Op-Eds & Columns

Cutting Social Security and Not Taxing Wall Street

Dean Baker
Truthout, May 15, 2013

Destroying the Lair of the Budget-Balancing Cretins

Dean Baker

Al Jazeera English, May 13, 2013

Congress Should Put Down the Gun: End the Debt Ceiling

Dean Baker
The Exchange (Yahoo! Finance), May 10, 2013

Logic Deficit: Why Were Reinhart-Rogoff Ever Taken Seriously?

Dean Baker
Truthout, April 30, 2013

Obama's Slow-Motion Sequester Laid Basis for Sped-Up Version

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 29, 2013

Crashing the 90 Percent Club: The Importance of the Reinhart-Rogoff Error

Dean Baker
Caixin Online, April 23, 2013

Deficits are Bad and the Sun Goes Around the Earth

Dean Baker
Truthout, April 22, 2013

Will Social Security Be Unchained? Attacking the Serious People

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, April 15, 2013

Obama Accepts the Agenda of Misguided Washington Elites

Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), April 11, 2013

March Jobs Report Will End Talk of an Accelerating Recovery

Dean Baker
Politix, April 5, 2013

The Attack on Social Security and Disability: Profiting From Mistakes

Dean Baker
The Exchange (Yahoo! Finance), April 4, 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

Senate Unanimously Votes Against Cuts to Social Security: Media Don’t Notice

Dean Baker
Truthout, March 25, 2013

Worms, Pond Scum and Economists

Dean Baker
Truthout, March 18, 2013

Economists and Future Living Standards

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, March 18, 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

Is the American Jobs Machine Coming Back?

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 8, 2013

The Kids Will Be Rich, Unless Peter Peterson’s Kids Take Their Money

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, March 5, 2013

The Sequester Is President Obama’s Fault

Dean Baker
Truthout, March 4, 2013

Macho Men, Social Security, and the Chained CPI

Dean Baker
Truthout, February 25, 2013

Fix the Debt's Fuzzy Math

Dean Baker
The Nation, February 20, 2013

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

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

Debt-to-GDP Nonsense

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, February 18, 2013

Fix the Debt and a Wall Street Sales Tax

Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, February 12, 2013

Four More Years of 'It Could Have Been Worse'

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, January 22, 2013

The 3 Percent Cut to Social Security, aka the Chained CPI

Dean Baker
Truthout, January 14, 2013

Timothy Geithner: Modern Day Metternich

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 11, 2013

On Budget Cuts, the Political Gap Is Informational, Not Ideological

Dean Baker
The Exchange (Yahoo! Finance), January 9, 2013

Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary

Dean Baker
Truthout, January 8, 2013

Will Japan Lead the Path Away from the Fiscal Cliff?

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, January 7, 2013

Look Beyond the Fiscal Cliff

Dean Baker
CNN, January 2, 2013

The Fiscal Cliff Deal: Who Got Thrown Off?

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 1, 2013

Five Things We Can Do To Help Fix the Economy in 2013

Mark Weisbrot
Raleigh News & Observer (NC), December 27, 2012
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, December 27, 2012
Janesville Gazette (WI), December 27, 2012
Walworth County (WI), December 27, 2012
Boise Idaho Statesman (ID), December 27, 2012
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), December 27, 2012
Bellingham Herald (WA), December 27, 2012
Bradenton Herald (FL), December 27, 2012
Kansas City Star (KS), December 27, 2012
Juneau Empire (AK), December 28, 2012
Athens Banner-Herald (GA), December 28, 2012
Grand Forks Herald (ND), December 28, 2012
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI), December 28, 2012
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), December 29, 2012
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), December 29, 2012
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX), December 29, 2012
Willimantic Chronicle (CT), December 30, 2012
Lawton Constitution (OK), December 30, 2012
Gainesville Times (GA), December 30, 2012
Kokomo Tribune (IN), December 30, 2012
Salt Lake City Deseret News (UT), December 30, 2012
Press of Atlantic City (NJ), January 2, 2012

Free Trade in Medicare: An Alternative to Austerity

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 21, 2012

Antiquated Economic Policy Will Strangle Wealthy Country Growth in 2013

Dean Baker
Valor Econômico (Brazil), December 19, 2012

Em Português

The Bowles and Simpson Traveling Circus

Dean Baker
The Exchange (Yahoo! Finance), December 12, 2012

Profit Share Hits Record High, as Politicians are Distracted by Deficit Dispute

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, December 11, 2012

The Budget Thugs: What Do They Know About the Economy?

