CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH
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Research, Analysis and Education
CEPR conducts research, analysis and public education on both domestic and international economic and policy issues. Our domestic program focuses on macroeconomic issues (such as Social Security, Medicaid, the federal budget and taxes, the Gross Domestic Product, trends in labor markets), as well as the economic well-being of families (including access to child care, health insurance and quality jobs). Our international program focuses on trade policy, international economic development and democracy, especially in Latin America.
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Progressive Honor Roll of 2011 -- MOST VALUABLE ECONOMIC NEWS SOURCE: CEPR's "Beat the Press" 2011
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The mission of Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives. CEPR exists to provide data-driven, fact –based economic research and analysis to policymakers, the press and the public. CEPR presents complex economic policy concepts in an easy to understand format, so that everyone understands the implications of proposed policies. CEPR’s research strives to inform the debate so that the policies adopted are those that create the greatest opportunities for as many people as possible, not just a small group of elites. CEPR’s work focuses on policies aimed at reducing the growing economic inequality that has occurred over the past 30 years.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
CEPR accomplishes that mission by conducting thorough research and economic analysis and publishing the results, which are then disseminated to the press as well as advocates and policymakers. CEPR promotes its work as widely as possible, and CEPR’s economists are recognized as experts on a wide range of economic issues. They write op-eds and appear on numerous radio and television programs to talk about CEPR’s work. In addition, CEPR’s outreach staff provide grassroot groups, advocates and policymakers with CEPR’s research, and work to educate as many people as possible on the implications of various policy options.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
CEPR’s economists are well-recognized experts in the field and CEPR’s research is known for its accuracy and thoroughness. In addition, CEPR has developed an extensive communications strategy over the past 15 years. CEPR’s communications directors have established relationships with reporters and editorial boards of numerous media outlets to ensure that CEPR’s work has the widest reach possible. In addition, CEPR’s outreach team participates in numerous coalitions and working groups to ensure that CEPR’s research informs the debate. CEPR also educates policymakers so that its work informs policy decisions as much as possible.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
CEPR is in a unique position to shape debate on crucial economic issues and to contribute to the development of policy alternatives. Probably no other U.S. organization is as successfully engaged in all these aspects of work – research, education, media, and outreach – on key economic issues. CEPR’s reach continues to grow. CEPR had almost 2,000,000 total visits to its site www.cepr.net in 2013, far surpassing the previous year’s total. CEPR currently has also greatly increased its reach though the use of social media. CEPR has almost 16,000 “fans” on Facebook, and the Twitter audience for @ceprdc is over 11,000. Dean Baker's Twitter account, @deanbaker13, has over 18,600 followers, and Beat the Press has an additional 3,000. Many of CEPR’s followers on Twitter are reporters, and CEPR staff members regularly engage with them through our twitter feeds, providing an additional outlet for CEPR’s research and analysis.
CEPR’s credibility has grown mainly because it has consistently been ahead of other economists and analysts on key issues, most notably identifying the stock and housing market bubbles and warning of the consequences of their collapse. As early as 1997 Dean Baker showed arithmetically that stock prices were incompatible with the generally accepted range of projections for the growth of the economy or profits. He first wrote about the housing bubble in the summer of 2002, warning that the collapse of the bubble at that point would likely lead to a recession and severe stress on many major financial institutions.
Similarly, CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot continues to gain prominence as an authority on international economics and Latin America. Folha de Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest newspaper, has contracted with Weisbrot for a bi-weekly column, increasing Weisbrot’s influence in Latin America. Other Latin American publications, such as Argentine daily Página/12, also have published Spanish translations (done by CEPR staff) with increasing frequency, contributing to Weisbrot’s stature as one of the best known U.S. economists in Argentina and the region.
CEPR has accomplished all of this on a very small budget compared to other research institutions. One challenge has been fundraising. With additional sources of funding, there would be no limits to what CEPR could achieve.
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CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH
Board of directorsas of 12/04/2023
Julian Bond
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Term: 2011 - 2013
Mark Weisbrot
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Walden Bello
Focus on the Global South
Brennan Van Dyke
Global Environment Facility
Julian Bond
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Dean Baker
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Danny Glover
no affiliation
Chuck Collins
Institute for Policy Studies
Katherine McFate
Center for Effective Government
Lance Lindblom
No Affiliation
Robert Pollin
University of Massachusetts-Amherst