Reports

Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns, 1951-2007
March 2009, John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer

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

Investment Bank Welfare?
March 2009, Dean Baker and Matt Sherman

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

Testimony of Eileen Appelbaum before the House Committee on Education and Labor
March 3, 2009

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

Update - Debt Cancellation for Haiti: No Reason For Further Delays
December 2008, Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval

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

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

Working Families and Economic Insecurity in the States: The Role of Job Quality and Work Supports
May 2008, Shawn Fremstad, Rebecca Ray and Hye Jin Rho

Turmoil in U.S. Credit Markets (Congressional Testimony)
April 10, 2008, Dean Baker

The Cost of Maintaining Ownership in the Current Crisis: Comparisons in 20 Cities
April 2008, Dean Baker, Danilo Pelletiere and Hye Jin Rho

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

Researchers Letter to Congress on the Survey of Income & Program Participation (2007)
May 23, 2007

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

Strengthening the Middle Class: Ensuring Equal Pay for Women (Testimony)
April 24, 2007, Heather Boushey

Understanding Low-Wage Work in the United States
March 2007, Heather Boushey, Shawn Fremstad, Rachel Gragg, Margy Waller

Celebrating Pork: The Dubious Success of the Medicare Drug Benefit
March 2007, Dean Baker

The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2006
March 2007, John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer

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

The Causes of Economic Hardship for the Middle Class (Testimony)
January 31, 2007, Dean Baker

Economic Security and Opportunity for Working Families (Testimony)
January 16, 2007, Eileen Appelbaum

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

Universal Voluntary Accounts: A Step Towards Fixing the Retirement System
December 2006, Dean Baker

Election 06: What Will Change in the Economy?
November 8, 2006, Dean Baker

Increasing Inequality in the United States
November 2006, Dean Baker

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

The Origins of the Doughnut Hole: Excess Profits on Prescription Drugs
August 2006, Dean Baker

Economic Data and Trends for 26 Congressional Districts
June 2006, CEPR

Impact of Proposed Minimum-Wage Increase on Low-income Families
December 2005, Heather Boushey and John Schmitt

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

Four Economic Issues That Environmentalists Should Care About
September 2005, Mark Weisbrot

Student Debt: Bigger and Bigger
September 2005, Heather Boushey

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

Bigger Than the Social Security Crisis: Wasteful Spending on Prescription Drugs
April 2005, Dean Baker

Family-Friendly Policies: Boosting Mothers' Wages
April 2005, Heather Boushey

Social Security: The Most Important Anti-Poverty Program for Children
March 29, 2005, Heather Boushey