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
Debt Derangement
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, May 6, 2013
The Post Reinhart-Rogoff World: Fiscal Policy Without Fear
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 7, 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
The London Whale, Cyprus and Washington
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 25, 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
Big Bank Immunity: When Do We Crack Down on Wall Street?
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 11, 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
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
Minimum Wage: Who Decided Workers Should Fall Behind?
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 18, 2013
Does Government Need to Do More?
Dean Baker
Room for Debate (The New York Times), February 11, 2013
Fix the Debt and a Wall Street Sales Tax
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, February 12, 2013
The Deficit: Why We Should Make It Grow
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 8, 2013
Europe is Haunted by the Myth of the Lazy Mob
Ha-Joon Chang
The Guardian Unlimited, January 28, 2013
Timothy Geithner Saved Wall Street, not the Economy
Dean Baker
Truthout, 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
Aaron Swartz, Financial Fraud, and the Justice Department
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 21, 2013
Four More Years of 'It Could Have Been Worse'
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, January 22, 2013
Jack Lew: More of the Same at Treasury
Dean Baker
Caixin Online, January 17, 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
Who Said That Treasury Secretaries Have to Come From Wall Street? How About Paul Krugman?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, January 5, 2013
Leave Social Security Alone; It’s Irrelevant to the Deficit
Dean Baker
Room for Debate (The New York Times), January 2, 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
There is No Santa Claus and Bill Clinton Was Not an Economic Savior
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 25, 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
Did Social Security and Medicare Crash the Economy?
Dean Baker
The Exchange (Yahoo! Finance), November 26, 2012
If the Budget Debate Had a Nate Silver
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 26, 2012
The Shrill and the Serious
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 19, 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
Romney’s Global Warming Joke Should Haunt Him
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 5, 2012
The Campaign to Fix the Debt and the Hair Club for Men
Dean Baker
Salon, November 1, 2012
Inequality: The Silly Tales Economists Like to Tell
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, October 30, 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
Obama's Biggest Failure
Dean Baker
Caixin Online, October 23, 2012
Clinton Criticizes Voters for Not Appreciating the Great Economy He’s Given Them
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 22, 2012
The Wrecking Society: Economics Today
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, October 15, 2012
The National Debt and Our Children: How Dumb Does Washington Think We Are?
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 15, 2012
Jack Welch Has No Clue About Jobs Numbers
Dean Baker
CNN Opinion, October 10, 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
'The Great American Tax Debate' Misses the Point
Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), September 19, 2012
Economic Growth Isn’t About ‘Makers’ vs. ‘Takers’
Dean Baker
Yahoo! Finance, September 19, 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
U.S.–China Trade in a Time of Economic Weakness
Dean Baker
China/U.S. Focus, September 14, 2012
Moody’s Shows It Has Political Agenda for U.S. Fiscal Policy
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 13, 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’s Success at Bain Capital: The Business as Scam Model
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 4, 2012
Minimum Wage Raise is the Least We Can Do to Civilize America
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), August 30, 2012
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, August 28, 2012
Bellingham Herald (WA), August 30, 2012
Bradenton Herald (FL), August 30, 2012
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), August 30, 2012
Anchorage Daily News (AK), August 30, 2012
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), August 31, 2012
Wichita Eagle (KS), August 31, 2012
The Gulf Today (Bahrain/UAE), September 1, 2012
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), September 1, 2012
Salinas Californian (CA), September 1, 2012
Lawton Constitution (OK), September 2, 2012
Kokomo Tribune (IN), September 2, 2012
Nashua Telegraph (NH), September 2, 2012
La Crosse Tribune (WI), September 2, 2012
Denver Post (CO), Septmeber 2, 2012
Marshfield News-Herald (WI), September 3, 2012
Sturgeon Bay Door County Advocate (WI), September 3, 2012
Fond du LAC Reporter (WI), September 3, 2012
Stevens Point Journal (WI), September 3, 2012
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune (WI), September 3, 2012
Wassau Daily Herald (WI), September 3, 2012
Sheboygan Press (WI), September 3, 2012
Oshkosh Northwestern (WI), September 3, 2012
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (WI), September 3, 2012
Appleton Post-Crescent (WI), September 3, 2012
Green Bay Press-Gazette (WI), September 3, 2012
