Reports

Macroeconomic Policy Advice and the Article IV Consultations: A European Union Case Study

January 2013, Mark Weisbrot and Helene Jorgensen

More Good Jobs

November 2012, Shawn Fremstad

Debt, Deficits, and Demographics: Why We Can Afford the Social Contract

November 2012, Dean Baker

Married … Without Means

November 2012, Shawn Fremstad

Reducing Inequality and Insecurity: Rethinking Labor and Employment Policy for the 21st Century

November 2012, Eileen Appelbaum

The Problem with Structural Unemployment in the U.S.

October 2012, Dean Baker

Bad Jobs on the Rise

September 2012, John Schmitt and Janelle Jones

Small-Dollar Lending: Is There A Responsible Path Forward?

August 2012, Jim Campen

Financial Intermediaries in the United States

August 2012, Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt, and Jae Eun Lee

Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

July 2012, John Schmitt and Janelle Jones

Financial Capitalism, Breach of Trust and Collateral Damage

July 2012, Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt, and Ian Clark

Missing the Story: The OECD's Analysis of Inequality

July 2012, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

Attacking the Treasury View, Again

June 2012, Dean Baker

The Relationship Between Financial Transactions Costs and Economic Growth

March 2012, Dean Baker and Helene Jorgensen

Long-Term Hardship in the Labor Market

March 2012, John Schmitt and Janelle Jones

Macroeconomic Policy, Labor Market Institutions and Employment Outcomes

December 2011, Eileen Appelbaum

Work Sharing: The Quick Route Back to Full Employment
June 2011, Dean Baker

7 Things You Need to Know About the National Debt, Deficits, and the Dollar
June 2011, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

The Scorecard on Development, 1960-2010: Closing the Gap?
April 2011, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

The Deficit-Reducing Potential of a Financial Speculation Tax
January 2011, Dean Baker

The Social Security Benefits of Sitting Senators
January 2011, Dean Baker and Kris Warner

Income, Inequality and Food Prices
December 2010, Shawn Fremstad

Report And Recommendations Of The Citizens’ Commission On Jobs, Deficits And America’s Economic Future
November 2010, Jeff Madrick, Roger Hickey, Robert Borosage, Richard Eskow, Dean Baker, Robert Kuttner and Robert Pollin

The Myth of Expansionary Fiscal Austerity
October 2010, Dean Baker

Feel No Pain: Why a Deficit in Times of High Unemployment is Not a Burden
September 2010, Dean Baker

The Gains From Right to Rent in 2010
September 2010, Dean Baker and Hye Jin Rho

Update on the Venezuelan Economy
September 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

Alternatives to Fiscal Austerity in Spain
July 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Juan Montecino

The Wage Penalty for State and Local Government Employees
May 2010, John Schmitt

The Impact of the Housing Crash on the Wealth of the Baby Boom Cohorts
April 2010, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

The Budget Deficit Scare Story and the Great Recession
February 2010, Dean Baker

Latvia’s Recession: The Cost of Adjustment With An “Internal Devaluation”
February 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

Public Investment, Industrial Policy and U.S. Economic Renewal
December 2009, Robert Pollin and Dean Baker

Bolivia: The Economy During the Morales Administration
December 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray and Jake Johnston

The $1 Trillion Wage Deficit
December 2009, John Schmitt and Dean Baker

The Federal Reserve Must Counteract Asset Bubbles
November 2009, Dean Baker, Jane D'Arista, and Gerald Epstein

Honduras: Recent Economic Performance
November 2009, Jose Antonio Cordero

Inequality as Policy: The United States Since 1979
October 2009, John Schmitt

IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession: A Look at Forty-One Borrowing Countries
October 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray, Jake Johnston, Jose Antonio Cordero and Juan Antonio Montecino

More Budget Belt-Tightening Means More Job Losses for States
September 2009, Matt Sherman

The IMF’s Stand-by Arrangements and the Economic Downturn in Eastern Europe: The Cases of Hungary, Latvia, and Ukraine
September 2009, Jose Antonio Cordero