Dean Baker
Truthout, December 10, 2012

The Fiscal Cliff and Baby Killing Doctors

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 3, 2012

The Serious People Are on the War Path

Dean Baker
Truthout, December 3, 2012

If the Budget Debate Had a Nate Silver

Dean Baker
Truthout, November 26, 2012

The Deficit Crisis Mongers Go Off the Deep End

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 16, 2012

Employment – Not Deficit Reduction – Should Be the First Priority for Federal Government

Mark Weisbrot
Newsday (NY), November 16, 2012
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, November 15, 2012
Providence Journal (RI), November 15, 2012
Bellingham Herald (WA), November 15, 2012
Anchorage Daily News (AK), November 15, 2012
Bradenton Herald (FL), November 16, 2012
The Huffington Post, November 18, 2012
New London Day (CT), November 18, 2012
Schenectady Gazette (NY), November 18, 2012
Lima News (OH), November 20, 2012
Kansas City Star (KS), November 20, 2012

The Fiscal Cliff Is an Exaggerated Crisis

Alan Barber
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), November 16, 2012

After the Big Day, More of the Same

Dean Baker
Caixin Online, November 14, 2012

The Loss of Housing Wealth

Dean Baker
Boston Review, November 2012

Re-writing the History of the Housing Bubble and the Economic Crisis

Dean Baker
Truthout, November 12, 2012

The Crisis of the Deficit Crisis Mongers

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, November 12, 2012

Saving the Planet or 'Fixing' the Debt

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 8, 2012

The Campaign to Fix the Debt and the Hair Club for Men

Dean Baker
Salon, November 1, 2012

Is the Budget 'Crisis' History?

Dean Baker
Truthout, October 29, 2012

Is President Obama Opting to Lose the Election?

Dean Baker
The Exchange (Yahoo! Finance), October 26, 2012

Americans Would Be Worse Off If Obama Were Defeated

Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), October 25, 2012
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, October 25, 2012
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), October 25, 2012
Bellingham Herald (WA), October 25, 2012
Bradenton Herald (FL), October 25, 2012
Anchorage Daily News (AK), October 25, 2012
Providence Journal (RI), October 25, 2012
Idaho Statesmen (ID), October 25, 2012
Newsday (NY), October 26, 2012
Dallas Morning News (TX), October 26, 2012
Charlotte Observer (NC), October 26, 2012
Merced Sun-Star (CA), October 27, 2012
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), October 27, 2012
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), October 27, 2012
The Gulf Today (Bahrain, UAE), October 27, 2012
Willimantic Chronicle (CT), October 28, 2012
Lawton Constitution (OK), October 28, 2012
Kokomo Tribune (IN), October 28, 2012
Gainesville Times (GA), October 28, 2012
Lima Daily News (OH), October 28, 2012
West Bend Daily News (WI), October 29, 2012
Waukesha Freeman (WI), October 29, 2012
Keene Sentinel (NH), October 29, 2012
Arizona Daily Star (AZ), October 29, 2012

The National Debt and Our Children: How Dumb Does Washington Think We Are?

Dean Baker
Truthout, October 15, 2012

Social Security: President Obama’s Biggest Failure in Last Week’s Debate

Dean Baker
Truthout, October 8, 2012

Economic Policy Makers Do Not Know Which Way Is Up

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 8, 2012

Debt Worries: Economists Fail Arithmetic, Again

Dean Baker
Truthout, September 24, 2012

Does President Obama Want to Cut Social Security by 3 Percent?

Dean Baker
Truthout, September 17, 2012

Deficit Reduction, Wall Street, and Whales

Dean Baker and Ted Boettner
The Charleston Gazette (WV), September 15, 2012

The Erskine Bowles Stock Index and the S&P 500

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 10, 2012

What Jobs Report Means for Voters, Congress, and Federal Reserve

Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), September 7, 2012

Romney Pledges a Fed that Will Screw Workers

Dean Baker
Truthout, August 27, 2012

The $ 1.2 Trillion Health Care Tax

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, August 21, 2012

'Courage' In Washington Doesn’t Have the Same Meaning

Dean Baker
Truthout, August 20, 2012

Does Paul Ryan Know What’s in His Budget?

Dean Baker
Yahoo! Finance, August 17, 2012

Representative Ryan’s Far-Right Agenda: The Media Can’t Take the Truth

Dean Baker
Truthout, August 13, 2012

Will the Romney Campaign Lead Democrats to Adopt Better Economics?

