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1 week ago | 
cepr.net | Data Bytes |Pedro Herrera |Greg Grandin |Mark Weisbrot
President Noboa Wins the Runoff ElectionOn April 13, incumbent President Daniel Noboa, with 55 percent of the vote, defeated progressive candidate Luisa González (with 44 percent of the vote) in the presidential runoff election. The results surprised both camps, as neither had anticipated Noboa’s decisive 11-point victory over González.
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3 weeks ago | 
cepr.net | Data Bytes |Dean Baker |Mark Weisbrot
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are making corruption and graft the main business of the U.S. government. They have fired all the cops who might try to rein them in and attacked any of the judges, politicians, or reporters who object to them stealing everything in sight. In this vein, it was entertaining to see reports that Elon Musk has plans to bid on, and presumably get, the contract for building Donald Trump’s “Iron Dome” system for the United States.
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1 month ago | 
miamiherald.com | Greg Grandin |Mark Weisbrot
Ecuadorians will return to the polls this Sunday for a decisive presidential runoff between the right-wing incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist challenger Luisa González. The closely contested race follows a first-round election in February where neither candidate secured the required majority, with Noboa receiving 44.17% of the vote and González 44%.
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1 month ago | 
cepr.net | Data Bytes |Greg Grandin |Mark Weisbrot |Pedro Herrera
Ecuadorians go to the polls Sunday in what is expected to be a close runoff election between incumbent president Daniel Noboa and left-leaning challenger Luisa González. Polls show the two candidates in a statistical tie, with some polls giving González a slight lead and some showing Noboa ahead.
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1 month ago | 
cepr.net | Data Bytes |Greg Grandin |Mark Weisbrot |Pedro Herrera
Ecuadorians will return to the polls this Sunday for a decisive presidential runoff between the right-wing incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist challenger Luisa González. The closely contested race follows a first-round election in February where neither candidate secured the majority, with Noboa receiving 44.17% of the vote and González 44%.
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1 month ago | 
cepr.net | Data Bytes |Pedro Herrera |Greg Grandin |Mark Weisbrot
Elections and DebateEcuador’s April 13 runoff presidential election is fast approaching, with conservative incumbent Daniel Noboa and progressive candidate Luisa González tied at 44 percent in last month’s first round. Ahead of the runoff, the National Electoral Council (CNE) launched the official 18-day campaign period — the only time candidates are allowed to campaign — with a presidential debate on March 23.
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2 months ago | 
cepr.net | Data Bytes |Dean Baker |Mark Weisbrot |Emma Curchin
Good followers of Donald Trump have to believe an increasingly large collection of ridiculous lies. First and foremost, they have to believe that the 2020 election was stolen. Then they have the corollary, that January 6th was an inside job pulled off for some reason by the FBI. Of course, they have to believe global warming isn’t happening and apparently now that that Ukraine started its war with Russia.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
cepr.net | Data Bytes |Dean Baker |Mark Weisbrot |Jake Johnston
From their first three weeks on the job it sure looks like the DOGE gang, rather than being about government efficiency, can better be described as “BOZOs,” boys out of the zoo and in the open. Almost nothing they have done appears in any obvious way to be about promoting efficiency. Their actions seem almost entirely designed to promote confusion and corruption. Starting at the beginning, Trump began his new term by firing 17 inspector generals (IG).
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
manilatimes.net | Joseph Stiglitz |Mark Weisbrot
NEW YORK — In August 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued $209 billion to developing countries in the form of special drawing rights (SDRs), which are the institution's reserve asset. SDRs are much like cash because recipient governments can convert them to hard currency. As such, they are a highly effective tool, and the IMF can and should make greater use of them.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
gulf-times.com | Joseph Stiglitz |Mark Weisbrot
In August 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued $209bn to developing countries in the form of special drawing rights (the IMF’s reserve asset). SDRs are much like cash, because recipient governments can convert them to hard currency. As such, they are a highly effective tool, and the IMF can and should make greater use of them. While the 2021 issuance helped billions of people around the world, hundreds of thousands of Americans also benefited – and would do so again.
