The reality is that healthcare cost growth slowed after the ACA passed, so claims that Obamacare made things "unaffordable" have it completely backwards. We can afford extending the subsidies, but we can't afford to let them expire. 🎧 Full ep: https://youtu.be/c2txsA1ZWtY?si=fsQzZ0QEdqLO1OSW

Wind power is one of the cheapest sources of electricity, but Trump’s move to cancel five offshore wind projects will raise costs for 2.5M homes and put 10K construction jobs at risk. This will hurt the economy & weaken US competitiveness, writes @deanbaker13.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3L0EL1G

Affordability is everything: 5 million entrepreneurs and gig workers depend on ACA subsidies to access health coverage. Here's the full EP with @sarahl202.bsky.social , Health Policy VP at @centeronbudget.bsky.social : https://youtu.be/c2txsA1ZWtY?si=fsQzZ0QEdqLO1OSW

#NEW: CEPR #SanctionsWatch December 2025 Trump enacts “blockade” of sanctioned 🇻🇪 oil; Congress repeals landmark 🇸🇾 sanctions bill; seizure of oil tanker may deepen 🇨🇺 economic crisis as infant mortality soars; currency falls to new low in 🇮🇷 as food/fuel prices rise. cepr.net/publications...

The $1.2T plunge in cryptocurrencies is great news for the general public. @deanbaker13.bsky.social notes that as speculative wealth decreases, crypto holders won’t be able to drive up prices for housing and other scarce goods, leaving more for everyone else. 

Republicans want to kill ACA subsidies and return to the "free market"—where insurers only wanted healthy people. Millions rely on those subsidies for coverage. Letting them expire means chaos for families.  Full episode #mostlyeconomics https://youtu.be/gP5XtFP5Sfc?si=JeBkIk1MCn5B1Fzw

Republicans want to kill ACA subsidies and return to the "free market"—where insurers only wanted healthy people. Millions rely on those subsidies for coverage. Letting them expire means chaos for families.  Full episode #mostlyeconomics https://youtu.be/gP5XtFP5Sfc?si=JeBkIk1MCn5B1Fzw

With inflation at 3%, real wage growth has stalled significantly. It’s not surprising, then, that more workers reported having multiple jobs in November, a sign that many are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living.  https://bit.ly/4qhIZAZ

Unemployment among Black workers has reached severe recession levels at 8.3% in Nov, while white worker unemployment has barely risen. @deanbaker13.bsky.social  suggests that Trump’s removal of discrimination protections likely played a role in this sharp jump. https://bit.ly/4qhIZAZ

CEPR co-convened "The Role of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) for Global Stability and Sustainable Economic Transformation" for a day of rich debate on SDRs as a tool for global economic stability. https://tinyurl.com/2p9u75xw @ipdcolumbia.bsky.social @gdp-center.bsky.social @columbiaigp.bsky.social

BREAKING: 50 members of Congress say Trump’s tariffs on Brazil are a shameful attack on democracy – undermining efforts to hold coup-instigator Bolsonaro accountable and to regulate social media accounts spreading hate speech and political misinformation online.

🧵: Trump rates his economy "A+++++" but in reality unemployment hit 4.6%—the highest since 2021. If the health of our economy matched the level of the president's delusion, we might actually be alright. More from @deanbaker13.bsky.social : https://bit.ly/4pPG56G

Major crypto prices have plunged since October, wiping out more than $1.2 trillion in market value. This is bad news for crypto bros, but it leaves less speculative money to drive up prices for housing, luxury goods, and other scarce resources.  https://bit.ly/4j5OGiT

We have the votes to extend the ACA subsidies and save healthcare for our constituents TODAY. But Republicans would rather send Congress home, attack abortion care, & let premiums skyrocket. The shame and sham of it all. Speaker Johnson must bring this bill to the floor NOW.

Caught between Trump’s anti-immigrant hostility and Russia's outright aggression, Europe is in a precarious position. @deanbaker13.bsky.social argues that China’s economic strength and diplomatic leverage make it a promising ally, despite its authoritarian stance.

