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In 2022, more than 850,000 people in the United States worked as security guards. This post provides a quick overview of the challenges facing this particular part of the workforce — challenges that face almost all low- and middle-wage workers — and explores the particular ways security guards experience these issues.

Christopher Hendrix, Brandon Novick and John Schmitt / March 13, 2024

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Taxing Share Buybacks, the Most Efficient Tax Ever

Dean Baker / March 13, 2024

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CARICOM

Haiti

Latin America and the Caribbean

US Foreign Policy

Haitian Prime Minister Henry Agrees to Resign as CARICOM Announces Formation of Presidential Council

The announcement in Kingston late last night is unlikely to lead to a solution to the current crisis in Haiti by itself.

Jake Johnston / March 12, 2024

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Inflation and Auto Insurance

Dean Baker / March 12, 2024

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A Free Press Would Ask Donald Trump About His Plans for Cutting Social Security and Medicare

Dean Baker / March 12, 2024

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In a Free Market, Drugs are Cheap, Government-Granted Patent Monopolies Make Them Expensive

Dean Baker / March 11, 2024

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If China’s Economy Is a Basket Case, What Do We Call Mexico’s?

Dean Baker / March 11, 2024

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Democracy

Elections

Health and Social Programs

Medicare

Social Security

United States

Trump’s Republican Party Is Still the Republican Party: You Should Worry About Your Social Security and Medicare

What is the Republican Party today? Any answer has to start with Donald Trump, who has a grip on the Republican Party that is perhaps unprecedented in the modern era.

Mark Weisbrot / March 08, 2024

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Economy Creates 275,000 Jobs in February, Unemployment Edges Up to 3.9 Percent

The economy continued to create jobs at a rapid pace last month, with payroll employment up by 275,000. However, any concerns about an excessive pace of job growth are alleviated by the fact that the prior two months’ total was revised down by 167,000.

Dean Baker / March 08, 2024

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Is “Greedflation” Over?

Dean Baker / March 07, 2024

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Child Tax Credit

Poverty

United States

Corporate America Must Step Up to Save the Child Tax Credit

An expansion of the Child Tax Credit would boost businesses by giving more purchasing power to people who need it.

Justin Talbot Zorn / March 07, 2024

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

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

What to expect in the February jobs report.

Dean Baker / March 06, 2024

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Biden is on the Mark in Trashing Junk Fees

Dean Baker / March 06, 2024

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Sanctions

US Foreign Policy

Zimbabwe

Biden Ends Zimbabwe Sanctions Program — But Stops Short of a Total Reversal

Despite the continuation of some sanctions against Zimbabwean political figures and entities, the end of the previous Zimbabwe sanctions program is a victory for the Zimbabwean people.

Michael Galant / March 05, 2024

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Democracy

Elections

Latin America and the Caribbean

Peru

Peru’s unelected president, Dina Boluarte, remains in office despite abysmal approval ratings and calls for elections. Authoritarianism and repression are all the government has left.

Francesca Emanuele / March 05, 2024

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People Are Completely Clueless on How Much We’re Spending on Ukraine

Dean Baker / March 04, 2024

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The Estate Tax Exemption is $27.2 Million for a Couple

Dean Baker / March 03, 2024

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CEPR Sanctions Watch February 2024

The US government is moving to expand sanctions on Russia and Syria, even as a new poll finds the majority of the US public opposes sanctions that harm civilians.

Pedro Labayen Herrera and Michael Galant / February 29, 2024