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CEPR explores critical policy issues such as affordable health care, minimum wage, paid leave policies and student loans.
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Reports
Oil Drilling in Environmentally Sensitive Areas: The Role of the Media
September 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Nichole Szembrot
Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries: Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality
September 2008, Rebecca Ray, Janet C. Gornick and John Schmitt
Slow-Motion Recession: What Congress Can Do to Help
July 2008, Eileen Appelbaum, Dean Baker and John Schmitt
Turmoil in U.S. Credit Markets (Congressional Testimony)
April 2008, Dean Baker
Movin’ On Up: Reforming America’s Social Contract to Provide a Bridge to the Middle Class
February 2008, Shawn Fremstad, Rebecca Ray, Liz Chimienti, and John Schmitt
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Op-Eds & Columns
Bush Brings WMD Line to Wall Street
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 22, 2008
No Blank Cheque for Wall Street
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 22, 2008
Fast Facts for Father's Day: Lone-Father Families and Economic Insecurity
Shawn Fremstad and Becky Ray
June 12, 2008
It Doesn't Hurt to Ask: Flexible Hours on the Job
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 26, 2007
The Real Economic Crisis
Dean Baker and John Schmitt
The Guardian Unlimited, October 14, 2007
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Other Resources
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The Causes of Economic Hardships for the Middle Class
Dean Baker's testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee, January 31, 2007
CEPR Work and Family Briefings
Audio files and PowerPoints of presentations for five Congressional briefings on work/life issues (June - October 2006).
Housing Cost Calculator
Compare the cost of owning a home relative to renting for a potential new homeowner.
Wal-Mart: Always Low Prices Means Always Low Wages
Heather
Boushey's testimony at a congressional field hearing, "Are Americans Shopping Themselves Out of a Job?:
A Closer Look at the Wal-Mart Business Model." September 19,
2005
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Bridging the Gaps
CEPR is teaming up with state and national groups to
document the persistent gaps between low-income working
families' basic needs and the resources available to them.
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Flat World, Big Gaps:
Economic Liberalization, Globalization, Poverty and Inequality
with a chapter by Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, and David Rosnick, and a chapter co-authored by Heather Boushey
(forthcoming in May 2007)
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