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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

  • When It Comes to Prescription Drugs, the Washington Post Can’t Even Conceive of Free Trade

    27 de noviembre, puesto en línea por Dean Baker
    Like many self-imagined “free-traders,” the Washington Post editorial board cannot even conceive of free trade when it comes to prescription drugs. They demonstrated this fact yet again in discussing ways to deal with the high price of effective weight-loss drugs like Wegovy. These drugs carry (...)

  • Mark Weisbrot’s Interview on Argentina’s Election

    22 de noviembre, puesto en línea por Adam Fishbein
    Counterspin See interview on original site Janine Jackson, author, program director, and producer/host of FAIR’s (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting’s) syndicated weekly radio show Counterspin, interviewed Mark Weisbrot, economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (...)

  • Social Security and Medicare: Fun with Numbers Time

    22 de noviembre, puesto en línea por Dean Baker
    As a Thanksgiving present to readers, Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell decided to tell us again how old-timers are robbing from our children with their generous Social Security and Medicare benefits. This is always a popular theme at the WaPo, especially around the holiday season. (...)

  • Things About the Economy to Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving

    20 de noviembre, puesto en línea por Adam Fishbein
    The world suffered through the worst pandemic in 100 years in the last four years. In addition to the devastating toll COVID-19 took on lives and health, it was also a massive hit to the world economy. Countries experienced severe recessions in 2020 as large segments of the economy were shut (...)

  • Washington Post Does Its Trash the Biden Economy Piece of the Day

    19 de noviembre, puesto en línea por Dean Baker
    The Washington Post ran another “trash the Biden economy, let the facts be damned” piece today. The theme is that the economy is really awful for new college grads. The paper finds us a few real-life examples of struggling recent grads to make its case. The problem is that the data in the (...)