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CEPR | The Center for Economic and Policy Research (United States)

The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people’s lives. In order for citizens to effectively exercise their voices in a democracy, they should be informed about the problems and choices that they face. CEPR is committed to presenting issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better prepared to choose among the various policy options.

Toward this end, CEPR conducts both professional research and public education. The professional research is oriented towards filling important gaps in the understanding of particular economic and social problems, or the impact of specific policies. The public education portion of CEPR’s mission is to present the findings of professional research, both by CEPR and others, in a manner that allows broad segments of the public to know exactly what is at stake in major policy debates. An informed public should be able to choose policies that lead to an improving quality of life, both for people within the United States and around the world.

CEPR was co-founded by economists Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot. Our Advisory Board includes Nobel Laureate economists Robert Solow and Joseph Stiglitz; Janet Gornick, Professor at the CUNY Graduate School and Director of the Luxembourg Income Study; and Richard Freeman, Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

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Artículos

  • Reality TV Show Star Donald Trump Gets California Badly Wrong

    14 de septiembre, por Dean Baker
    Donald Trump seems very confused about the state of California’s economic health. He gave a press conference Friday in which he implied that California’s economy was collapsing. This is not true. California has a considerably higher per capita income than the rest of the country. It’s currently (…)

  • The Biden-Harris Misery Index in Historical Context

    13 de septiembre, por Dean Baker
    In 1980 Ronald Reagan brought the term “misery index” into political debates. The concept is simple, it’s the sum of the unemployment rate and inflation rate over the last year. It’s not obvious that these two numbers should have the same importance, and they certainly are not the only measures (…)

  • How Many Jobs Should We Be Creating? CBO Said 20k a Month

    13 de septiembre, por Dean Baker
    The New York Times had a piece noting that, while we don’t see evidence of an increase in layoffs, we have seen a downturn in hiring which has been associated with a 0.8 percentage point rise in the unemployment rate since April of last year. The piece notes that the monthly rate of job creation (…)

  • Let’s Be Clear, Harris Has a Problem on the Economy Because the Media Have Lied to the Public

    13 de septiembre, por Dean Baker
    The New York Times ran a column, by Duke University law professor Jedidiah Briton-Purdy, telling Vice-President Harris how she can turn around her deficit in public opinion polling on the economy. The gist of the piece is that most people are hurting now, but Harris can turn things around by (…)

  • Mark Weisbrot’s Remarks from CEPR’s Webinar on Ending IMF Surcharge Policy – September 10, 2024

    12 de septiembre, por Adam Fishbein
    I want to thank everybody for coming and welcome you. Thank you also for the work that so many of you do on these issues. Our panel today is about harm reduction. My colleagues here from the Center for Economic and Policy Research will examine and explain a particularly harmful policy of the (…)