Las Vegas Sun (NV), September 3, 2012
Youngston Vindicator (OH), September 3, 2012
Louisville Courier-Journal (KY), September 3, 2012
Northwest Arkansas Times (AR), September 3, 2012
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (AR), September 3, 2012
Omaha World-Journal (AR), September 3, 2012
Arizona Daily Star (AZ), September 3, 2012
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), September 3, 2012
Keene Sentinel (NH), September 4, 2012
En Español
Report: In Tough Job Market, Workers Reluctant to Take Sick Leave
Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), August 29, 2012
Doctors Remove Bullet From Victim's Head, Seek to Determine Cause of Death
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, August 27, 2012
Romney Pledges a Fed that Will Screw Workers
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 27, 2012
Report Gives New Insight in the Decline of the Middle Class
Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), August 25, 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
The Fed, Ben Bernanke, and the Rotten Libor
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, August 7, 2012
Tiny Tax Would Make a Big Difference
Dean Baker
The New York Times (Room for Debate), August 7, 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
Housing Bubbles Are Not Funny
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, July 24, 2012
Raising the Minimum Wage Is Cheap and Easy
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 23, 2012
An Increase in the Minimum Wage Is Long Overdue
Nicole Woo
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), July 20, 2012
We Need More QE in Order to Increase Employment
Mark Weisbrot
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), July 20, 2012
Technology and Inequality: The Happy Myth
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 16, 2012
California Gold Rush? Righting Underwater Mortgages
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 16, 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
Leisure Beats Unemployment
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 3, 2012
A Wall Street Gambling Tax: The Remedy to Inequality
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 2, 2012
Will Global Warming Do in Mitt Romney?
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, July 1, 2012
The Regulation Monster
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 25, 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
The Return of the Demographic Crisis
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, June 13, 2012
Fed Survey Shows Middle Class Took a Big Hit
Dean Baker
CNN, June 13, 2012
The Debt is Not a Measure of Generational Burdens
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 12, 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
Bad Jobs Report Distracts from the Real Bad Economic News
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 4, 2012
If Facebook Falls on Its Face
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 22, 2012
Mortgage and Securitization Fraud: Where’s the Task Force?
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 21, 2012
Tax Plan Attacked by Big Business
Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), May 15, 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
Mitt Romney's Partner in Crime: Ed Conard's Unintended Consequences
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, May 2, 2012
Everyone Agrees That the Decline in Private-Sector Pay Has Been Understated
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, May 2, 2012
The United Kingdom Does Austerity So We Don’t Have To
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, May 1, 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
Bad Economic News: Worrying About the Weather
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 26, 2012
Republicans' "War on Women" Backfires
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), April 19, 2012
The Son of the Housing Bubble: First-Time Homebuyers Tax Credit
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, April 18, 2012
Work Sharing: The Way for States to Reduce Unemployment
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, April 18, 2012
The War on Public Sector Workers
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 16, 2012
Low-Wage Jobs to Blame for Slow Economic Recovery
Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), April 10, 2012
Obama and Romney are Politicians, not Visionaries
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 9, 2012
The Weather and the U.S. Economy
Dean Baker
Caixin Online, 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
Bank of America Shows Fannie Mae How to Build a Better Mouse Trap
Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), March 23, 2012
The Rent Is Too Damn High: Apple Edition
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, March 21, 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
Work Sharing: A Creative Way to Avoid Unemployment
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 27, 2012
Work Sharing Provision an Essential Part of Payroll Tax Cut Bill
Dean Baker
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), February 17, 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
Mortgage Settlement Lets Banks Off the Hook, Again
Dean Baker
CNN, February 13, 2012
Deficit Reduction Won't Create Jobs
Dean Baker
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), February 10, 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
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
Do Progressives Have to Be Loser Liberals?
