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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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3 de mayo, puesto en línea por Adam Fishbein
The economy had its 27th consecutive month of below 4.0 percent unemployment in April. This matches the streak from November 1967 to January 1970, often viewed as one of the most prosperous stretches in US history. It was a period when jobs were plentiful, real wages were rising rapidly, and (…)
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3 de mayo, puesto en línea por Dean Baker
This is a line endlessly repeated in the media. Somehow, we face a terrible risk if people decide to have fewer kids. While this is the accepted wisdom in elite circles, there is remarkably little basis in reality for this view. The latest piece pressing this line was a column in the Washington (…)
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1ro de mayo, puesto en línea por Adam Fishbein
In 2023, the share of US workers who were members of a union continued to hover at 10 percent. The union membership rate in the public sector (32.5 percent) was more than five times the rate in the private sector (6.0 percent). However, these summary membership statistics conceal substantial (…)
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30 de abril, puesto en línea por Adam Fishbein
In this edition of Sanctions Watch, covering April 2024: International Crisis Group urges negotiations, economic concessions, with Afghan government; Constituent groups and faith leaders urge SFRC Chair Ben Cardin to help end the embargo of Cuba; Congress passes slew of legislation tightening (…)
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30 de abril, puesto en línea por Adam Fishbein
(The Employment Situation is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, May 3rd at 8:30 AM Eastern Time.) The March jobs report showed the economy adding 303,000 jobs in the month, far more than most analysts had expected. This is more rapid than most economists consider (…)