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 13, 2012

Beating Back the CEO Attack on Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 6, 2012

Scare Stories Over Higher Tax Rates Are Just Silly
Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), July 31, 2012

The CEO Plan to Steal Your Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker
Truthout.org, July 30, 2012

Expiration of Bush Tax Cuts for the 1 Percent Are a Step Forward, But Not Enough

Mark Weisbrot
Janesville Gazette (WI), July 26, 2012
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, July 26, 2012
Juneau Empire (AK), July 26, 2012
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), July 26, 2012
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), July 28, 2012
Salinas Californian (CA), July 28, 2012
Lawton Constitution (OK), July 29, 2012
Salt Lake City Deseret News (UT), July 29, 2012
Lincoln Journal-Star (NE), July 29, 2012
Centre Daily Times (PA), July 30, 2012
Northwest Arkansas Times (AR), July 30, 2012
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette(AR), July 30, 2012
Omaha World-Journal (NE), July 31, 2012
Corning Leader (NY), July 31, 2012
Keene Sentinel (NH), August 1, 2012
Press of Atlantic City (NJ), August 1, 2012
Fresno Bee (CA), August 4, 2012
Chatanooga Times Free-Press (AL), August 5, 2012

Wall Street Speculation Tax: A Way to Address Corruption
Dean Baker
Yahoo! Finance, July 9, 2012

The Dirt on Erskine Bowles: The Tame Half of Bowles-Simpson
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 9, 2012

Federal Government Can Restore Full Employment – If Only it Wanted to Do So

Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), July 5, 2012
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, July 5, 2012
Bellingham Herald (WA), July 5, 2012
Bradenton Herald (FL), July 5, 2012
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), July 5, 2012
Janesville Gazette (WI), July 5, 2012
West Hawaii Today (HI), July 7, 2012
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), July 7, 2012
Tuscaloosa News (AL), July 8, 2012
Tampa Tribune (FL), July 8, 2012
Danbury News-Times (CT), July 8, 2012
Salt Lake City Deseret News (UT), July 8, 2012
Centre Daily Times (PA), July 9, 2012
Arizona Daily Star (AZ), July 9, 2012
West Nyack Journal (NY), July 9, 2012
White Plains Journal-News(NY), July 9, 2012
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA), July 21, 2012
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), August 31, 2012

A Wall Street Gambling Tax: The Remedy to Inequality
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 2, 2012

The Story of the Housing Crash Recession That Politicians Don’t Want to Tell
Dean Baker
Yahoo! Finance, June 19, 2012

Will the Fed Rescue the Economy?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 18, 2012

Liberals Working for the Right
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 18, 2012

The Debt is Not a Measure of Generational Burdens
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 12, 2012

Deficit Reduction: The Great Distraction
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 14, 2012

The Human Disaster of Unemployment
Dean Baker and Kevin Hassett
The New York Times, May 12, 2012

Everyone Agrees That the Decline in Private-Sector Pay Has Been Understated
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, May 2, 2012

Budget Bunk: The Old Pox on Both Your Houses Game
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 30, 2012

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

Work Sharing: The Way for States to Reduce Unemployment
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, April 18, 2012

Obama and Romney are Politicians, not Visionaries
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 9, 2012

White House Burning: Putting Out the Wrong Fire
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, March 26, 2012

The Paul Ryan Rorschach Test
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 26, 2012

What’s This “We” Jazz, White Man? Paul Ryan Edition
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 20, 2012

Medicare Costs Too Much and They Better Not Cut It
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 19, 2012

Obama Deserves Credit for the Recovery
Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), March 13, 2012

The Economic Recovery Fad
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 12, 2012

Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Bowles-Simpson Commission Report
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 5, 2012

Revisiting the Second Great Depression and Other Fairy Tales
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 16, 2012

President Obama’s Budget is Disappointing
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, February 13, 2012

Deficit Reduction Won't Create Jobs
Dean Baker
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), February 10, 2012

Debt, Toll Roads and Patents
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 6, 2012

United Kingdom Shows That Austerity Does Not Grow the Economy
Dean Baker
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), January 30, 2012

A Competitive Dollar: The Missing Link in President Obama’s Manufacturing Agenda
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 30, 2012

Invisible Bond Vigilantes Attack the White House
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 24, 2012

