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Leave No Child Behind: A Quick Take on How Congress Should Restructure the Child Tax Credit to More Fairly Value Families and Reduce Inequality

Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

This issue brief examines the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in its current form and finds that many of the families with …

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Bringing Back Subprime? The Hazards of Restructuring the GSEs

Baker, Dean; Woo, Nicole - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

There have been a number of proposals for replacing the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with a system under which private financial institutions would issue mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that carry a government guarantee. This paper raises a number of...

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First Time Underwater: The Impact of the First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

package, was a first-time homebuyer tax credit. The tax credit gave people buying their first home, or who had not been … homeowners for at least three years, a tax credit equal to 10 percent of the purchase price of the home, up to $8,000. The …

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Attacking the Treasury View, Again

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

This paper considers the case for and against 'the treasury view' - the idea that in a downturn, government spending has no effect on economic activity or unemployment. The report covers three areas: the evidence for expansionary fiscal contraction – the idea that somehow cutting budget...

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The Need for an Economic Stimulus Package

Boushey, Heather M. - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2008

This policy proposal outlines a substantial economic stimulus package needed to address the recent downturn in the U.S. economy. This stimulus package details steps to create jobs, provide economic support and lessen the effects of a weakening economy.

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Costa Rica During the Global Recession: Fiscal Stimulus with Tight Monetary Policy

Cordero, Jose Antonio - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

This paper shows that, in spite of a reasonably sized fiscal stimulus package, Costa Rica’s economy continues on a downward path, partly because fiscal policy is being offset by a tightening of monetary policy. The paper notes that the International Monetary Fund has insisted that Costa...

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Alternatives to Fiscal Austerity in Spain

Weisbrot, Mark; Montecino, Juan Antonio - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010

This paper looks at the planned austerity measures in Spain, the rationale for the spending cuts and tax increases …

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The Budget Deficit Scare Story and the Great Recession

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010

The Great Recession has left tens of millions of families facing unemployment, underemployment and the threat of losing their home. However,concerns over the deficit threaten to derail efforts to turn around the economy and spur employment. This report attempts to correct many of the...

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Inequality as Policy: The United States Since 1979

Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

Since the end of the 1970s, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in economic inequality. While the United States has long been among the most unequal of the world’s rich economies, the economic and social upheaval that began in the 1970s was a striking departure from the movement...

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Job Sharing: Tax Credits to Prevent Layoffs and Stimulate Employment

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

. With this in mind, this Issue Brief describes a job sharing tax credit, designed to provide a quick and substantial boost … to the economy. It would use tax dollars to pay firms to shorten the typical workweek, while keeping pay constant. This … should cause employers to want to hire additional workers. A rough estimate of the impact of this tax credit is between 1 …

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