A new CEPR paper by senior research fellow Francisco Rodríguez and Giancarlo Bravo finds no support for sweeping claims by Dany Bahar and Ricardo Hausmann that U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry do not drive migration to the U.S. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3c32ntd7

José Antonio Kast's election as Chile's next president after winning 58% of the vote Sunday forms part of a broader regional right-wing shift amid increasing US interventionism. Read CEPR senior research fellow Joe Sammut's primer on the issues at stake: https://tinyurl.com/yc8r4755

The Trump administration named Peru 🇵🇪 a major "non-NATO" ally, signed a "status of forces agreement" with Paraguay 🇵🇾, and won approval from Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 for U.S. military access to its airports. For more on increasing U.S. military encroachment in the region: https://tinyurl.com/848k6fdn

"A foreign military force and low-turnout elections are tracks #Haiti has been down many times before. A peace process offers a chance at laying new ones," CEPR's @jakobjohnston.bsky.social argues in a new piece for American University’s AULA Blog. https://tinyurl.com/3daa2mmk

🧵: ACA subsidies are set to expire. Medicaid is on the chopping block. Medicare privatization schemes are advancing all while Congress enjoys taxpayer-funded healthcare. If you're not rich or getting coverage through a private employer or the government, things may get grim.

“There is much that Europe can gain from closer economic ties with China.” @deanbaker13.bsky.social argues that China could be a key ally for Europe as it faces increasing threats from Trump and Russia.  https://bit.ly/496UZ2n

Senior research fellow Francisco Rodríguez spoke with @nytimes.com, @wsj.com, @thehill.com & @washingtonpost.com last week about the impacts of the recent US seizure of Venezuelan oil. https://tinyurl.com/3dvx84mz https://tinyurl.com/y97x86pa https://tinyurl.com/ewaebdae

🧵: ACA subsidies are set to expire. Medicaid is on the chopping block. Medicare privatization schemes are advancing all while Congress enjoys taxpayer-funded healthcare. If you're not rich or getting coverage through a private employer or the government, things may get grim.

Last week, Congress failed to extend #ACA premium subsidies—jeopardizing affordable coverage, the health and LIVES for millions. We need #HealthcareForAll. Congress needs to get it right before time runs out.

November's jobs report will likely show continued weakness—expect slow job growth (mostly in healthcare), rising unemployment hitting Black workers and young people hardest, and wages growing at their slowest pace in years. More from @deanbaker13.bsky.social : https://bit.ly/3N0mXUO

Last week, Congress failed to extend #ACA premium subsidies—jeopardizing affordable coverage, the health and LIVES for millions. We need #HealthcareForAll. Congress needs to get it right before time runs out.

Congress had a chance to protect affordable healthcare—but last week, lawmakers failed to extend #ACA premium subsidies that millions depend on. There's still time for the people in power to do the right thing.

Congress had a chance to protect affordable healthcare—but last week, lawmakers failed to extend #ACA premium subsidies that millions depend on. There's still time for the people in power to do the right thing.

NEW: PRESS RELEASE 🇻🇪 US Seizure of Venezuelan Oil Tanker Risks Severe Economic Harm to the General Population More here ⬇️ with statements by CEPR co-director Mark Weisbrot and senior research fellow @frrodriguezc.bsky.social https://tinyurl.com/34d7myr4

CEPR's @jakobjohnston.bsky.social in The Inter-American Dialogue's #LatAmAdvisor last week on #Haiti's 2026 elections: "What would be a positive step is a government, de facto or not, that cares as much about its people as it does foreign diplomats. That doesn’t take an election; it takes courage."

“Threats are one thing, but now we are adding the possibility of a blockade, which would worsen the already horrific circumstances of the 78% of Venezuelans living below the poverty line,” CEPR's Francesca Emanuele tells El País on recent US actions toward #Venezuela. https://tinyurl.com/4svcjs5b .

If the US continues to seize oil from tankers ferrying Venezuelan fuel, it could "significantly increase the cost of doing business with Venezuela and precipitate a deepening of the country’s economic recession,” CEPR's Francisco Rodríguez tells @ajenglish.bsky.social .