U.S. Recovery Hasn’t Done Much for Employment
Mark Weisbrot
The Sacramento Bee (CA), January 19, 2012

Time Is On Our Side: The Survival of Social Security
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 16, 2012

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

Budget Balancers and Global Warmers
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 3, 2012

The Payroll Tax Battle: Winning What We Don’t Really Want
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 19, 2011

Time to Retake Politics from the One Percent in Both Political Parties
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 28, 2011

The Supercommittee of the One Percent Goes Down in Flames
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 23, 2011
En Español

The Supercommittee Should Go Really Big and Turn Against the One Percent
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 21, 2011

The One Percent Turns Class War Into Generational War
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 7, 2011

Supercommittee of the One Percent Won’t Even Think of Taxing Wall Street
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 31, 2011

#OccupyWallStreet: The Real Tea Party
Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), October 19, 2011

Double Dip Nonsense: Excuses for a Pathetic Recovery
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 10, 2011

What Would Keynes Do? Get the Dollar Down
Dean Baker
The Nation, October 6, 2011

Bill Clinton Is Baaaaaaaaack!
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 3, 2011

Stimulus Works, But Only When It Is Big Enough
Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), September 27, 2011

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

The Social Security Tax Cut and the Ignorance of Political Experts
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, September 20, 2011

Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? Is the Washington Post a Criminal Enterprise?
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 19, 2011

How Global Trade Can Rein in Health Costs
Dean Baker and Jagdish Bhagwati
CNN Money, September 16, 2011

Three Things to Love (and a Few More to Hate) About Obama’s Jobs Plan
Dean Baker
The New Republic, September 15, 2011

Does President Obama Want to Impose a Crushing Burden on Our Children?
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 12, 2011

Santa Claus and the S&P Market Crash
Dean Baker
The New Republic, August 27, 2011

President Obama Discovers How Serious the Recession Is
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 29, 2011

Why Is President Obama So Anxious to Cut Social Security?
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 22, 2011

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

Shorter Weeks, Longer Vacations
Dean Baker
Room For Debate (The New York Times), August 16, 2011

The S&P Downgrade Market Plunge Myth
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 15, 2011

President Obama Joins the Cult of Economics Deniers
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 15, 2011

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

The Economic Illiterates Step Up the Attack on Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 8, 2011

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

Debt Ceiling Deal: Wrong Diagnosis Leads to Wrong Treatment for What Ails the Economy
Eileen Appelbaum
Truthout, August 5, 2011

What Everyone Should Know About the “Debt Crisis” in the U.S.
Mark Weisbrot
Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), August 3, 2011
Nieman Watchdog, August 4, 2011
Em Português
En Español

A Fix for the Debt Ceiling That No One Is Talking About
Dean Baker
The New Republic, August 1, 2011

While They Argued Over the Debt Limit
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 1, 2011

The Nonsense Battle Over the Debt Ceiling
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, July 27, 2011

President Obama Doesn't Understand the Origins of the Deficit
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, July 27, 2011

The Payroll Tax Cut: A Stimulus That Progressives Should Oppose
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 25, 2011

Pain with the Consumer Price Index
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 25, 2011

Problems of U.S. Health Care Are Rooted in the Private Sector, Despite Right-Wing Claims
Mark Weisbrot
The Sacramento Bee (CA), July 21, 2011
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, July 20, 2011
Bellingham Herald (WA), July 21, 2011
Centre Daily Times (PA), July 21, 2011
Belleville News-Democrat (IL), July 21, 2011
Juneau Empire (AK), July 22, 2011
Lima Daily News (OH), July 22, 2011
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), July 23, 2011
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), July 23, 2011
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), July 23, 2011
West Hawaii Today (HI), July 23, 2011
Arizona Daily Sun (AZ), July 24, 2011
Lawton Constitution (OK), July 24, 2011
Allentown Morning Call (PA), July 24, 2011
Press of Atlantic City (NJ), July 25, 2011
Youngstown Vindicator (OH), July 27, 2011
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), July 28, 2011
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX), July 29, 2011
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA), July 31, 2011
Kokomo Tribune (IN), July 31, 2011
Orange County Register (CA), August 17, 2011
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA), September 1, 2011

President Obama’s Big Deal: Cuts for Social Security but No Taxes for Wall Street
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 18, 2011

Budget Games: Wall Street Calls The Play for Republicans
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 16, 2011

Budget Blowhards: Why the Budget Debate Is Destined to Become Ever More Painful
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 11, 2011

