Center for Economic Policy Research

By Joshua Scheer In a nationally televised primetime address from the White House, President Donald Trump spent much of the speech defending his economic record and touting the strength of…

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Dean Baker Beat The Press for The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) During his first term, after repeatedly promising the country a terrific health care plan, Donald Trump…

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By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) There is a standard tale of politics where conservatives want to leave things to the market, whereas the left want a big…

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By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) An item in Ezra Klein’s NYT column yesterday really grabbed by attention. Ezra cited a Wall Street Journal column that claimed that…

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By The Center for Economic and Policy Research The New York Times seems to think it is a newspaper’s job to promote bank panics wherever possible. It would be difficult…

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