Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

08/28/2026

Male teachers now face a 34.5% pay penalty, up from 20.5% in 1960. Female teachers went from a wage premium decades ago to a 20% penalty today. We can't be competitive if we continue to ask teachers to do more for less, year after year.

08/27/2026

The Third Panamerican Congress closed this week in Montevideo — 150+ representatives from 15 countries gathered to discuss a progressive response to the rise of the far-right and increasing US interventionism. The Montevideo Declaration:

panamericancongress.org

08/27/2026

In 25 states the teacher pay penalty is at least 25%. Colorado tops the list at 40.7%, the highest gap ever recorded. Rhode Island has the smallest at 10.4%, but even there teachers still earn less than their peers. What are policy makers doing?

08/26/2026

Pushing workers toward private 401(k) plans does not save the government money. It moves money from ordinary workers to the financial industry for rich people to get richer. Private 401(k)s cost more than 40X as much per dollar of benefits to run as Social Security.

08/26/2026

“No one should be confused: cutting and benefits to reduce the deficit is not a moderate position. It’s one that attacks hundreds of millions of ordinary workers to avoid taxing the rich or reducing waste in our healthcare system.”

Read: https://tinyurl.com/4fy4krs8

08/26/2026

Teachers today earn 74.8 cents for every dollar similar college grads make. That gap has stayed near a record high for years, even after counting benefits. We can't be competitive if we continue to underpay and devalue the profession that shapes every other one.

08/25/2026

Back to school means new supplies, new schedules, and for teachers, the same old pay gap. In 2025 teachers earned 25.2% less than similar college grads. We can't be competitive if we continue to treat the people teaching our kids as an afterthought.

08/25/2026

What does AI think of the AI Bubble?

As part of our weekly AI Bubble Monitor, expert macroeconomist Dean Baker asked AI a variety of questions on the topic.

The results are helpful for understanding how investment firms are “managing” the inflated expectations of the market.

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Is there an AI bubble? Some indicators point to one — and when bubbles burst, there can be massive shocks in housing and job markets that last for years.

08/25/2026

Foreign and domestic investors have felt safe putting their money in the American market. However, this is changing.

Trump’s corruption has changed the entire game - from SEC regulations, FDA approval, and tariffs. Experts like Dean Baker argue that Trump’s corruption hurts the US economy more than our $40 trillion in debt.

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The $40 trillion debt is manageable, but Trump’s corruption threatens the rule of law, investor confidence, and the strength of the dollar.

08/24/2026

Mark Weisbrot breaks down the Internal Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights, an international asset that can be used to buy food, medicine, and pay down debt with no strings attached.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkiT8W5viAg