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CEPR | The Center for Economic and Policy Research (United States)
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people’s lives. In order for citizens to effectively exercise their voices in a democracy, they should be informed about the problems and choices that they face. CEPR is committed to presenting issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better prepared to choose among the various policy options.
Toward this end, CEPR conducts both professional research and public education. The professional research is oriented towards filling important gaps in the understanding of particular economic and social problems, or the impact of specific policies. The public education portion of CEPR’s mission is to present the findings of professional research, both by CEPR and others, in a manner that allows broad segments of the public to know exactly what is at stake in major policy debates. An informed public should be able to choose policies that lead to an improving quality of life, both for people within the United States and around the world.
CEPR was co-founded by economists Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot. Our Advisory Board includes Nobel Laureate economists Robert Solow and Joseph Stiglitz; Janet Gornick, Professor at the CUNY Graduate School and Director of the Luxembourg Income Study; and Richard Freeman, Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
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Artículos
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11 de diciembre de 2023, por Dean Baker
Government-granted patent monopolies have become pretty much sacred in the United States. In fact, when high drug prices become a political issue, most discussion, including from progressives, turns reality on its head. The standard story is that the market creates high drug prices, the issue (...)
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11 de diciembre de 2023, por Adam Fishbein
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday, December 12 at 8:30 AM Eastern Time. After being flat in October, there is a good chance the overall CPI will again show zero change in November. Gas prices fell sharply again last (...)
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11 de diciembre de 2023, por Adam Fishbein
In its monthly job reports, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) disaggregates certain labor force indicators by disability status. They do so using information from the Current Population Survey (CPS), which includes a set of questions about “serious difficulty” with vision, hearing, (...)
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8 de diciembre de 2023, por Adam Fishbein
The rise in unemployment from the 3.4 percent low hit in April had some worried that a recession was looming. The Sahm Rule holds that a 0.5 percentage point rise in the unemployment rate presages a larger increase. (This is based on 3-month averages, not single month data.) The drop in (...)
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8 de diciembre de 2023, por Adam Fishbein
In Ecuador: Exit Lasso, Enter Noboa President Guillermo Lasso’s last five weeks in office, after Daniel Noboa’s election victory on October 15, felt agonizingly long, with polls showing the overwhelming majority of Ecuadorians desperate to turn the page on one of the most unpopular governments (...)