CBO Projects More Severe Downturn
August 2009, Dean Baker

The Alphabet Soup Explained: An Analysis of the Special Lending Facilities at the Federal Reserve
July 2009, Matt Sherman

Costa Rica During the Global Recession: Fiscal Stimulus with Tight Monetary Policy
July 2009, Jose Antonio Cordero

Update on the Ecuadorian Economy
June 2009, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

Paid Sick Days Don't Cause Unemployment
June 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, Alison Earle, and Jody Heymann

U.S. Unemployment Now As High as Europe
May 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, and Shawn Fremstad

The State and Local Drag on the Stimulus
May 2009, Dean Baker and Rivka Deutsch

Troubled Assets: The IMF's Latest Projections for Economic Growth in the Western Hemisphere
April 2009, David Rosnick

Empowering the IMF: Should Reform be a Requirement for Increasing the Fund’s Resources?
April 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Jose Cordero and Luis Sandoval

Is the U.S. Unemployment Rate Today Already as High as It Was in 1982?
March 2009, John Schmitt and Dean Baker

The Housing Crash Recession and the Case for a Third Stimulus
March 2009, Dean Baker

Bringing Home the Green Recovery: A User's Guide to the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
March 2009, Shawn Fremstad, Radhika Fox and Jason Walsh

Inflation Experiences in Latin America, 2007-2008
February 2009, Mark Weisbrot and David Rosnick

The Chávez Administration at 10 Years: The Economy and Social Indicators
February 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray and Luis Sandoval

Summary of Tax Provisions in Economic Recovery Legislation
January 2009, Shawn Fremstad

Leave No Child Behind
January 2009, Shawn Fremstad

Spending Versus Tax Cuts: Who Pays the Cost of Political Compromise?
January 2009, Dean Baker

Will Workers Survive State Budget Belt-Tightening?
December 2008, Matthew Sherman

The Benefits of a Financial Transactions Tax
December 2008, Dean Baker

The Key to Stabilizing House Prices: Bring Them Down
December 2008, Dean Baker

Oil Prices and Venezuela's Economy
November 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

Economists' Letter to Congress in Support of a New Economic Stimulus Package
November 2008

The Changing Prospects for Building Home Equity: An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas
October 2008, Hye Jin Rho, Danilo Pelletiere, and Dean Baker

IOUSA Not OK: An Analysis of the Deficit Disaster Story in the Film IOUSA
October 2008, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

The United States and the World: Where Are We Headed?
September 2008, Mark Weisbrot

Oil Drilling and Automobile Fuel Economy: The Relative Impact on Oil Prices
September 2008, Dean Baker and Matthew Sherman

Oil Drilling in Environmentally Sensitive Areas: The Role of the Media
September 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Nichole Szembrot

Slow-Motion Recession: What Congress Can Do to Help
July 2008, Eileen Appelbaum, Dean Baker and John Schmitt

The Housing Bubble and the Financial Crisis
May 2008, Dean Baker

The Economic Impact of a U.S. Slowdown on the Americas
March 2008, Mark Weisbrot, John Schmitt and Luis Sandoval

Subprime Rescue Plans: Backdoor Bank Bailouts
March 2008, Dean Baker

Update: The Venezuelan Economy in the Chávez Years
February 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

What We’re In For: Projected Economic Impact of the Next Recession
January 2008, John Schmitt and Dean Baker

The Need for an Economic Stimulus Package
January 2008, Eileen Appelbaum, Dean Baker and John Schmitt

'Misunderestimating' Living Standards
January 2008, John Schmitt and David Rosnick

Trade and Inequality: The Role of Economists (Conference Presentation)
January 2008, Dean Baker

Debt Cancellation for Haiti: No Reason for Further Delays
December 2007, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

The Sustainability of Sterilization Policy
September 2007, Roberto Frenkel

Midsummer Meltdown: Prospects for the Stock and Housing Markets
August 2007, Dean Baker

