Private Equity Titans Eye a New Tax Perk
The real winners here, who would walk away with most of the tax savings, are the PE firms who can further profit from forcing companies they buy into debt.
Where Does the Money Go? A Look at USAID Spending in Haiti
Since October 2023, USAID has obligated $368 million in contracts and grants for activities in Haiti, according to an analysis of data from USASpending.gov.
Health Insurance Killing: Economics Does Have Something to Say
United and other insurers make a profit by restricting the claims they pay, so their profit motive goes directly against people’s need to get healthcare.
Contrary to What the Washington Post Tells Readers, China Is Doing a Huge Amount To Combat Global Warming
China is selling EVs, solar panels, batteries and other clean technologies at hugely subsidized prices.
RFK Jr., Physicians’ Pay Schedules, and the Elites’ Big Lie
The story of doctors’ pay is big money, more than is at stake in things like the expanded child tax credit or other issues that we often have major political…
AI, Guaranteed Income and the ‘Which Way Is Up?’ Problem Afflicting Our Elites
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press Leading media outlets like The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker have about as much concern for intellectual consistency as…
Fighting Billionaires’ Control of the Media, Individual News Vouchers
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) Mark Twain famously quipped that everyone always talks about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it. (This was before…
Haiti News Roundup: UN Panel Releases Investigative Report on Sanctions
By Jake Johnston and Chris François / CEPR On October 20, the UN Security Council is scheduled to discuss the final report of the UN Expert Panel, convened last year…
Washington Post Columnist Charles Lane Wants Auto Workers to Lose Their Jobs
By Dean Baker / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) The Washington Post has a long history of hating on powerful unions, like the United Auto Workers (UAW), or…
The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions: Event Summary
By Francisco R. Rodríguez and Mark Weisbrot / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) On May 19, 2023, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) brought together leading…
The Silicon Valley Bank Bailout: The Purpose of Government Is to Make the Rich Richer
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…
The European Union’s Digital Trade Rules: Undermining European Policy to Rein in Big Tech
By Deborah James / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Executive Summary This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies…
‘Regulation’ Is Not a Mantra
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…
Is Inflation Out of Control, Again?
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) The January data on consumer expenditures released yesterday had a lot of people freaking out. The story is that the Fed is…
When the WPA Created Over 400,000 Jobs for Black Workers
By Algernon Austin / CEPR In response to the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) created jobs for over 8 million people between 1935 and 1943. While data on…