Op-Eds & Columns

Taxing Vacant Property: A Route to Internal Devaluation

Dean Baker
Project Syndicate, May 13, 2013

Political Corruption and the "Free Trade" Racket

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, April 29, 2013

Profit Shares Hit New Highs, Washington Focuses on Disability

Dean Baker
Truthout, April 1, 2013

Reducing Unemployment: Lessons from Germany

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, April 1, 2013

The London Whale, Cyprus and Washington

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 25, 2013

Why We Need a Financial Speculation Tax

Mark Weisbrot
Kansas City Star (KS), March 14, 2013
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, March 14, 2013
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), March 14, 2013
Bellingham Herald (WA), March 14, 2013
Eugene Register-Guard (OR), March 14, 2013
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), March 14, 2013
Bradenton Herald (FL), March 14, 2013
Anchorage Daily News (AK), March 14, 2013
Middletown Times Herald Record (NY), March 16, 2013
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), March 16, 2013
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), March 16, 2013
Times of India, March 17, 2013
Willimantic Chronicle (CT), March 17, 2013
Lawton Constitution (OK), March 17, 2013
Kokomo Tribune (IN), March 17, 2013
Gainesville Times (GA), March 17, 2013
Rome News-Tribune (GA), March 17, 2013
Salt Lake City Deseret News (UT), March 17, 2013
Centre Daily Times (PA), March 18, 2013
Keene Sentinel (NH), March 18, 2013
White River Valley News (VT), March 18, 2013
Youngstown Vindicator (OH), March 19, 2013
The Epoch Times, March 21, 2013

We Need Job Creation, Not Talk of Debt-to-GDP Ratios

Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), February 20, 2013

European Authorities Still Punishing Greece – Can They Be Stopped?

Mark Weisbrot
Al Jazeera English, February 2, 2013

Europe is Haunted by the Myth of the Lazy Mob

Ha-Joon Chang
The Guardian Unlimited, January 28, 2013

The Deficit Hawks: When Did They Stop Being Wrong About the Economy?

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 28, 2013

Japan’s Fiscal Stimulus: Yes, There Is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch

Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, January 22, 2013

Will Japan Lead the Path Away from the Fiscal Cliff?

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, January 7, 2013

Fighting Back Against the Eurozone Tyrants

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, November 28, 2012

How Could Greece and Argentina – The New 'Debt Colonies' – Be Set Free?

Ha-Joon Chang
The Guardian Unlimited, November 25, 2012

The Wrecking Society: Economics Today

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, October 15, 2012

Arithmetic Trumps Eurozone Politics

Dean Baker
Truthout, October 1, 2012

The Fed, Ben Bernanke, and the Rotten Libor
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, August 7, 2012

How the ECB Came to Control the Fate of the World Economy
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, July 30, 2012
En Español

Germany Is Scared to Throw Greece Out of the Euro
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 30, 2012

Wrong Lessons from Latvia for the Eurozone
Mark Weisbrot
Al Jazeera English, June 14, 2012

IMF Chief Praises Latvian "Success Story" - A Scary Speech for the Eurozone
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 7, 2012

Austerity Has Never Worked
Ha-Joon Chang
The Guardian Unlimited, June 4, 2012

Spain’s Government and European Authorities Bent on Dismantling Welfare State
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 30, 2012

New ILO Leadership Could Push For Better Economic Policies
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 22, 2012

The Jamaicanization of Europe
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 18, 2012
En Español

Jamaica, Greece and Putting the People Before the Creditors
Jake Johnston
Caribbean Journal, May 17, 2012

Greek Voters Give the Boot to Austerity
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 7, 2012

Argentina and the Magic Soybean: The Commodity Export Boom That Wasn’t
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 4, 2012

The United Kingdom Does Austerity So We Don’t Have To
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, May 1, 2012

UK to U.S.: Austerity Not the Best Policy
Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), April 27, 2012

Eurozone Austerity Faces Increasing Political Challenges as Economy Worsens
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 27, 2012

Faith-Based Economics at the European Central Bank
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 11, 2012

Mélenchon Could Change French Politics With Strong Showing
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 10, 2012
En Français

The Iceland Follies: Loony Currency Schemes
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, March 6, 2012

Greece and Those Wild and Crazy Guys at the ECB
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, February 21, 2012

Europe May Be the Biggest Threat to Obama's Re-Election Bid
Mark Weisbrot
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), February 6, 2012

