Elon Musk probably pays a lower tax rate than your local firefighter. #mostlyeconomics host @deanbaker13.bsky.social and @amyhanauer.bsky.social of @itep.org break down exactly how that happens and who built it that way. #econsky If you earn a paycheck, this is for you: youtu.be/pHJVpINqJTY?...

The painful effects of previous bubbles lingered years after, destroying millions of Americans' lives. @deanbaker13.bsky.social suggests the looming AI recession will likely be no different. https://cepr.net/publications/waiting-for-the-ai-bubble-to-burst/

In a new working paper, CEPR's Francisco Rodríguez thoroughly debunks a new book by Miguel Angel Santos et al., including its claims that Venezuela's economic collapse predated US sanctions and that the pace of collapse didn't accelerate after sanctions were imposed.

"The part of the story that we can be certain about is that, as was the case with the last two bubbles, the economic forecasters will miss it," says @deanbaker13.bsky.social  in @cbsnews.com #econsky #aibubble https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-backlash-college-commencements-2026/

"A @today.yougov.com poll released in early May by @ceprdc.bsky.social found Republicans more open to attacking Cuba than the general public, but still hesitant. Some 35 percent of GOP respondents [...] said they’d oppose it, with 30 percent saying they don’t know."

The lawmakers, led by Reps. Delia Ramirez, Chuy Garcia, and Sara Jacobs, expressed "concern about closer ties between the US military and the government of Daniel Noboa, a close ally of President Trump, whom they accuse of an 'alarming authoritarian and anti-democratic drift.'"

NEW EPISODE: Polls show that most oppose the US-Israel attacks on Iran—a war already having serious economic impacts here at home. @deanbaker13.bsky.social + @mattduss.bsky.social unpack the myths & lies that have gotten us into yet another war. #mostlyeconomics #econsky bit.ly/42vR77b

NEW EPISODE: Polls show that most oppose the US-Israel attacks on Iran—a war already having serious economic impacts here at home. @deanbaker13.bsky.social + @mattduss.bsky.social unpack the myths & lies that have gotten us into yet another war. #mostlyeconomics #econsky bit.ly/42vR77b

More from @ceprdc.bsky.social on why a disease agnosticism isn't beneficial to Long COVID patients or anyone else with an infection-associated chronic illness cepr.net/publications...

Have we defeated inflation yet? #EconSky #inflation #workers #wages

Have we defeated inflation yet? #EconSky #inflation #workers #wages

Nebraska is the first state to implement Medicaid work requirements. The CBO found similar policies led to coverage loss with no change in employment. Around 25K Nebraskans are expected to lose coverage. This is shameful. More from Peter Hart: bit.ly/4d0tp9c

🎧 #LISTEN: @deanbaker13.bsky.social sits down with @claudia-sahm.bsky.social to break down what a war with Iran means for workers: gas prices, supply shocks, and Fed policy. #EconSky youtu.be/jeUC3ljhBKU?...

#Honduras’s November 30 general elections were marked by institutional weaknesses, technical deficiencies, significant foreign interference, and a crisis of confidence in the electoral results. Read the full assessment by CEPR's electoral observation mission here👇

#BREAKING: A new poll by YouGov, sponsored by CEPR, finds that 64 percent of Americans oppose the US going to war against #Cuba, while 15 percent support it and 21 percent are not sure. Among those who express a view, 81 percent are against a war. Read the full press release ⬇️

*Even if AI boosts productivity, history shows the solution is shorter work time, not panic over mass unemployment* May 6, 2026 By @deanbaker13.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social cepr.net/publications...

#NEW PRESS RELEASE 🇨🇴 CEPR Applauds #Colombia for Advancing Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Talks but Flags Concerns Over Diluted Conference Outcomes at Santa Marta Read ⬇️

"A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research found that U.S. sanctions imposed on Cuba at the start of the first Trump administration were 'likely the primary cause' for the increase in the infant mortality rate on the island." @latimes.com

This #MayDay, Florida workers have little to celebrate. @hcbrown.bsky.social documents years of steady attacks: SB 256 banned dues deductions. SB 1296 treats non-votes as anti-union votes. 63K+ workers already lost representation. #EconSky 🧵: bit.ly/4cK3brh

#NEW: CEPR's April 2026 #SanctionsWatch: - Trump admin unleashes a blockade against 🇮🇷 - Dems push back on military threats against 🇨🇺 - US Treasury eases central bank sanctions on 🇻🇪 - Trump admin renews waiver allowing 🇷🇺 oil purchases

Half of Q1 growth: ppl paying more for healthcare. Restaurants & hotels are down; folks are cutting back. AI surged but productivity & worker wages haven't. Trump's current term GDP growth? Just 1.99%, behind Biden's 3.20%. Read @deanbaker13.bsky.social's full GDP rundown. #EconSky bit.ly/4cWZtcJ

Earlier this month, the nonpartisan Center for Economic & Policy Research, a UE ally, released The Majority Agenda, “a collection of policy briefs on important issues where Americans generally have broad agreement across the political landscape.” www.ueunion.org/political-ac... @ceprdc.bsky.social

Earlier this month, CEPR senior research fellow Andres Arauz and senior research associate Ivana Vasic Lalovic led a panel on IMF surveillance of capital flight at the IMF/World Bank's 2026 Spring Meetings.   Catch the full recording and learn more here 👇

Washington, DC — A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) finds that the expansion of US sanctions against #Cuba beginning in 2017 was likely the primary cause of a major increase in infant mortality on the island. Full press release ⬇️

#Cuba's infant mortality rate rose 148% from 2019 to 2025 during a period of unprecedented expansion and tightening of the US commercial and financial embargo against the island, a new CEPR report by Alex Main, Joe Sammut, Mark Weisbrot, and Guillaume Long finds.

