Dan Beeton

Dan Beeton is international communications director, Alexander Main is senior associate for international policy, and Jake Johnston is research associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Op-Ed

Economy & Labor

Puerto Rico’s Dual Crises Show Its Territorial Status Is the Worst of Both Worlds

Puerto Rico is unable to consider monetary and fiscal policy options.

By: Dan Beeton ,; InsideSources

October 29, 2017

Interview

Escaping Economic Orthodoxy in Latin America

An interview with Ha-Joon Chang on the region's alternatives to the Washington Consensus.

By: Dan Beeton ,; NorthAmericanCongressonLatinAmerica

March 8, 2015

Obama’s Change of Cuba Policy Is Welcome and Long Overdue, Says CEPR Co-Director

News that the Obama administration is “changing its relationship with the people of Cuba” is due to the leftward shift in Latin America that has increasingly isolated the United …

By: Dan Beeton ,; CenterforEconomicandPolicyResearch

December 17, 2014

News Analysis

Argentina Takes on Pirates and Vultures

Might makes right in the financial world, and billionaires can potentially wield more power than countries.

By: Dan Beeton ,; NorthAmericanCongressonLatinAmerica

August 17, 2014

News Analysis

Ten Years After the Coup in Haiti, Democracy Is Still Under Siege

Ten years after the coup d'etat that ousted the democratically-elected government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti, political persecution and repression continue.