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  1. 7 hours ago

    “they made a really big mistake” says about the inadequate 2009 stimulus. He tells “any stimulus bill should be around 4-5% of annual GDP or around $1 trillion per year.”

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  2. 8 hours ago

    Robert Samuelson has often been the critiqued in Beat the Press, ‘s commentary on economic reporting. Here is Baker on Samuelson’s retirement announcement.

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    Sep 19

    How Ecuador's democracy was lost to a President that decided to defect to the parasitic oligarchy

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    Sep 18

    Every journalist who covers South America knows exactly what happened here and who is responsible -- especially at the OAS. This scandal is not going away, I promise.

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    Sep 20

    A news clipping from April 1984: “Iran is moving 'very quickly' toward production of a nuclear bomb and could have such a weapon within two years...”

    : US believes Iran may have enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb by end of the year, US official says
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    On the Book “Trade Wars Are Class Wars” and how to correct today’s egregious inequality Dean Baker Trade Wars Are Class Wars: Even More than Klein and Pettis Say

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  7. Sep 20

    Last day! Apply now for CEPR’s Digital Outreach Internship. CRM & savvy? Bring your passion for progressive messaging on the economy for hands-on experience solving digital comms challenges. FT. One Year. Apply by 09/20/2020.

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  8. Sep 19

    . reviews the book, Trade Wars are Class Wars, saying “In future trade deals, the terms of protection for intellectual products, both foreign and domestic, will swamp the importance of trade in manufactured goods.”

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  9. Sep 19

    "Were the government to bar or further handicap Arauz’s candidacy, people will cry fraud. Political conflict could escalate to unprecedented levels and jeopardize ’s democratic stability for the foreseeable future."

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  10. Sep 19

    "The government’s political persecution and manipulation of the election has already convinced a large segment, perhaps even a majority, of the Ecuadorian population that the elections are not free and fair."

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    Sep 18

    When COVID-19 hit, USCIS shut down, delaying operations such that hundreds of thousands who were set to become new citizens won't be naturalized in time for, and thus won't be able to vote in, November's election.

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  12. Sep 18

    "The regime’s other line of attack has been to undermine the organizational strength of correismo. The purpose is to prevent and his supporters from having a coherent and functioning political party."

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  13. Sep 18

    In , "the current government has persecuted opponents and barred candidates from running. Moreno’s authoritarianism has, so far, gone largely unnoticed internationally."

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    Sep 18

    My latest article in on how Moreno´s attack on the opposition is desecrating democracy and Rule of Law. "Popular pressure and international scrutiny will be necessary to pressure the government to hold a semblance of free and fair elections"

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  15. Sep 18

    "With the original, & politically decisive, allegations of fraud increasingly discredited, the turned to 'irregularities' in the election to maintain the assault on its legitimacy. But it turned out that these...could not withstand scrutiny."

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  16. Sep 18

    Apply Now! for CEPR’s Digital Outreach Internship. CRM & savvy? Bring your passion for progressive messaging on the economy for hands-on experience solving digital comms challenges. FT. One Year. Apply by 09/20/2020.

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  17. Sep 18

    The House passed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act as the demonstrated the critical need to protect essential frontline workers. Citing CEPR, women are 65% of frontline workers.

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  18. Sep 18

    CEPR used election data "to disprove the ’s initial allegations the next day; and followed up with a number of statistical analyses and papers in the ensuing months, including a refutation of its final Audit report."

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  19. Sep 18

    "What has received even less attention is the role of the OAS in the destruction of ’s democracy last November...The allegations were indeed the main political foundation of the coup, and they continued for months."

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  20. Sep 18

    " has descended into a nightmare of political repression and racist state violence since the democratically elected government of Evo Morales was overthrown by the military on 10 November last year," and the is partly to blame.

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