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Ecuador's presidential candidates represent opposing sides of the policy choices, goals, values, and interests that brought about the sharply contrasting results of the two preceding episodes.

Mark Weisbrot / October 14, 2023

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COVID-19

Ecuador

Elections

Latin America and the Caribbean

Las elecciones en Ecuador podrían tener consecuencias perdurables

Los candidatos presidenciales de Ecuador representan lados opuestos de las decisiones políticas, objetivos, valores e intereses que provocaron los resultados marcadamente contrastantes de los dos períodos anteriores.

Mark Weisbrot / October 14, 2023

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Subsidized Employment Can Help California’s High-Unemployment Latino Cities

The low national unemployment rate can obscure much variation across the country. In every state, many communities continue to experience high unemployment. This problem is particularly visible in a large state like California.

Algernon Austin / October 13, 2023

Article Artículo

Ecuador

Elections

Latin America

Latin America and the Caribbean

Ecuador News Round-Up No. 7: Polls Show González and Noboa Tie as Election Day Nears

With the runoff of the presidential election just a few days away, recent polls indicate that, as in the first round, the second presidential debate will likely have a strong influence on the final outcome.

Pedro Labayen Herrera / October 13, 2023

report informe

Latin America and the Caribbean

Special Drawing Rights

Surcharges

World Bank

The Growing Debt Burdens of Global South Countries: Standing in the Way of Climate and Development Goals

Nearly 80 low- and middle-income countries are considered by international institutions as being in or at risk of debt distress.

Ivana Vasic-Lalovic, Lara Merling and Aileen Wu / October 12, 2023

Jobs Byte Artículo

Jobs Jump in September, but Wage Growth Moderates

The establishment survey showed an increase of 336k jobs in September. The prior two months’ numbers were also revised sharply higher, bringing the average for the last three months to 266k.

Dean Baker / October 11, 2023

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The Pandemic and Self-Employment: An Update

We examined the impact of the pandemic on trends in self-employment, comparing the first six months of 2022 with the first six months of the three years prior to the pandemic, 2017-2019.

Julie Yixia Cai and Dean Baker / October 11, 2023

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The National Flood Insurance Program is Running Out of Time and Money

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and it provides flood insurance to at-risk homeowners and businesses in over 20,000 participating communities across the US

Matt Sedlar / October 11, 2023

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Ecuador: Una década de progreso, desandada

Este resumen analiza algunos de los resultados de las reformas económicas, las políticas públicas y los cambios institucionales durante los últimos 15 años en Ecuador.

Jake Johnston and Ivana Vasic-Lalovic / October 10, 2023

Article Artículo

Learning from Mistakes: It’s Time to Lower Interest Rates

Dean Baker / October 10, 2023

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Haiti

Human Rights

Kenya

Latin America and the Caribbean

United Nations

US Foreign Policy

Haiti News Round-Up No. 7: UN Authorizes Deployment of Kenyan-Led Force

On October 2, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted to authorize the deployment of a Kenyan-led security force to Haiti.

Jake Johnston and Chris François / October 06, 2023

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The PRO Act Is Critically Important. But We Should See It as Just a Good Start.

Earlier this year, a wave of high-profile strikes ushered unions back into the national spotlight. But as the United States’ so-called “hot labor summer” gives way to an equally enthusiastic fall, we must contend with the reality that while union activity is higher than it’s been in years, union density remains dismally low. The share of employees who belong to unions has been falling for decades and reached an all-time low of 10.1 percent in 2022. The share in the private sector was even lower

Hayley Brown / October 06, 2023

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Child Tax Credit

Health and Social Programs

Inequality

Poverty

United States

Conservatives’ Obstruction Leads to a Tripling of American Indian Child Poverty

Child Tax Credit, United States, Poverty, Inequality, Health and Social Programs

Algernon Austin / October 05, 2023

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September Jobs Preview: What to Expect in the September Jobs Report

The labor market likely remained solid in September. The data on unemployment insurance claims suggest, if anything, that the labor market may have tightened somewhat as the number of weekly claims fell to almost 200,000.

Dean Baker / October 04, 2023

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Ecuador

Elections

Latin America and the Caribbean

Ecuador News Round-Up No. 6: Lasso Scrambles for US Allies as Candidates Spar in Crucial Debate

Now that the dust has settled from the first round of elections, all eyes are on the upcoming runoff between conservative candidate Daniel Noboa and correísta candidate Luisa González.

Pedro Labayen Herrera / October 03, 2023

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The Big Three’s CEOs Are Ripping Off Their Companies

Dean Baker / October 02, 2023

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Washington Post Columnist Megan McArdle Can’t Get Access to Government Health Care Data

Dean Baker / October 02, 2023

Article Artículo

Putting Ukraine Spending in Context

Dean Baker / October 02, 2023

Article Artículo

Reuters Mistakenly Implies that the United States Government Does Not Already Negotiate Drug Prices