Interview with Mark Weisbrot on the Eurozone: Self-Inflicted Depression
Mark Weisbrot
New Left Project, February 6, 2012

Economists May Contribute to a “Lost Decade” for America
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, January 10, 2012

The ECB’s High Wire Act
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, December 22, 2011

The Eurozone Crisis Is Not About Market Discipline
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, December 19, 2011

Europe’s Crisis and Latvia’s “Success”
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, December 15, 2011

Eurozone Crisis Enters New Phase as ECB Fights Europe for Austerity
Mark Weisbrot
Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), December 7, 2011
Em Português

Will an Incompetent European Central Bank be Allowed to Wreck the World Economy?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 5, 2011

What Should the Fed Do Next?: It Has to Be More Aggressive
Dean Baker
The New York Times (Room for Debate), November 30, 2011

It's Getting Real in the Eurozone: Self-Inflicted Recession Threatens World Economy
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, November 29, 2011

Time for the Fed to Take Over the European Central Bank’s Job
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, November 28, 2011

Will the Euro be Destroyed by Ideologues?
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, November 17, 2011

Brazil Should Include Conditions for Any Funds Going to the IMF or Europe
Mark Weisbrot
Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), November 9, 2011
Em Português

Europe’s Crisis Worsens Due to Economic Mismanagement, Especially by ECB
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, November 9, 2011
En Español

If the Greek People Got to Negotiate Directly with the ECB and the IMF
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 8, 2011

The Spurious Case Against a Financial Transactions Tax
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, November 2, 2011

Occupy the European Central Bank
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, November 1, 2011

Trichet’s Rein at the ECB: No Party for Europe
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 24, 2011

Argentina's Economic Success is Key to Presidential Election
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, October 22, 2011

BRICS Countries Would Not Help Europe By Supporting Current Policy
Mark Weisbrot
Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), September 27, 2011
Em Português

Eurozone Has A Crisis of Policy Failure, Not Debt
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 27, 2011

Why Don’t the Deficit Hawks Want to Tax Wall Street?
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 26, 2011

Can China Save the World Economy?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 22, 2011

Brazil’s “Independent” Central Bank: “Independent From Whom?”
Mark Weisbrot
Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), September 14, 2011
Em Português

How Long Will We Tolerate an Incompetent Cult Running Central Banks?
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, August 22, 2011

U.S. and Europe: Slow Strangulation is Much More Likely Than Financial Catastrophe
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, August 17, 2011

Why We Aren't Like Greece
Dean Baker
The Nation, August 10, 2011

Will the Popular Movements Teach the European Central Bank Economics?
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, August 8, 2011
En Español

The Struggle Against Stupidity: European and U.S. Governments Continue Wrecking Their Economies
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, August 5, 2011

Why the Euro is Not Worth Saving
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, July 11, 2011
En Español

Non-Violent Protest Works – That's Why "The Audacity Of Hope" Is Being Held Up in Greece
Mark Weisbrot
Al Jazeera English, June 30, 2011

European Authorities Risking Financial Contagion in Greek Showdown; Where Is the U.S. Government?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 25, 2011

When Did the IMF Learn About the Economy?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 20, 2011

Greek Protesters Are Better Economists Than the European Authorities
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 17, 2011

There's a Right Way and a Wrong Way to Deal With a Jobs Crisis — Why Is Germany Doing It So Well?
John Schmitt
AlterNet, May 30, 2011

Eurozone’s Periphery Needs to Challenge Right-Wing European Authorities
Mark Weisbrot
The Nation, June 6, 2011 Edition

Strauss-Kahn’s Legacy at the IMF: Less Than Meets the Eye?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 19, 2011

Can the Greek People Teach the ECB Economics?
Dean Baker
May 19, 2011, International Relations and Security Network

A Response to Krugman on Greece and the Euro
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 13, 2011

Why Greece Should Reject the Euro
Mark Weisbrot
The New York Times, May 10, 2011
En Español

Robin Hood: A Tax Whose Time Has Come
Ha-Joon Chang and Duncan Green
The Guardian Unlimited, April 19, 2011

IMF’s Rhetoric Still Far from Its Policies
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 18, 2011
En Español

Tyranny of the Central Bankers
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, April 18, 2011

Evidence of Intelligent Life at the IMF
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 15, 2011