Economic Illiteracy: Blame the Teachers
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 11, 2011

If It’s Not Different This Time, Why Do We Have Economists?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 5, 2011
En Español

Ron Paul’s Surprisingly Lucid Solution to the Debt Ceiling Impasse
Dean Baker
The New Republic, July 2, 2011

Keep Social Security Safe from Politicians who Want to Save it
Dean Baker
The Des Moines Register, July 3, 2011

Work Sharing: A Full Employment Plan Too Simple for the Wonks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 30, 2011

The Endgame on the Debt Ceiling
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 20, 2011

Creationists, Flat-Earthers, and Deficit Hawks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 10, 2011

Political Advice to Republicans on Medicare
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 6, 2011

Are We Entering the Second Great Depression?
Dean Baker
The New Republic, June 6, 2011

Austerity Measures Will Only Worsen Current Recession
Eileen Appelbaum
AlterNet, June 6, 2011

The Beatification of Senator Simpson
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 31, 2011

Peter Peterson and the Deficit Ostriches
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 23, 2011

Boosting the Economy: The Best Way to Balance the Budget
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 10, 2011

Why Does Senator McCaskill Want to Bankrupt Our Children?
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 2, 2011

If the U.S. Economy Went Off a Cliff Would Anyone Notice?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 2, 2011

It’s the Health Care Stupid
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 26, 2011

Deficit Fever: Loon Tune Time Among the Elite
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, April 26, 2011

The Battle is Over Money, Not Philosophy
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 25, 2011

Budget Deficits, Accounting Identities, and China Bashing
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 22, 2011

Representative Ryan Makes a Clear Case
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 18, 2011

Obama's Focus Should Be on Jobs, Not Deficit
Dean Baker
CNN, April 13, 2011

Paul Ryan in Your Pockets: Government by People Who Hate You
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 11, 2011

Representative Ryan's Valuable Service
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, April 5, 2011

It’s Time for Representative Ryan to Man Up
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 4, 2011

Macho Men are Wrong on Social Security
Dean Baker
The Financial Times, March 30, 2011

The Deficit Hawks Target Nurses and Firefighters
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 28, 2011

The Imaginary World in Which Washington Lives
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 23, 2011

Cutting Spending In this Disastrous Recession Is Just Another Way of Assaulting Working America
Eileen Appelbaum
AlterNet, March 14, 2011

The National Debt, Productivity, and Our Children
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 7, 2011

Public Pensions 101
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 7, 2011

Spending Cuts Won't Help 25 Million Hurting for Jobs
Dean Baker
CNNMoney.com, March 3, 2011

Going Sideways: The Battle Over Budget Cuts
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 28, 2011

Washington Wrecks the Economy: More Evidence
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, February 22, 2011

The Attack Against Social Security: The Power of Incompetence
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 22, 2011

Greenspan’s Incompetence Badgers Wisconsin’s Workers
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 20, 2011

Common Ground with Republicans: Nix NSF Funding for Economics
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, February 18, 2011

Brookings’ “Heckuva Job, Brownie” Moment: Greenspan’s Keynote Address
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 15, 2011

The President as Storyteller-in-Chief
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 14, 2011

Yes, There Are Ways to Reduce Unemployment and Revive the Economy
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), February 3, 2011
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, February 3, 2011
Bellingham Herald (WA), February 3, 2011
Lima News (OH), February 3, 2011
Juneau Empire (AK), February 4, 2011
White Plains Journal News (NY), February 4, 2011
Janesville Gazette (WI), February 5, 2011
Walworth County News (WI), February 5, 2011
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX), February 5, 2011
Times of India, February 6, 2011
Kansas City Star (KS), February 6, 2011
Rock Island Argus (IL), February 6, 2011
Moline Dispatch (IL), February 6, 2011
Arizona Sun (AZ), February 6, 2011
Modesto Bee (CA), February 6, 2011
Denver Post (CO), February 6, 2011
Duluth News Tribune (MN), February 7, 2011
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), February 7, 2011
Youngstown Vindicator (OH), February 9, 2011
Press of Atlantic City (NJ), February 9, 2011
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA), February 13, 2011

State Budget Cuts: Starting at the Top
Dean Baker
Truthout, 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

Debts Should be Honored, Except When the Money is Owed to Working People
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 31, 2011

Decent Wages, Decent Society
Eileen Appelbaum
Boston Review, January/February 2011

Peter Peterson’s Budget Ball
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 24, 2011
The Huffington Post, January 24, 2011