The stock market isn't a neutral measure of how the economy is doing. Corporate profits nearly doubled their share of national income since the 1990s -- and that shift came out of workers' wages. @deanbaker13.bsky.social breaks down who's actually winning. #EconSky  https://bit.ly/4cJKHHz

Trump stripped the 2030 Census test of its hardest-to-count communities, then swapped trained enumerators for postal workers. The test is now built to miss where failure is most likely to happen. New from @hcbrown.bsky.social. #EconSky

Congress rejected these cuts once. Trump's FY27 budget brings them right back. The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area isn't climate "wokeness" it's pandemic defense. Read @mattsedlar.bsky.social's latest. #EconSky

The Economist says we need billionaires. @deanbaker13.bsky.social says that's backwards. Massive wealth isn't the engine of innovation. It's the result of rules we wrote—ones we can rewrite. https://cepr.net/publications/we-dont-need-billionaires-and-we-can-structure-the-market-so-we-dont-have-them/

The winners and losers in the tariff scheme are easy to guess, but @deanbaker13.bsky.social explains who's to blame and why this should never have happened in the first place.

Nearly 1 in 3 US households needed in-person follow-up to be counted in 2020. Trump wants to replace the workers who do that with mail carriers, then test that plan in areas least likely to expose the problem.  Read @hcbrown.bsky.social. #EconSky

“No tax on tips” is being sold as working-class relief, but it skips 97% of workers while overpromising what most tipped workers would actually save. https://cepr.net/publications/trumps-tacky-no-tax-on-tips-stunt/

"A global coalition of 125 orgs, [including CEPR], is issuing an urgent public appeal to all states to immediately cease all forms of support, active or passive, for the US’s campaign of extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean." @elpais.com 

A 78 year old law still makes it harder for workers to organize, strike, and fight back. The Taft Hartley Act was designed to weaken workers. It is working exactly as intended. More from @hcbrown.bsky.social: #Econsky

Trump wants us to believe a #DoorDash driver saved $11K on taxes because of his #notaxontips policy. This is a lie. DoorDash grandma earned $11K in tips. Meanwhile his other policies cut food assistance and health coverage for millions, writes Peter Hart. #EconSky https://bit.ly/4tUKXsE

Trump’s illegal tariffs jacked up prices for families, and the refunds are heading straight to corporate boardrooms.

Trump's budget takes aim at the federal programs that monitor pandemics, track ecological threats, and protect our waterways. CEPR's @mattsedlar.bsky.social explains what we lose when science becomes a budget line item. #EconSky

Trump's budget slashes food benefits for new moms and babies to pay for his war with Iran. Don't let them lie to you.

Union membership has been cut in half since 1983. Not because workers stopped caring, but because the rules were rewritten against them. 68% of Americans still support unions. The will is there. The policies are not. @hcbrown.bsky.social in #MajorityAgenda #Econsky https://bit.ly/4tZ2OyO

HAPPENING TODAY | 🗓️ Apr. 21 | 9AM–12PM ET Why is US healthcare so expensive? @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social & CEPR bring together international experts to answer that question. Free webinar. Register: https://bit.ly/3Qbrndg

Dean Baker has been advocating for making markets fair and increasing equality *before* taxes. I don't understand why it doesn't get more traction, given almost everyone *claims* to want this. This is a great primer. And see his *free* book, Rigged. deanbaker.net/books/rigged...

CEPR Co-Director @eileenappelbaum.bsky.social joins leading health policy experts at @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social on Apr. 21 to tackle the US medical affordability crisis. Don't miss it. https://bit.ly/3Qbrndg

We can afford far more than what most politicians are willing to fight for. The majority of voters have already spoken. We published the #MajorityAgenda to prove it: https://bit.ly/MajorityAgenda

"Nations already facing significant food insecurity may be pushed to the edge by this perfect storm," CEPR's Ivana Vasic Lalovic said. “Developing countries shouldn’t have to choose between paying off debt & funding schools, hospitals or climate preparedness."@americamag

#PrivateEquity in healthcare. Administrative waste. Skyrocketing costs. What can be done about it? @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social#PrivateEquity& CEPR are co-sponsoring a must-see virtual conference on Apr. 21. Register now:

The US has a healthcare affordability crisis. What can we learn from Canada, the Netherlands & the UK? Tune in Apr. 21 with @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social & CEPR. This is free & open to all. https://bit.ly/3Qbrndg

As the war in Iran impacts low-income countries, a new issuance of special drawing rights can reduce the risk of financial crisis contagion + create tens of thousands of US export-related jobs without costing taxpayers a dime, Ivana Vasic Lalovic & Michael Galant write.

CEPR experts on the ground for #Peru's elections last Sunday urge all sides to be patient and avoid claims of electoral fraud as vote tallying continues, with Roberto Sanchez and Rafael Lopez Aliaga vying for the second spot in the June runoff against Keiko Fujimori.

The US loses about $700 BILLION a year to tax evasion. Nearly 30% of unpaid taxes are from the richest 1%, and half from the top 5%. When Republicans defund the IRS, they are protecting the interests of the wealthy, not you. https://bit.ly/4tHsnnY .. More from @a-austin.bsky.social :

Low- and middle-income countries are straddled with crippling public debt, hamstringing efforts to combat the climate crisis. At this week's IMF Spring Meetings, CEPR is calling attention to this issue. Ivana Vasic Lalovic breaks it down for this week's episode of "From D.C. Across the Americas."