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, January 24, 2012
U.S. Recovery Hasn’t Done Much for Employment
Mark Weisbrot
The Sacramento Bee (CA), January 19, 2012
A Heaping Helping of Ridicule for the Fed, Please
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 18, 2012
Time Is On Our Side: The Survival of Social Security
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 16, 2012
The Housing Bubble and What Greenspan Should Have Done
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, January 11, 2012
Economists May Contribute to a “Lost Decade” for America
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, January 10, 2012
The Bogus Case Against the Minimum Wage Hike
Dean Baker and John Schmitt
Salon, January 4, 2012
Budget Balancers and Global Warmers
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 3, 2012
Keystone Jobs Versus Competitive Dollar Jobs
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 2, 2012
The ECB’s High Wire Act
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, December 22, 2011
The Payroll Tax Battle: Winning What We Don’t Really Want
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 19, 2011
The Eurozone Crisis Is Not About Market Discipline
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, December 19, 2011
Economic Conflicts with China and Class War in the United States
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 12, 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
Protesters Reflect Vast Majority on 99 Percent of Most Major Issues
Mark Weisbrot
The Sacramento Bee (CA), December 1, 2011
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, December 1, 2011
Belleville News-Democrat (IL), December 1, 2011
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), December 1, 2011
Bellingham Herald (WA), December 1, 2011
Juneau Empire (AK), December 2, 2011
Northwest Arkansas Times (AR), December 2, 2011
Arkansas Democrat Gazette (AR), December 2, 2011
Hanford Sentinel (CA), December 2, 2011
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), December 3, 2011
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), December 3, 2011
Stockton Record (CA), December 3, 2011
Arizona Daily Sun (AZ), December 3, 2011
Modesto Bee (CA), December 3, 2011
Times of India, December 3, 2011
Lima News (OH), December 4, 2011
Belleville News-Democrat (IL), December 4, 2011
Lawton Constitution (OK), December 4, 2011
Anniston Star (AL), December 4, 2011
Centre Daily Times (PA), December 5, 2011
Arizona Daily Star (AZ), December 5, 2011
Palm Beach Post (FL), December 5, 2011
Keene Sentinel (NH), December 5, 2011
Youngstown Vindicator (OH), December 6, 2011
Chicago Tribune (IL), December 6, 2011
En Español
What Should the Fed Do Next?: It Has to Be More Aggressive
Dean Baker
The New York Times (Room for Debate), November 30, 2011
Time to Retake Politics from the One Percent in Both Political Parties
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 28, 2011
Time for the Fed to Take Over the European Central Bank’s Job
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, 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 Myth of the Wealthy Elderly
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 14, 2011
The One Percent Turns Class War Into Generational War
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 7, 2011
The Spurious Case Against a Financial Transactions Tax
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, November 2, 2011
Secret of the Flat Tax: Middle Class Pays More So Rich Pay Less
Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), November 1, 2011
Occupy the European Central Bank
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, November 1, 2011
Supercommittee of the One Percent Won’t Even Think of Taxing Wall Street
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 31, 2011
A Generation of CEOs Who Don’t Know How to Raise Wages
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 24, 2011
Trichet’s Rein at the ECB: No Party for Europe
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 24, 2011
A Growing Disparity
John Schmitt
The Debate Room (Bloomberg), October 21, 2011
Regulation Is the Cause of Unemployment: Badge of Ignorance
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, October 21, 2011
#OccupyWallStreet: The Real Tea Party
Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), October 19, 2011
Dodd-Frank Brings Transparency to Financial Industry
Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), October 17, 2011
En Español
Democracy Versus Bankers at the Fed
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 17, 2011
Double Dip Nonsense: Excuses for a Pathetic Recovery
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 10, 2011
Like Europe, Americans Waiting for "Democracy In the Streets" to Force Policy Change
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, October 7, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Gets What the 'Very Serious People' Have Missed for 30 Years
John Schmitt
AlterNet, October 6, 2011
What Would Keynes Do? Get the Dollar Down
Dean Baker
The Nation, October 6, 2011
Steve Jobs and Alan Greenspan
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, October 5, 2011
Bill Clinton Is Baaaaaaaaack!
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 3, 2011
Eurozone Has A Crisis of Policy Failure, Not Debt
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 27, 2011
Stimulus Works, But Only When It Is Big Enough
Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), 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
The Social Security Tax Cut and the Ignorance of Political Experts
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, September 20, 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
Lehman Three Years Later: What We Haven’t Learned
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 12, 2011
The Corrupt Arithmetic of the Federal Reserve Board
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, September 9, 2011
Georgia Works May Work, But It Sure Doesn’t Pay
Eileen Appelbaum
Truthout, September 8, 2011
The Trick to Creating Middle Class Jobs: Stop Destroying Them
Dean Baker
Room for Debate (The New York Times), September 6, 2011
Getting Those Republican Attacks Right
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 6, 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
Work Sharing is the Answer
Dean Baker
The American Prospect, August 10, 2011
India's Exports Vital for the U.S.
Dean Baker
Financial Chronicle, August 7, 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
Will the U.S. Credit Rating Be Downgraded? Does the Norwegian Lunatic Killer Like Americans?
Dean Baker
Truthout, 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
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
Obama's Jobs Council, Stacked with Business Honchos, Offers Nothing But Political Theater
John Schmitt
AlterNet, July 5, 2011
Central Banks and Budget Deficits
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, July 6, 2011
The Employer Payroll Tax Cut
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 5, 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
Right to Rent: Will the Obama Administration Finally Fix Housing?