Can Harry Be a Hero?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, January 21, 2011

Making Social Security More Progressive and the Games They Play in Washington
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 18, 2011

The Economists Forgive Themselves
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 15, 2011

Hugh Jidette and Hugh Janus Go to Washington
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 3, 2011

The Unkindest Cut of All
Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) and Eileen Appelbaum
The Hill, December 22, 2010
The Times of Trenton, December 28, 2010

GDP Outlook in 2011 After the Tax Deal
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 21, 2010

Saving Social Security: Stopping Obama’s Next Bad Deal
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 20, 2010

The Tax Deal and the Apocalypse
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 13, 2010

Social Security Tax Cut: A Deal Breaker
Dean Baker
The Hill, December 9, 2010

In Defense of Giving Money to Rich People
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, December 7, 2010

The Deficit Panic, the TARP Financial Collapse and Other End of the World Stories
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 6, 2010

The Green Economy Is Here and It Ain’t Pretty
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 6, 2010

Deficit Distraction Disorder
Dean Baker
AOL News, December 3, 2010

Don’t Touch Social Security: Drive for Cuts Based on Deception
Mark Weisbrot
The Sacramento Bee (CA), December 2, 2010
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, December 2, 2010
Tallahassee Democrat (FL), December 3, 2010
Colombus Dispatch (OH), December 3, 2010
Walworth County (WI), December 4, 2010
Lima News (OH), December 5, 2010
Rock Island Argus (IL), December 5, 2010
Moline Dispatch (IL), December 5, 2010
Charleston Gazette (WV), December 5, 2010
San Francisco Chronicle (CA), December 5, 2010
Bradenton Herald (FL), December 5, 2010
South Bend Tribune (IN), December 5, 2010
Arizona Daily Sun (AZ), December 5, 2010
Spartanburg Herald-Journal (SC), December 5, 2010
Middleton Press (CT), December 6, 2010
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), December 6, 2010
New Haven Register (CT), December 6, 2010
Centreville Daily Times (PA), December 6, 2010
Providence Journal (RI), December 6, 2010
Sioux Falls Argus Leader (SD), December 6, 2010
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA), December 6, 2010
Press of Atlantic City (NJ), December 7, 2010
Saratoga Herald-Tribune (FL), December 10, 2010
Eugene Register-Guard (OR), December 12, 2010
Fresno Bee (CA), December 12, 2010

If China Wants to Pay for Our Vacations, Should We Let Them?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 1, 2010

Deficit Hawks: Substituting Money for Competence
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 29, 2010

Sins of Commissions: What $1 Billion Can't Buy
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 22, 2010

Compromise on Social Security and Medicare? Why My Center-Left Friends are Wrong
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, November 20, 2010

Aqua Buddha and the Number 21
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 15, 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

Deep-Six the Deficit Commission Report
Dean Baker
The New Republic, November 11, 2010

The Deficit Commission’s Parallel Universe
Dean Baker
The Boston Review, November 11, 2010

Democrats Could Fare Even Worse Next Time If They Don’t Fix Economy
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, November 9, 2010

The Wall Street TARP Gang Wants to Take Away Your Social Security
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, November 9, 2010

Quantitative Easing Round II: The Fed’s Second Shot
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 8, 2010

The Deficit Commission Tsunami
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 8, 2010

Failure to Enact Bigger Stimulus Was Fatal Mistake
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), November 4, 2010
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, November 4, 2010
Bellingham Herald (WA), November 4, 2010
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), November 4, 2010
Daily Me.com (ME), November 4, 2010
Northwest Arkansas Times (AR), November 4, 2010
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (AR), November 5, 2010
Juneau Empire (AK), November 5, 2010
Modesto Bee (CA), November 5, 2010
West Nyack Sunday Journal-News (NY), November 5, 2010
White Plains Journal-News (NY), November 5, 2010
Hanford Sentinel (CA), November 5, 2010
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), November 6, 2010
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), November 6, 2010
Press of Atlantic City (NJ), November 7, 2010
Hendersonville Sunday Times-News (NC), November 7, 2010
Spartanburg Sunday Herald-Journal (SC), November 7, 2010
Arizona Sunday Sun (AZ), November 7, 2010
Pueblo Sunday Chieftain & Star-Journal (CO), November 7, 2010
Lawton Sunday Constitution (OK), November 7, 2010
Rock Hill Sunday Herald (SC), November 7, 2010