Ten Years After: The Lasting Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis
August 2007, Mark Weisbrot

The Venezuelan Economy in the Chávez Years
July 2007, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

"Usable Productivity" Growth in the U.S.: An International Comparison, 1980-2005
June 2007, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

The Economic Impact of the Iraq War and Higher Military Spending
May 2007, Dean Baker

The Productivity to Paycheck Gap: What the Data Show
April 2007, Dean Baker

Behind the Gap Between Productivity and Wage Growth
February 2007, Dean Baker

2007 Housing Bubble Update: 10 Economic Indicators to Watch
February 2007, Dean Baker

Argentina: The Central Bank in the Foreign Exchange Market
February 2007, Roberto Frenkel

Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns
January 2007, John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer

Recession Looms for the U.S. Economy in 2007
November 2006, Dean Baker

Increasing Inequality in the United States
November 2006, Dean Baker

Whatever Happened to the American Jobs Machine?
October 2006, John Schmitt

A Shrinking Market: Projections for U.S. Imports
July 2006, Mark Weisbrot and David Rosnick

Beyond the Conservative Nanny State: Policies to Promote Self-Sufficiency Among the Wealthy
July 2006, Dean Baker

Is the Housing Bubble Collapsing? 10 Economic Indicators to Watch
June 2006, Dean Baker

Missing Inaction: Evidence of Undercounting of Non-Workers in the Current Population Survey (CPS)
February 2006, John Schmitt and Dean Baker

Short-Term Gain for Long-Term Pain: The Real Story of Rubinomics
November 2005, Dean Baker

Will a Bursting Bubble Trouble Bernanke?: The Evidence for a Housing Bubble
November 2005, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

Is There a Housing Bubble?
September 2005, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

Taxing Exxon's Windfall From Hurricane Katrina
September 2005, Dean Baker

The Housing Bubble Fact Sheet
July 2005, Dean Baker

The Burden of Social Security Taxes and the Burden of Wage Inequality
March 2005, Dean Baker

Growing the Social Security Crisis: The Social Security Administration's Poverty Rate Projections
January 2005, Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot

Getting Mexico to Grow with NAFTA: The World Bank's Analysis
October 2004, Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker

Going Down With the Dollar: The Cost to Developing Countries of a Declining Dollar
September 2004, Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker

Applying Economics to Economists: Good Governance at the International Financial Institutions

July 2004, Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker

The Current Account Deficit and the Budget Deficit: Is $600 Billion Missing?
February 2004, Dean Baker

Fool's Gold: Projections of the U.S. Import Market
January 2004, Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot

When Rivers Flow Upstream: International Capital Movements in the Era of Globalization
March 2003, Monique Morrissey and Dean Baker

Dangerous Minds: The Track Record of Economic and Financial Analysts
December 2002, Dean Baker

The Stock Market Bubble and Investing Social Security in the Stock Market
July 2002, Dean Baker

Alan Greenspan and the ECB: Different Policies, Different Results
February 2002, Dean Baker

What Happened to Argentina?
January 2002, Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker

Stock Returns for Dummies
December 2001, Dean Baker

Money for Nothing: The Increasing Cost of Foreign Reserve Holdings to Developing Nations
November 2001, Dean Baker and Karl Walentin

The New Economy Goes Bust: What the Record Shows
October 2001, Dean Baker

Defaulting on the Social Security Trust Fund Bonds: Winners and Losers
July 2001, Dean Baker

Effective Currency Transactions Taxes: The Need to Tax Derivatives
July 2001, Dean Baker

NAIRU: Dangerous Dogma at the Fed
December 2000, Dean Baker

The Costs of the Stock Market Bubble
November 2000, Dean Baker

Double Bubble: The Implications of the Over-Valuation of the Stock Market and the Dollar
June 2000, Dean Baker

Recent Experience with International Financial Markets: Lessons for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
April 1999, Mark Weisbrot and Neil Watkins

A Survey of the Impacts of IMF Structural Adjustment in Africa
April 1999, Robert Naiman and Neil Watkins