News, September 08, 2017
Forget Wall Street – Silicon Valley is the New Political Power in Washington
The Guardian, September 03, 2017
What Labor Day Means to My South Side and Black Union Family
Chicago Sun Times, August 31, 2017
US Sanctions Forbid Trade in Bonds Issued by Venezuela's Government
Al Jazeera English, August 25, 2017
New US Sanctions Against Venezuela to Cause Greater Economic Instability
The Real News, August 25, 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 in August
September 1, 2017 (Jobs Byte)
Inflation Slows Further In July CPI
August 11, 2017 (Prices Byte)
Job Growth Strong Again in July
August 4, 2017 (Jobs Byte)
Strong Consumption and Inventories Lead to Faster Growth in Second Quarter
July 28, 2017 (GDP Byte)
Graphic Economics
Graphic representations of data by CEPR researchers on important economic issues.
The Real Rate of Recovery, September 2017
September 7, 2017
Voluntary and Involuntary Part-Time Employment, 2007-2017
September 1, 2017
New and Used Vehicle Prices, 2010 to 2017
August 11, 2017
Online Calculators
Compare home ownership vs. rental costs and convert federal budget numbers into per capita or percentage totals.
