Publications

There are seven key points about the national debt, budget and trade deficits, and the dollar, that the public needs to understand in order to be well-informed and prepared to choose among various pol...chevron_right

This paper looks at the combination of external changes and changes in macroeconomic policy that contributed to the growth of the Brazilian economy between 2004-2010. The authors show that the Central...chevron_right

This paper is a transcript of a statement by Dean Baker, the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research before a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives. His testimony discusse...chevron_right

This paper discusses whether structural unemployment has been on the rise, and finds no evidence to suggest it has. This version corrects a data error that affected Figures 3 and 4 in the original pap...chevron_right

When Latin America’s left presidents watched the campaign of Barack Obama for president in 2008, they thought that they might finally see a US president who would change Washington’s foreign policy in...chevron_right

This paper looks at Jamaica’s recent history of indebtedness, its experience during the global economic downturn, and examines its current agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It find...chevron_right

This paper reviews labor-market performance of Denmark and Germany during the Great Recession. From the mid-1990s through the onset of the Great Recession, Denmark had what were arguably the most succ...chevron_right

Representative Paul Ryan's proposed 2012 budget has been lauded as a path to prosperity, with much attention given to his overhaul of the medicare system. Using data from the CBO analysis of the Ryan ...chevron_right

This paper is the third installment in a series that traces a long-term growth failure in most of the world's countries. For the vast majority of the world's low- and middle-income countries, there wa...chevron_right

This paper addresses an important policy discussion on the Medicare program in the United States. In particular, the proposal from US Representative Paul Ryan, (R, Wis.) proposal to replace the curren...chevron_right

This memo the need to link workforce/workplace strategies directly to macroeconomic and industry-specific investment policies in the US.The Obama Administration plan for supporting long-term, sustaina...chevron_right

This is a transcript of the testimony of Dean Baker before the subcommittee on TARP and Financial Resources of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The hearing focuses on the questi...chevron_right

This paper examines the feasibility of saving money through various types of means tests. Many people in policy debates have argued that means testing, or reducing Social Security payments to affluent...chevron_right

Wisconsin’s pension system is on excellent financial footing and among the healthiest in the nation, according to multiple independent reports and an analysis by COWS and CEPR. These reports show that...chevron_right

This report analyzes the wage and employment effects of the first three city-specific minimum wages in the United States – San Francisco (2004), Santa Fe (2004), and Washington, DC (1993). The authors...chevron_right