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 27, 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
The Endgame on the Debt Ceiling
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 20, 2011
Greek Protesters Are Better Economists Than the European Authorities
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 17, 2011
Fed Needs Accountability, Not Secrecy, Starting at the Top
Mark Weisbrot
The Sacramento Bee (CA), June 16, 2011
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, June 16, 2011
Bellingham Herald (WA), June 16, 2011
Juneau Empire (AK), June 17, 2011
WCLO-AM 1230 (WI), June 18, 2011
Walworth County Today (WI), June 18, 2011
Janesville Gazette (WI), June 18, 2011
Duluth News-Tribune (MN), June 18, 2011
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), June 18, 2011
Fresno Bee (CA), June 18, 2011
Modesto Bee (CA), June 18, 2011
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), June 18, 2011
Deseret News (UT), June 19, 2011
The Oregonian (OR), June 19, 2011
Merced Sun-Star (CA), June 19, 2011
Lawton Constitution (OK), June 19, 2011
Lewiston Sun-Herald (ME), June 19, 2011
Centre Daily Times (PA), June 20, 2011
Youngstown Vindicator (OH), June 21, 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
Paid Sick Days: A Win for Employees and the Economy
Eileen Appelbaum
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, 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
Bernie Sanders Tries Some Clear Thinking on Prescription Drugs
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 31, 2011
The Beatification of Senator Simpson
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 31, 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
Peter Peterson and the Deficit Ostriches
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 23, 2011
The Stimulus Did Not Create Jobs: The 35,496th Try
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, May 17, 2011
Boosting the Economy: The Best Way to Balance the Budget
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 10, 2011
Women’s Employment in Recession and Recovery
Eileen Appelbaum
AlterNet, May 10, 2011
Job Creation the Old Economic Textbook Way: Reducing the Value of the Dollar
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, May 2, 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
Sick Days for Healthy Recovery
Eileen Appelbaum and Lonnie Golden
The Philadelphia Business Journal, April 29, 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
Robin Hood: A Tax Whose Time Has Come
Ha-Joon Chang and Duncan Green
The Guardian Unlimited, April 19, 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
What is Hard to Understand About Firing Economists?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 12, 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
The Great Jobs Report Celebration
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, 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
Congress Must Debate U.S. Going to War in Libya
Mark Weisbrot
The Sacramento Bee (CA), March 24, 2011 En Español
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, March 24, 2011
Bellingham Herald (WA), March 24, 2011
Modesto Bee (CA), March 24, 2011
Merced Sun-Star (CA), March 24, 2011
Juneau Empire (AK), March 25, 2011
Centre Daily Times (PA), March 25, 2011
Walworth County News (WI), March 26, 2011
Janesville Gazette (WI), March 26, 2011
Fresno Bee (CA), March 26, 2011
Sioux Falls Argus Leader (SD), March 26, 2011
West Nyack Journal (NY), March 27, 2011
White Plains Journal News (NY), March 27, 2011
Deseret News (UT), March 27, 2011
Youngstown Vindicator (OH), March 28, 2011
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA), March 29, 2011
The Imaginary World in Which Washington Lives
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 23, 2011
Japan’s Earthquake May Shake World Economy
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 22, 2011
Evidence of Intelligent Life at the IMF
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 15, 2011
Cutting Spending In this Disastrous Recession Is Just Another Way of Assaulting Working America
Eileen Appelbaum
AlterNet, March 14, 2011
The Key to Rebuilding Workers’ Power: Unrig the Rules
Dean Baker
Truthout, 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
Our Economic Pain Is Coming from Big Industry CEOs, Not Public Employees' Unions
John Schmitt
AlterNet, February 23, 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
If Progressives Wanted to Win
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 7, 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 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
Debts Should be Honored, Except When the Money is Owed to Working People
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 31, 2011
Should the United States Dissolve Its Government-Sponsored Enterprises?
