Publications

Rice is one of the most important staple foods in Haiti, with per capita consumption of over 177 pounds per year. Beginning in the 1980s, the opening up to imported rice in Haiti wiped out thousands o...chevron_right

The dominant framework for understanding and measuring poverty in the United States has become an ideologically conservative one. It conceptualizes poverty only in terms of having an extremely low lev...chevron_right

This paper looks at the potential for using capital controls as a means of reducing volatility, as well as the economic damage that it can cause. It also examines some case studies in which capital co...chevron_right

This paper analyzes exchange rate regimes implemented by the major Latin American countries since the Second World War, with special attention to the period of the second globalization process beginni...chevron_right

Immigrant workers are now over 15 percent of the workforce and almost 13 percent of unionized workers. This paper uses recent data from the U.S. government’s most important regular survey of the labor...chevron_right

Health-insurance coverage rates are among the most carefully constructed and closely followed national social indicators. Each year, the Census Bureau releases estimates of health-insurance coverage f...chevron_right

With the debate over health care dragging on, it is becoming increasingly likely that the Senate will pass a bill through the reconciliation process, requiring just a simple majority rather than the s...chevron_right

This report reviews unionization rates, the size and composition of the unionized workforce, and the wage and benefit advantage for union workers in each of the fifty states and the District of Columb...chevron_right

This paper argues that the depth of the recession in Latvia and the difficulty of recovery are attributable in large part to the decision to maintain the country's overvalued fixed exchange rate. With...chevron_right

The country is suffering through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Tens of millions of people face unemployment, underemployment and/or the loss of their homes. The enormous suff...chevron_right

This paper examines the arguments for and against financial transactions taxes (FTT) in the US. The author analyzes the desirability of an FTT by focusing on the volatility of asset prices, market liq...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the 'shared responsibility' health care reform legislation being debated in the US Senate at the time of writing. It notes that low-wage employers could avoid paying their 'fair sh...chevron_right

This publication is critical of the conventional argument that current and projected future US budget deficits will place an unbearable burden on future generations. The authors note that the debt pro...chevron_right

This paper examines the Bolivian economy during the Morales government. It outlines years of robust growth, primarily due to the re-nationalization of the hydrocarbon industries, and effective policie...chevron_right

This paper estimates the total loss of wages and salaries resulting from the decrease in the employment in the current downturn. The authors find that the fall in employment from its 2007 levels will ...chevron_right