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PAPERS, WORKING PAPERS, BRIEFINGS, REPORTS, and FACT SHEETS, etc.

Due to the large numbers of such works, here we provide links to a number of centers that turn out heterodox economic studies on, among other topics, globalization, neoliberalism, imperialism, capitalism, alternatives to capitalism, the environment and sustainable development, poverty, inequality, welfare, health, studies in race, class and gender, etc.

ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Activist oriented reseach, oriented particularly around the issues of A Living Wage, Predatory Lending, Better Schools, Affordable Housing, Community Reinvestment and Utilities

AFL/CIO (American Federation of Labor/ Congress of Industrial Organizations) Oriented toward trade union issues, broadly conceived to include most economic and social justice issues. Hundreds of position papers and papers, on: manufacturing, civil rights, education, global economy, health care, immigrant workers, pensions and savings, social security & medicare, work & family, state legislative issues, congressional voting record, Bush watch, people-powered politics, jobs, overtime pay, living wage, minimum wage, working women, unemployment help, workers' rights, safety & health at work, today's economy, executive pay watch, the Enron story, research resources, stop sweatshops, capital stewardship, and more.

CEPA (Center for Economic Policy Analysis) About 80 working papers here going back to 1996. Downloadable, most in PDF format

CEPR (Center for Economic and Policy Research) About 80 publications here going back to 1996. Also organized by the topics Globalization, Taxing Speculation, IMF/World Bank, WTO, Intellectual Property and Patents, Americas, The Stock Market and the US Economy, Social Security, and Labor Markets and Economic Well Being. Downloadable, most in PDF format

CPE (The Center for Popular Economics) Globalization Briefs and Econ-Atrocity Bulletins Written to economically inform activists. 20 Global Economic Briefs on currently politically important economic concepts and institutions, and scores Econ-Atrocity (or Econ-Utopia) bulletins that discuss very briefly in an accessible way events and data presented in the press.

EPI (Economic Policy Institute) Hundreds of Issue Briefs, Briefing Papers, Papers and Books, many free (except shipping charges), many not free.

FMC (Financial Markets Center) Hundreds of Newsletters, Reports and Papers, organized in: The FOMC Alert, Financial Markets and Society, Beige Book Review and Analysis, Flow of Funds Review and Analysis, Capital Flow Monitor, Community Affairs Monitor, Federal Reserve Research Roundup, Background Reports, Regulatory Issues and Developments, Monitary Policy Developments, Institutional Trends and Issues, and Election Cycles, the Fed,and Financial Markets. Downloadable, in PDF format

GDAE (Global Development and Environment Institute) About 25 Working Papers. Downloadable, most in PDF format

IDEAS (International Development Economics Associates) Hundreds of papers. Archives organized by topics Agriculture, Commodities, Gender Issues, Industry, Macroeconomic Policy, Price & Inflation, Resources, Trade & Payment, Capital Flows, Finance, Human Development, Inequality, Plitical Issues, Pivatisation, Technology and Emplymnet, and World Economy. Current papers organized by News Analysis, Featured Articles, Featured Themes, Country Profiles, Economic Briefs, Alternatives, Focus, Documents and Statistics and Books. Downloadable, most in PDF format.

The Jerome Levy Institute Hundreds of Public Policy Briefs, Strategic Analyses, Working Papers, Policy Notes and Reports. Downloadable, most in PDF format

The National Labor and Economic Development Insitute A South African NGO, its research focuses on South Africa and some on southern Africa. 30 Articles plus back copies of their Policy Bulletins. Downloadable, most in PDF format

PERI (Political Economy Research Institute) About 10 Research Briefs here. Downloadable, most in PDF format

PERI (Political Economy Research Institute) resouce pages on 1) Living Wages and Related Research, 2) Sweatshops and Related Research, and 3) Websites Related to Development, Peace-building,and the Environment

POCLAD (Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy) About 20 Articles and Pamphlets and 2 Books. Oriented toward activists fighting the economic, political, social and environmental domination of society by corporations.