Las restricciones y sanciones económicas impuestas por Estados Unidos, especialmente a países como Cuba, Haití, Colombia, Guatemala, Brasil, Nicaragua y Uruguay, no solo afectan a los gobiernos, sino que impactan directamente la vida cotidiana, limitan el desarrollo y profundizan desigualdades.
Estas medidas refuerzan dinámicas de poder hegemónico en la economía global, condicionando las decisiones soberanas de los países.
Mark Weisbrot, Codirector del @ceprdc e invitado en el Festival de Economía para la Vida.
Workers who earn the least pay into Social Security all year. The wealthiest stop in days, if that. This is unfair. Congress can make the system more equitable and prevent the looming short fall if they would only #scrapthecap.
#socialsecurity #unitedstates #wages #workers #taxes
The winners and losers in the tariff scheme are easy to guess, but Dean Baker explains who's to blame and why this should never have happened in the first place. #tariffs #tariffrefund #tariffrebate #unitedstates
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. #majorityagenda #workers #unions #nlrb #laborjustice #wages
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. #linkinbio
Dean Baker speaks to labor economist Sylvia Allegretto about why the US tipping wage system is bad policy.
Tipped workers just need a living wage.
#happytaxday #taxday #raisethewage
Low- and middle-income countries are straddled with crippling public debt, hamstringing efforts to combat the climate crisis.
At this week's IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, CEPR is calling attention to the issue.
Senior research associate Ivana Vasic Lalovic breaks it down for this week's episode of "From D.C. Across the Americas."
While politicians peddle the "no tax on tips" gimmick, tipped workers are still waiting for policies that actually matter: abolishing the subminimum wage, raising their pay, and guaranteeing basic benefits.
#taxday #taxes #notaxontips #tippedworkers #unitedstates