The Wrong Crisis
Dean Baker
Boston Review, February 7, 2011

The U.K. Does Austerity So the U.S. Doesn’t Have To: Round II
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 1, 2011

Spain’s Troubles are Tied to Eurozone Policies
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, January 29, 2011
En Español

The European Central Bank Sinks Ireland
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 22, 2010

European Authorities Pushing Ireland Down the Wrong Track
Who Are The Real PIIGS?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, November 19, 2010

Trade Flows and Currency Values for the G-20
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 15, 2010

G-20 Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Bad Macroeconomic Policies, Especially in the High Income Countries, Are the Main Threat to World Economic Recovery
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, November 12, 2010

The U.K. Swallows Austerity So We Don’t Have To
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 25, 2010

French Protesters Have It Right: No Need to Raise Retirement Age
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, October 20, 2010
En Francais

The Majority of the World’s Countries Can Change the IMF
Mark Weisbrot
The New York Times/International Herald Tribune, October 7, 2010

Looking Grim: The Prospects for Recovery in Europe
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, September 9, 2010

Wrong Lessons Drawn From Germany's Recovery
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, August 30, 2010
Pagina 12 (Argentina), September 12, 2010
En Español

Hungary’s Defiance of IMF and European Authorities Scares the Guardians of Austerity in Europe
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, August 9, 2010

European Authorities Taking Advantage of “Crisis” To Enact Regressive “Reforms”
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, July 9, 2010
En Español

Comparisons Between U.S., Greece Are Overblown
Dean Baker
The Hill, June 15, 2010

Bad Economic Policy Still Biggest Threat to Global Economic Recovery
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 11, 2010

The Cult of Subprime Central Bankers
Dean Baker
Huffington Post, May 27, 2010

Eurozone Crisis is Self-Inflicted, with Help from Financial Markets
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 26, 2010

How Do You Spell “Success”? A Look At “Internal Devaluation” in Greece, Latvia, and Argentina
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 18, 2010

The European Union’s Dangerous Game
Mark Weisbrot
The New York Times, May 12, 2010

Venezuela Is Not Greece
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 6, 2010
En español

The Greek Crisis and Our Parents’ Economics
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 3, 2010

Greek Austerity Should Include a Tax Amnesty
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, May 3, 2010

Baltic Countries Show What Greece May Look Forward To If It Follows EC/IMF Advice
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 28, 2010

IMF Changing Slowly, But How Much?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 1, 2010

PIIGS Countries Being Led to the Slaughter, Should Re-Think Euro
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, March 25, 2010

When the U.S. Becomes Greece: Drivel from the Deficit Hawks
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 15, 2010

It Isn’t a Financial Crisis #76,845
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 8, 2010

The Economy Is a Disaster: We Should Fix It
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 19, 2010

Latvia Shows the Damage That Far Right Economic Policy Can Do – With Support from the European Union and IMF
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, January 15, 2010

Stealth Move in Washington Aims to Get $100 Billion for IMF Without Congressional Debate
Mark Weisbrot   
The Guardian Unlimited, May 13, 2009

IMF Shouldn't Get Money Without Reform
Mark Weisbrot   En español
New York Times and International Herald Tribune, April 24, 2009

It's the Global Economy (Stupid) or Is It?
Mark Weisbrot   En español
The Guardian Unlimited, April 8, 2009

Europe's Leaders Must Say "Stimulus"
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, April 2, 2009

G-20: Welcome to the Multi-Polar World
Mark Weisbrot  
The Guardian Unlimited, April 1, 2009

"Buy Keynesian"
John Schmitt
Alternet, February 15, 2009

The G-20 and Biological Warfare
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 10, 2008

Ripping Off European Investors: The Great American Pastime
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 27, 2008

U.S.-Russian Relations: Current Tensions Reflect Past Foreign Policy Failures
Mark Weisbrot
PostGlobal (Washington Post), August 29, 2008

Victories on the Left
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 3, 2007

The Real Economic Crisis
Dean Baker and John Schmitt
The Guardian Unlimited, October 14, 2007

Nobel Prize Economist James Heckman Praises Paper on the European Welfare State and Unemployment
James Heckman
Capitalism and Society, 2007

Wolfowitz and the Bank
Mark Weisbrot
The Nation, June 11, 2007

Economic Misinformation Plays a Major Role in French Election
Mark Weisbrot   En Français
WashingtonPost.com, April 26, 2007