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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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26 de julio, puesto en línea por Adam Fishbein
This year marks the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the landmark civil rights legislation that sought to prohibit discrimination against disabled people in employment and public services. It is also the fifth year of a pandemic that experts have deemed a (…)
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26 de julio, puesto en línea por Adam Fishbein
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a new rule earlier this month to protect workers from excessive heat in the workplace. If finalized, this rule would set the first-ever federal safety standard addressing this issue in the United States. California, Oregon, (…)
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26 de julio, puesto en línea por Dean Baker
This really is kind of mind-boggling. It had a nice piece pointing out that it has now been 15 years since the last hike in the federal minimum wage. This is the longest stretch since the federal minimum wage was first established in 1938. The real value of the minimum wage has been allowed to (…)
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25 de julio, puesto en línea por Dean Baker
I don’t have the answer to that question, but if I was CNN’s pollster I would be concerned. They just did a poll on households’ financial situation and the responses they got are clearly out-of-line with a number of different independent data sources. For example, the poll found that 35 percent (…)
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25 de julio, puesto en línea por Adam Fishbein
GDP growth bounced back in the second quarter, growing at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the second quarter following a quarter where it grew just 1.4 percent. An uptick in equipment investment and durable goods consumption were the two biggest changes in categories of final demand. Equipment (…)