Twelve Senate Democrats, former Speaker Pelosi and even GOP lawmakers like Senator Tillis (R-NC), Senator Cassidy (R-LA) and Rep. Salazar (R-FL) have criticized President Trump for pardoning convicted narco-trafficker and former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández. https://tinyurl.com/5rtsfruw

An individual tax credit could help shift media power away from Trump-friendly billionaires. @deanbaker13.bsky.social argues that this would give people the means to support serious journalism at the state and local level. https://bit.ly/49apzar

48 Republicans voted against extending the enhanced ACA premium tax credits. They knew that millions would face “premium shock,” coverage losses, and worse health outcomes, and still voted no. Is cruelty not the point when politicians deliberately raise costs on those who can least afford it?

While pledging a predisposition to non-interventionism, the new National Security Strategy calls for further militarization and the expansion of US corporate influence in the hemisphere, formalizing the overtly interventionist policy on display this past year: https://tinyurl.com/bdh9azh3

Richard Freeman with @deanbaker13.bsky.social  on #MostlyEconomics: US union decline is largely driven by companies fighting hard against unionization + weak gov't pushback + workplace-by-workplace bargaining.  https://youtu.be/EedUv7TnrxY

An individual tax credit could help shift media power away from Trump-friendly billionaires. @deanbaker13.bsky.social argues that this would give people the means to support serious journalism at the state and local level. https://bit.ly/49apzar

#NEW: Elgar Companion to the Economies of Latin America & the Caribbean, edited by senior research fellow Francisco Rodríguez, examines why the region has struggled to achieve sustained economic progress, including chapters by CEPR experts Jake Johnston and Andrés Arauz.

Richard Freeman with @deanbaker13.bsky.social  on #MostlyEconomics: US union decline is largely driven by companies fighting hard against unionization + weak gov't pushback + workplace-by-workplace bargaining.  https://youtu.be/EedUv7TnrxY

Congressional pressure on the administration is the best way to stop an impending war with #Venezuela, Mark Weisbrot tells BBC News.

Senior fellow Guillaume Long tells @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social that Próspera's ongoing lawsuit against the Honduran gov't over its repeal of the ZEDEs law is a predatory project against a weak state: "There’s a really dystopian, futuristic and feudal aspect to this.”

Trump's 'booming economy' exists only in his head. Food prices are up 2.7%, manufacturing jobs are down by 49K, and US households are paying an extra $2.4K/year in import taxes. @deanbaker13.bsky.social says this doesn’t come close to balancing the budget.  https://bit.ly/3MLr0nQ

Trump's 'booming economy' exists only in his head. Food prices are up 2.7%, manufacturing jobs are down by 49K, and US households are paying an extra $2.4K/year in import taxes. @deanbaker13.bsky.social says this doesn’t come close to balancing the budget.  https://bit.ly/3MLr0nQ

Lula advisor Celso Amorim says a possible US intervention in #Venezuela could turn into a “Vietnam-style conflict” with broad regional implications. Meanwhile, Brazilian billionaire Joesley Batista met with Maduro to discuss prospects for dialogue with the US. More here: https://tinyurl.com/369jutbw

Paramount does not have an easier path to approval of swallowing Warner Bros. than Netflix because state AGs can, will, and should challenge both of them, because they are definitely illegal. www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...

Prolonged US armed confrontation with #Venezuela would create a "major refugee crisis" in the country, senior research fellow Francisco Rodríguez tells @cnn.com#Venezuela exacerbating migratory pressures that US economic sanctions have contributed to, as CEPR research has shown.

Insurers disclosed in their filings they're charging 4% MORE than necessary— because Congress may let subsidies expire & they expect healthy people to drop their coverage. This is why we need #M4All so our health—and lives—are no longer a bargaining chip.

From Eileen Appelbaum: MA insurers collected premiums during the pandemic when seniors delayed care. Now that patients need treatment, these companies are terminating *3 MILLION* people's coverage to protect profit margins. Open enrollment ends today. https://bit.ly/4oEZsxV

From Eileen Appelbaum: MA insurers collected premiums during the pandemic when seniors delayed care. Now that patients need treatment, these companies are terminating *3 MILLION* people's coverage to protect profit margins. Open enrollment ends today. https://bit.ly/4oEZsxV