Dean Baker
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 23, 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
The Real Battle With China: Goldman Sachs versus American Workers
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 23, 2011
Can Harry Be a Hero?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, January 21, 2011
The Tidal Wave of Nonsense on Demography
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 20, 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
The Progressive Case Against Obama’s New Team
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 10, 2011
How Many Economists Does it Take to See an $8 Trillion Housing Bubble?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 5, 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
Shared Sacrifice: Where's Wall Street's Share?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, December 19, 2010
Peter Orszag Goes to Citigroup and the Prospects for Tax Reform
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 14, 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
Beating Up On Brad DeLong
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, November 28, 2010
'Bailout' Capitalism: Two Years On
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, November 25, 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
Rare Earth Materials and China: Housing Bubble Deniers Get Another One Wrong
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, October 19, 2010
Mortgage Mayhem: Fairy Tales on the Housing Market
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 18, 2010
Foreclosure Moratorium: Cracking Down on Liar Liens
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 18, 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
The Bipartisan Attack on Medicare
Dean Baker
The American Prospect, October 11, 2010
Inside Job: The Antidote to the TARP Celebrations
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, October 8, 2010
The Majority of the World’s Countries Can Change the IMF
Mark Weisbrot
The New York Times/International Herald Tribune, October 7, 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
Foreclosure Funny Business: Banks Work Under Different Rules
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 27, 2010
Are The Politicians Stealing Your Social Security?
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 27, 2010
Right-wing Upsurge in U.S.: Less than Meets the Eye?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 22, 2010
The Terrible Tale of the TARP Two Years Later
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 20, 2010
The Role of Government and the Foreclosure Crisis
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 20, 2010
A Better Way to Measure Poverty
Stephen Crawford and Shawn Fremstad
Reuters, September 17, 2010
The Soft Bigotry of Incredibly Low Expectations: The Case of Economists
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 13, 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
Looking Grim: The Prospects for Recovery in Europe
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, September 9, 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
Advice from the IMF: Why Do These People Still Have Jobs?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, September 2, 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
Burning Down the House: Where the Housing Market Is Going
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 31, 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
Pierce the Housing Bubble
Dean Baker
The New York Times, August 25, 2010
Senator Simpson: He's Not Just Offensive, He's Ignorant
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, August 25, 2010
Surprised Economists Not Good for the Economy
Dean Baker
The Hill, August 25, 2010
Social Security: The Republicans Are Right
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 23, 2010
Fannie and Freddie Live Public or Die
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 23, 2010
When Wall Street Rules, We Get Wall Street Rules
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, August 20, 2010
Should We Bury Macroeconomists at Ground Zero?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, August 18, 2010
The Public Pension Outrage and Alan Greenspan’s Pension
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 16, 2010
En Español
Bernanke’s Paralysis and the Need for an Independent Fed
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 16, 2010
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
Economists Tell the Masses: "It Could Have Been Worse"
Dean Baker
Truthout, 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
The Senators Who Gave Us 15 Million Unemployed Want to Deny Them Benefits
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, July 19, 2010
Helping Homeowners: More Money to the Banks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 19, 2010
J.P. Morgan CEO Fesses Up to Monopolistic Pricing
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 19, 2010
Elizabeth Warren for Consumer Protection Board
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, July 16, 2010
The Path of Unemployment in the Great Recession
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, July 14, 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
Weak Retail Sales Surprise Economists: Should We Be Surprised?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 14, 2010
"Free Market Fundamentalism" An Invention of Progressives
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 14, 2010
Bad Economic Policy Still Biggest Threat to Global Economic Recovery
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 11, 2010
Robbed of Jobs by the Deficit Cultists
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 7, 2010
Overcoming the Debt Trap
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 7, 2010
Opposing View on Housing Finance: Go Back to the Old Design
Dean Baker
USA Today, June 4, 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
The Cult of Subprime Central Bankers
Dean Baker
Huffington Post, May 27, 2010
It’s Too Bad Keynes Didn’t Write in English
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 17, 2010
Wall Street: Land of the Million Dollar Babies
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, May 11, 2010
The Non-Problem of the Banks Not Lending
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 10, 2010
Unwashed Masses 1, Fed 0: Sanders Scores
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, May 7, 2010
Goldman’s Scam #5476, Yes, It Can Get Even Worse
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 19, 2010
U.S. and China Reach 'Agreement' on Currency Dispute, Iran
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 15, 2010
Wall Street Deficit Hawks Have No Shame
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 12, 2010
This Isn’t Canada: Krugman on Too Big to Fail
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 7, 2010
Deficit Commissions and Financial Speculation Taxes: Who Is Serious?
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 5, 2010
Work-Sharing Could Work for Us
Dean Baker and Kevin Hassett
The Los Angeles Times, April 5, 2010
Will the Washington Crew Ever Notice the Housing Bubble?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 29, 2010
China: What Do We Want?