Erskine Bowles: Social Security's Enemy No. 1?
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 1, 2010

Response to Avishai: Round III
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, October 30, 2010

Why Growth Still Feels Like Recession
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 29, 2010

Obama and the Story of the Great Recession: Rejoinder to Avishai
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, October 28, 2010

Economic Disaster, Krugman and Avishai, and Redefining "Small"
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, October 26, 2010

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

Keeping Fear Alive: The Deficit Hawks Push Their Agenda
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 25, 2010

The DeFazio Congressional Race: Stop Wall Street Before It Kills Again
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, October 20, 2010

Beneficent Counterfeiters and Economic Stimulus
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 12, 2010

The Social Security Pledge Versus the Old Politics
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 11, 2010

Currency Wars and Accounting Identities
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 6, 2010

Sleazy Xenophobia In Pursuit of Social Security Cuts
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 4, 2010

Tax Breaks Are Not Sufficient to Restore Employment
Dean Baker and Sarita Gupta
Common Dreams, October 1, 2010

Extending the Tax Cuts: The Ninety-Eight Percent Solution
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), September 30, 2010
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, September 30, 2010
Bellingham Herald (WA), September 30, 2010
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), September 30, 2010
Daily ME (ME), September 30, 2010
Waukesa Freeman (WI), October 1, 2010
Sioux Falls Argus Leader (SD), October 2, 2010
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), October 2, 2010
Dallas Morning News (TX), October 2, 2010
Spartanburg Sunday Herald-Journal (SC), October 3, 2010
Hendersonville Sunday Times-News (NC), October 3, 2010
Contra Costa Sunday Times (CA), October 3, 2010
Antioch Sunday East County Times (CA), October 3, 2010
Fremont Sunday Argus (CA), October 3, 2010
Pleasanton Sunday Tri-Valley Herald (CA), October 3, 2010
San Mateo Sunday News (CA), October 3, 2010
Oakland Sunday Tribune (CA), October 3, 2010
Spokane Sunday Spokesman-Review (WA), October 3, 2010
Lima Sunday News (OH), October 3, 2010
South Bend Sunday Tribune (IN), October 3, 2010
Arizona Sunday Sun (AZ), October 3, 2010
McAllen Sunday Monitor (TX), October 3, 2010
Macon Sunday Telegraph (GA), October 3, 2010
Juneau Empire (AK), October 4, 2010
Willimantic Chronicle (CT), October 4, 2010
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), October 4, 2010
Orange County Register (CA), October 5, 2010

Are The Politicians Stealing Your Social Security?
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 27, 2010

Forced Busing, the Deficit Commission and Social Security
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 13, 2010

Will Politicians Pay a Price for Leaving 15 Million People Unemployed?
Dean Baker
WashingtonPost.com, September 10, 2010

Ben Bernanke’s Trifecta of Errors
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 8, 2010

Is Defaulting on the National Debt on the Table?
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 7, 2010

Dana Milbank Pays Homage to Alan Simpson's Sexism and Ignorance
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, September 4, 2010

More Stimulus Badly Needed to Create Jobs
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), September 2, 2010
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, September 2, 2010
Bellingham Herald (WA), September 2, 2010
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), September 2, 2010
Daily ME (ME), September 2, 2010
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), September 4, 2010
Wichita Eagle (KS), September 4, 2010
Bradenton Sunday Herald (FL), September 5, 2010
Keene Sunday Sentinel (NH), September 5, 2010
Arizona Sunday Sun (AZ), September 5, 2010
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader (SD), September 5, 2010
Modesto Bee (CA), September 5, 2010
Fort Worth Sunday Star-Telegram (TX), September 5, 2010
Lawton Sunday Constitution (OK), September 5, 2010
Denver Sunday Post (CO), September 5, 2010
Korea Sunday Herald (South Korea), September 5, 2010
Minneapolis Star-Tribune (MN), September 6, 2010
Janesville Gazette (WI), September 6, 2010
Walworth County Sunday (WI), September 6, 2010
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), September 6, 2010
The Orange County Register (CA), September 7, 2010
Lima News (OH), September 7, 2010
Fresno Bee (CA), September 11, 2010
Eugene Register-Guard (OR), September 12, 2010
Allentown Sunday Morning Call (PA), September 12, 2010
Centre Daily Times (PA), September 13, 2010

Senator Simpson’s Quick Budget Quiz
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 30, 2010

