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Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
About
From the Center for Economic and Policy Research website:[1]
- "The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people’s lives. In order for citizens to effectively exercise their voices in a democracy, they should be informed about the problems and choices that they face. CEPR is committed to presenting issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better prepared to choose among the various policy options.
- Toward this end, CEPR conducts both professional research and public education. The professional research is oriented towards filling important gaps in the understanding of particular economic and social problems, or the impact of specific policies. The public education portion of CEPR’s mission is to present the findings of professional research, both by CEPR and others, in a manner that allows broad segments of the public to know exactly what is at stake in major policy debates. An informed public should be able to choose policies that lead to improving quality of life, both for people within the United States and around the world.
- CEPR was co-founded by economists Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot. Our Advisory Board includes Nobel Laureate economists Robert Solow and Joseph Stiglitz; Janet Gornick, Professor at the CUNY Graduate School and Director of the Luxembourg Income Study; and Richard Freeman, Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
IFPTE, Local 70
- Employees at CEPR are members of the nonprofit professional employees union IFPTE Local 70. For more information on the union and other organizations belonging to Local 70, visit NPEU.org.
Affiliations
Advisory Board
From the Center for Economic and Policy Research website:[2]
- Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is also the co-chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD, and the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute. A recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979), he is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank and a former member and chairman of the (US president’s) Council of Economic Advisers.
- Robert Solow is an American economist who was awarded the 1987 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his important contributions to theories of economic growth. Solow received a BA (1947), an MA (1949), and a PhD (1951) from Harvard University. He began teaching economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1949, becoming professor of economics there in 1958 and professor emeritus in 1995. He served on the Council of Economic Advisers in 1961–62 and was a consultant to that body from 1962 to 1968.
- Janet Gornick is director of the Stone Center and a professor of political science and sociology at The Graduate Center, CUNY. She attended Harvard University, where she was awarded a BA (psychology and social relations, 1980), an MPA (Kennedy School, 1987), and a PhD (political economy and government, 1994). From September 2006 to August 2016, she served as director of LIS (formerly the Luxembourg Income Study), a cross‐national data archive and research center located in Luxembourg, with a satellite office at The Graduate Center. Since September 2016, she has served as director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Socio‐Economic Inequality. The Stone Center includes the LIS satellite office, known as the US Office of LIS.
- Richard B. Freeman holds the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University. He is currently serving as Faculty co-Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School. He directs the National Bureau of Economic Research / Sloan Science Engineering Workforce Projects, and is Senior Research Fellow in Labour Markets at the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance. Professor Freeman is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science and is currently serving as a member of two panels of the AAAS, The Initiative for Science and Technology, and The Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences. He is a member of two current Panels of the National Academy of Science, The Committee on Assuring a Future US-based Nuclear Chemistry Expertise, and the Committee on National Statistics Panel on Developing Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators for the Future.
Board of Directors
From the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) website:[3]
- Eileen Appelbaum, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC
- Matt Sedlar, IFPTE Local 70 Unit Rep
- Danny Glover, Actor, Producer and Humanitarian
- Gail Hurley, Independent Researcher and Advisor, Sustainable Finance and International Development
- Mark Levinson, Former Chief Economist, Service Employees International Union
- Katherine McFate, President and CEO, Center for Effective Government
- Gila Neta, Epidemiologist and Implementation Scientist
- Isabel Ortiz, Director of the Global Social Justice Program at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University
- Robert Pollin, Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Alison Tate, Director of Economic and Social Policy, ITUC International Trade Union Confederation
- Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC
Our Funders
From the Center for Economic and Policy Research website:[4]
- "CEPR is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. We receive support from individuals (your entire contribution is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law) and foundation grants. Approximately 80% of our funding comes from grants made by foundations. We do not take money from any foreign governments.
- The following organizations currently support CEPR’s work:
- CEPR is also supported by individual donors, whose generosity makes our work possible.
- CEPR is very grateful to the estate of Tracy Mott for his generous $50,000 donation. Tracy was a long time supporter and friend of CEPR and we offer our condolences to his friends and family on the news of his recent passing. Tracy was passionate about economic justice and we promise to honor his memory by continuing our fight against inequality.
PSOL Meets with American Members of Congress
Fernanda Melchionna Facebook Post Dated August 14, 2023 (L-R) Taliria Petrone, Nydia Velazquez, Celia Xakriaba, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Samia Bomfim and Fernanda Melchionna
On August 14, 2023, Fernanda Melchionna posted an image with Nydia Velazquez, Celia Xakriaba, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Taliria Petrone on Facebook:[5]
- "Very important the support of the US congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in defending our mandates. Preliminary reports of the representations against left-wing MPs begin reading on Wednesday at the Ethics Council. Ocasio-Cortez is in Brazil with a delegation of American congressmen who today participated in a technical meeting at the Commission of the Amazon and Native Peoples. She spoke about the need to defeat the extreme right in the world, including defending feminist, left-wing and fighting mandates."
It was reported at The Nation on August 22, 2023 in an article titled "AOC and Democratic Colleagues Learn Lessons From Latin-America’s Resurgent Left"[6] that the tour included Brazil, Chile, and Colombia. Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia Velazquez of New York, Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar of Texas, and Maxwell Frost of Florida, along with Senator Bernie Sanders’s chief of staff, Misty Rebik. The trip was sponsored by the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Member of the FACT Coalition
Center for Economic and Policy Research is a member of the FACT Coalition.[7]
Partner Organization of ProsperUS
Center for Economic and Policy Research is listed as a "Partner Organization" of ProsperUS,[8] a coalition of leftist groups formed during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic to demand massive government spending, including Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" spending bill.[9],[10],[11]
References
- ↑ About Us (accessed April 8, 2024)
- ↑ Advisory Board (accessed April 8, 2024)
- ↑ Board of Directors (accessed April 8, 2024)
- ↑ Our Funders (accessed April 8, 2024)
- ↑ Fernanda Melchionna Facebook Post dated August 14, 2023 (accessed April 7, 2024)
- ↑ AOC and Democratic Colleagues Learn Lessons From Latin-America’s Resurgent Left (accessed April 7, 2024)
- ↑ Steering Committee (accessed August 6, 2022)
- ↑ About (accessed November 21, 2021)
- ↑ ProsperUS Praises House Passage of Build Back Better Bill, Calls for Speedy Senate Passage, No Additional Cuts (accessed November 21, 2021)
- ↑ ProsperUS Urges Swift Passage of Build Back Better Act (accessed November 21, 2021)
- ↑ ProsperUS Coalition: Historic Build Back Better Deal Clear Rejection of Trickle-Down Economics, Big Win for Workers, Families, and Economy (accessed November 21, 2021)