Comment by pessimizer

> Somewhat meta, but can someone explain what an organization like this CEPR .. actually is?

It's a think tank. They generate good policy and good ways for politicians to explain that policy.

> How do they actually make money?

I've given them money. They've been around for a long time. I'm a big Dean Baker fan.

> All they seem to do is just spend year and year pumping out various "studies" and articles.

You say this as if it were a bad thing.