Become a Deficit Hawk: You Can Be Offensive, Sexist, and Ignorant
Dean Baker
Firedoglake, August 27, 2010

Senator Simpson: He's Not Just Offensive, He's Ignorant
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, August 25, 2010

Social Security: The Republicans Are Right
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 23, 2010

The Public Pension Outrage and Alan Greenspan’s Pension
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 16, 2010
En Español

Economists: The Missing Heroes of the State and Local Government Pension Crisis
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, August 10, 2010

This Economy Stinks, Yes It Does
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 10, 2010

That Joke About Intergenerational Equity
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 10, 2010

Double-Dip Recessions and the Strange Tale of Final Demand
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 2, 2010

The Budget Deficit Chicken Hawks
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 26, 2010

The Lights Are Out in Washington
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 26, 2010

No Convincing Economic Arguments Against Further Stimulus Spending
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, July 24, 2010

Erskine Bowles and the Price of Ignorance: 335,000 a Year
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, July 15, 2010

The Attack of the Real Black Helicopter Gang: The IMF Is Coming for Your Social Security
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 12, 2010

Time to Put the Deficit Commission Out of Our Misery
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 6, 2010

Republicans: The Party of Unemployment
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 6, 2010

The Right Prescription for an Ailing Economy
Dean Baker
The Nation, June 30, 2010

Boehner Puts Democrats on the Spot
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, June 30, 2010

Is Advice from the IMF Better than Advice from a Drunk in the Street?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 28, 2010
En Español

America Speaks Back: The Effort to Gut Social Security and Medicare Takes a Hit
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, June 28, 2010

Wall Street Congratulates Washington: A Job Well-Done
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 28, 2010

More Stimulus Needed to Reduce Unemployment
Mark Weisbrot
Miami Herald (FL), June 25, 2010
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, June 25, 2010
Sacramento Bee (CA), June 24, 2010
Bellingham Herald (WA), June 24, 2010
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), June 24, 2010
Press of Atlantic City (NJ), June 27, 2010
Youngstown Vindicator (OH), July 6, 2010

Soothing the Spirits of the Restless Bond Market
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 21, 2010

America Speaks Back: Derailing the Drive to Cut Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 21, 2010

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

Overcoming the Debt Trap
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 7, 2010

The TARP and the Deficit Hawks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 1, 2010

Representative Jason Altmire: Job-Killing Deficit Hawk
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 1, 2010

Doing It for Our Children: Cutting Social Security and the BP Oil Spill
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, May 28, 2010

Family Friendly Cuts to Social Security: The Myth of Affluence Testing
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 17, 2010

Derailing the Wall Street Attack on Social Security
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 10, 2010

A Presidency in Peril: Warnings from Robert Kuttner
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, May 4, 2010

Deficit Reduction: Argument by Authority
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 26, 2010

The Deficit and Our Children: Just the Facts
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 26, 2010

The New War on Social Security
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 12, 2010

Wall Street Deficit Hawks Have No Shame
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 12, 2010

Peterson-Pew Commission Uses Jingoism to Advance Budget Agenda
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 4, 2010

The Washington Post: R.I.P.
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 4, 2010

“Commission” is Washingtonspeak for Cutting Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 1, 2009

Hands off Social Security
Dean Baker
USA Today Opinion Blog, April 7, 2009

The Peter G. Peterson Crew Is Coming After Your Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 23, 2009

The Economists Who Missed the Housing Bubble Are Coming After Your Social Security
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), February 13, 2009

Washington Post: The Problem is YOU, Not "We"
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), December 21, 2008

IOUSA: Failed Scare Flick of the Decade
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 1, 2008

Paper Wealth and the Economic Crisis
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, November 28, 2008

Getting to the Root of a Horror Story
Dean Baker
The Oregonian, October 31, 2008

New Film on National Debt Focuses on Wrong Problem
Dean Baker and F. Scott McCown
The Houston Chronicle, October 31, 2008

The Deficit and Health Care Costs
Dean Baker and Murtaza H. Baxamusa
The San Diego Union-Tribune, October 31, 2008

Response to IOUSA Director Patrick Creadon
Dean Baker
October 29, 2008

Peter Peterson’s Bad Economics
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 20, 2008

The Washington Post and Peter Peterson: Two More Reasons to Oppose This Bailout
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), September 25, 2008

Protectionists Warn Over National Debt
Dean Baker
Beat the Press, August 24, 2008

Vicious Ideologue Renews Attack on Social Security
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 21, 2008