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CEPR analyzes many issues that are being addressed in the 111th Congress, including health care, student loans and wages.
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Op-Eds & Columns
Public Spending Still Key to Economic Recovery Mark Weisbrot Kansas City Star (MO), January 3, 2010
Occupying Afghanistan Is Making Things Worse Mark Weisbrot Sacramento Bee, October 8, 2009
Health Care and Student Loans: The Bad Guys Are on the Run Dean Baker TPMCafé, May 11, 2009
Financial Transactions Tax: The Perfect Gift for Wall Street Dean Baker The Guardian Unlimited, April 27, 2009
IMF Shouldn't Get Money Without Reform Mark Weisbrot En español New York Times and International Herald Tribune, April 24, 2009
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Other Resources
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Online Calculators Compare home ownership vs. rental costs and convert federal budget numbers into per capita or percentage totals.
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Data Bytes CEPR\'s regular analysis of government economic data releases (unemployment, CPI, quarterly GDP). |
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The Mobility Agenda This project brings new ideas for improving job quality, wages and benefits to the attention of researchers and policymakers.
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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. |
CEPR Work and Family Briefings Audio files and PowerPoint presentations of five Congressional briefings on work/life issues
Latin America in the Post-Bush Era: What Can We Expect in the Next Phase of U.S.-Latin American Relations? Discussion with Mark Weisbrot and Álvaro Vargas Llosa, May 29, 2008 (Audio and video) What if the Answers Don\'t Add Up? Transparency and Government Data Heritage Foundation discussion featuring Heather Boushey, March 14, 2006 (includes audio)
The Federal Budget and Its Impact on State Budgets Presentation by Dean Baker at the Economic Opportunity Institute in Seattle (audio), Nov. 21, 2005
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