Reports

Issues in Trade and Protectionism
November 2009, Dean Baker

Job Sharing: Tax Credits to Prevent Layoffs and Stimulate Employment
October 2009, Dean Baker

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

Cut Loose: State and Local Layoffs of Public Employees in the Current Recession
September 2009, Matt Sherman and Nathan Lane

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

Hitting Bottom? An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas
August 2009, Danilo Pelletiere, Hye Jin Rho, and Dean Baker

The Gains from Right to Rent
July 2009, Dean Baker and Hye Jin Rho

The Right to Rent Plan
July 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

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

Workplace Innovation and Labor Policy Leadership: A Challenge to Business, Labor, and Government
April 2009, Thomas A. Kochan, Eileen Appelbaum, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Carrie Leana, and Richard A. Gephardt

Using Recovery Act Funds to Improve Direct Care Jobs and the Quality of Direct Care Services
March 2009, Shawn Fremstad

Pay for Play? Tax Credits for Paid Time Off
March 2009, Dean Baker

The AIG Saga: A Brief Primer
March 2009, Dean Baker

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

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 Dean Baker Before the House Financial Institutions Subcommittee of the Financial Services Committee
March 4, 2009

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

The Wealth of the Baby Boom Cohorts After the Collapse of the Housing Bubble
February 2009, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

Testimony of Dean Baker Before the Senate Special Committee on Aging
February 25, 2009

The Tax Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
February 2009, Shawn Fremstad

Republicans Mount Mini-Criticisms of Stimulus in the Media
February 2009, Matthew Sherman

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

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

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

The Impact of the Housing Crash on Family Wealth
July 2008, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

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

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

Subprime Borrowers Deserve an Own to Rent Transition
January 2008, Dean Baker