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They Didn't Think Anyone Was Watching

The Huffington Post is partnering with CEPR to launch a new website called Director Watch. Director Watch will bring to light the names of corporate directors who get large paychecks even as the companies they oversee are going down the tubes. The only hitch? CEPR needs to raise $17,000 to get this program off the ground.

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Statement on the the Chained CPI and the President's Budget

CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker said in a recent statement that a proposal in the President's budget to adopt a chained CPI for the calculation of Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) would amount "to a substantial cut to Social Security benefits."

Live-Blogging Sunday's Election in Venezuela

This Sunday, CEPR will again live blog the presidential elections in Venezuela with updates from on-the-ground. Tune in to The Americas Blog all day for live updates and news about the elections!

Publications

Still Waiting for Justice: An Assessment of the Honduran Public Ministry’s Investigation of the May 11, 2012 Killings in Ahuas, Honduras
April 2013, Alexander Main and Annie Bird
Breaking Open the Black Box: Increasing Aid Transparency and Accountability in Haiti
April 2013, Jake Johnston and Alexander Main
State Savings with an Efficient Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
March 2013, Nicole Woo and Dean Baker
The Human Capital Dimensions of Sustainable Investment: What Investment Analysts Need to Know
March 2013, Thomas Kochan, Eileen Appelbaum, Carrie Leana, and Jody Hoffer Gittell
Ecuador’s New Deal: Reforming and Regulating the Financial Sector
February 2013, Mark Weisbrot, Jake Johnston and Stephan Lefebvre
Reducing Waste With an Efficient Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
February 2013, Dean Baker
Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?
February 2013, John Schmitt

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Op-Eds & Columns

Haters Gonna Hate: Rory Carroll's Venezuela on NPR
Mark Weisbrot
Al Jazeera English, April 11, 2013
Obama Accepts the Agenda of Misguided Washington Elites
Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), April 11, 2013
Working Families Flexibility Act Undermines 40-Hour Workweek
Eileen Appelbaum
Congress Blog (The Hill), April 8, 2013
Indian Drug Ruling Strikes a Blow for Free Enterprise
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 8, 2013
Will Obama's Legacy Be A Death Squad Government in Honduras?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, March 30, 2013
En Español

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Research Tools

	Online Calculators Compare home ownership vs. rental costs and convert federal budget numbers into per capita or percentage totals. New: Health Care Budget Deficit Calculator.
	Data Bytes CEPR's analysis of government economic data releases (CPI, Jobs, GDP, etc.). Latest release: Job Bytes, April 5
	Housing Bubble The latest research and analysis on the state of the housing market. Latest release: Housing Market Monitor, March 26
	Graphic Economics Graphic representations of data by CEPR researchers on important economic issues.
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CEPR in the News

Despite Defeat in Philadelphia, Battle Over Paid Sick Leave Rages Nationwide
NBC 10 Philadelphia, April 05, 2013

Study Finds Most Haiti Aid Went to US Groups
ABC News (AP), April 05, 2013

Report Finds “Troubling” Lack of Transparency in US Aid to Haiti
Caribbean Journal, April 04, 2013

The Growing Sentiment on the Hill For Ending 'Too Big To Fail'
Taibblog (Rolling Stone), April 03, 2013

Q&A: Dean Baker Explains How Rhode Island Is Like Greece
WPRI News, April 02, 2013

Is a New Bubble Forming in Housing?
MoneyWatch (CBS), March 27, 2013

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