Year Three of the Trump Economy: The US Economy in 2019
Last year was the tenth since the end of the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) and the third of trump’s presidency. Trump came into office...
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- Oct 27, 2019
- 3 min
Restoring Chicago's Economic and Fiscal Health
Ron Baiman, Bill Barclay, Luis Diaz-Perez, Caitlyn Prosapio, June Zaccone March 21, 2015 Complete report is accessible here. Executive...
cpegonline
- Sep 12, 2019
- 5 min
Open Letter to Fran Spielman: Please Correct Your Easy to Relocate Financial Trading Misstatement!
Ms. Fran Spielman City Hall Reporter Chicago Sun Times Sept. 12, 2019 Dear Ms. Spielman, It has come to our attention that in a 9/11/2019...
cpegonline
- Sep 11, 2019
- 1 min
LaSalle St. Tax Q&A
Contrary to claims by financial lobbyists, neither the Traders who would pay it, or the Exchanges who would collect it, could avoid this...
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- Sep 1, 2019
- 1 min
The Great Recession Ten Years On
What has happened to the US economy since the Great Recession - and why? Is the Trump hype of "the best economy ever" really true? Or...
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- Aug 30, 2019
- 1 min
The Standard Economic Theory of Rent is Immoral and Unjustifiable Ideological Fiction
In this paper I will demonstrate: A) that the standard economics theory of rent (and most of the rest of mainstream economics) is...
cpegonline
- Jul 25, 2019
- 1 min
On Debt Updated
Bruce Parry is an independent researcher in Chicago and a member of the Chicago Political Economy Group (CPEG at CPEGonline.org). He...
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- May 6, 2019
- 1 min
The Supply Curve Does Not Generally Exist: So Why is it a Core Concept in Intro Economics Courses?
I frequently start a class discussion of “Supply and Demand” with a simple question to anyone in the class. If you were a pizza producer,...
cpegonline
- Mar 27, 2019
- 1 min
Taming Capital? Three Proposals
Bill Barclay worked in finance for almost a quarter century. He is a founding member of CPEG as well as DSA. He has written extensively...
cpegonline
- Mar 14, 2019
- 1 min
Creating Dollars to Fund the Green New Deal – Taxing Rentiers to Prevent Inflation
CPEG member Ron Baiman 3/13/2019 talk on capitalist, socialist, anti-rentier economics, and a Green New Deal and Marshall Plan at Henry ...
cpegonline
- Feb 28, 2019
- 1 min
Financial Bailout Spending Would Have Almost Paid for Thirty Years of Climate Crisis Mitigation
This paper (edited version published in the Review of Radical Political Economics 52(4) 2020) demonstrates that the money created by the...
cpegonline
- Jan 12, 2019
- 1 min
Democratic Socialism: Is There Really Any Alternative?
Public presentation to the Chicago Ethical Humanist Circle. Link to U-Tube video here: Video of Ron Baiman on Democratic Socialism...
cpegonline
- Dec 7, 2018
- 1 min
Progressive Trade Principles Report
How should progressives think about Trade Policy? In this report CPEG argues that basic principles of international trade should be...
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- Sep 2, 2018
- 1 min
New CPEG Website!
Welcome to the new CPEGOnline.org. On this site you can find our latest news, publications, and contact information, and connect with us...
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- Sep 1, 2018
- 1 min
Taking Action with Allies
You can find CPEG members lending research and speaking expertise to causes of economic justice across the state of Illinois! Contact Us...
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- Aug 31, 2018
- 1 min
New Publications Database
CPEG has now released a publicly accessible database of all Reports, Working Papers, Multimedia, and more dating back to the group's...
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