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 29, 2010
Will U.S. Debt Lose Its AAA Rating? Downgrade Moody's
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 23, 2010
The Inquisition for Fed Appointees
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 15, 2010
When the U.S. Becomes Greece: Drivel from the Deficit Hawks
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 15, 2010
Financial Innovation: What Is It Good For? Credit Default Swaps
Dean Baker
TPM Café, March 11, 2010
Greenspan’s Nightmare Is Much of the World’s Dream
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, March 10, 2010
Wall Street Wants a Free Lunch, Not a Free Market
Dean Baker
Boston Review, March/April 2010
It Isn’t a Financial Crisis #76,845
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 8, 2010
Robert Rubin: Why Won’t He Go Away?
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 8, 2010
Economic Policy and Unemployment: The Power of Stupidity
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 1, 2010
Sharing the Workload
Dean Baker
Policy Network, 2010
America’s Public Debt: The Least of Our Worries
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), February 25, 2010
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), February 25, 2010
Bellingham Herald (WA), February 25, 2010
Juneau Empire (AK), February 26, 2010
Myrtle Beach Sun-News (SC), February 26, 2010
Janesville Gazette (WI), February 27, 2010
Spokane Spokesman (WA), February 27, 2010
Green Bay Press-Gazette (WI), February 27, 2010
Appleton Post-Crescent (WI), February 27, 2010
Wichita Eagle (KS), February 27, 2010
Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN), February 27, 2010
Spokesman-Review (WA), February 27, 2010
Augusta Chronicle (GA), February 28, 2010
Sioux Falls Sunday Argus Leader (ID), February 28, 2010
Lacrosse Sunday Tribune (WI), February 28, 2010
Moline Sunday Dispatch (IL), February 28, 2010
Great Falls Tribune (MT), March 1, 2010
Wausau Daily Herald (WI), March 3, 2010
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune (WI), March 3, 2010
Centre Daily Times (PA), March 4, 2010
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), March 4, 2010
Modesto Sunday Bee (CA), March 7, 2010
Duluth Sunday News-Tribune (MN), March 7, 2010
No Hire Power
Dean Baker
The New Republic, February 24, 2010
Is the Fed Breaking the Law?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 22, 2010
The Folks Who Missed the Bubble Want Your Social Security
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 16, 2010
The Savvy Mr. Blankfein
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 15, 2010
Central Bank Independence: From Whom?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, February 15, 2010
Schumer-Hatch: Money for Nothing
Dean Baker
TPM Café, February 12, 2010
The Budget Deficit Crisis Crisis
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 8, 2010
Progressive Taxes Win Big In Oregon
Dean Baker
TPM Café, February 8, 2010
No Way Out: The Political Constraints Obstructing a U.S. Recovery
Dean Baker
Century Weekly (China), February 1, 2010
The Second Great Depression Bogeyman
Dean Baker
TPM Café, February 1, 2010
Walk Away: It is God's Work
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 1, 2010
Consumer Protection Agency Would Stop Economy-Gutting 'Bubbles'
Dean Baker
Sacramento Bee, January 30, 2010
In Troubled Economic Times, Bernanke Must Go
Dean Baker
NPR, January 26, 2010
The Great Recession Didn't Have to Happen
Dean Baker
AFL-CIO Online, January 25, 2010
Reappointing Bernanke: We Won't Get Tarped Again
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 25, 2010
The Economy Is a Disaster: We Should Fix It
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 19, 2010
Making the Banks Pay
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 18, 2010
CEPR Statement on President Obama’s Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee
January 14, 2010
The Case for Bernanke: A Really Bad Joke
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 11, 2009
Does Congress Want to Default on the National Debt?
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 11, 2010
The Big Bank Theory: How Government Helps Financial Giants Get Richer
Dean Baker
Boston Review, January/February 2010
Peterson-Pew Commission Uses Jingoism to Advance Budget Agenda
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 4, 2010
Public Spending Still Key to Economic Recovery
Mark Weisbrot
Kansas City Star (MO), January 3, 2010
Wall Street’s War Against Main Street
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 28, 2009
Bernanke and the Corruption of Washington Culture
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 21, 2009
Ben Bernanke as Public Intellectual? Are You Serious?
Dean Baker
The Prospect (UK), December 16, 2009
Financial Transactions Taxes: Easy and Fun Money
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 14, 2009
The Reason for 15 Million Unemployed: Poor Thinking at the Top
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 7, 2009
Tax Credits for More Jobs
Dean Baker
Room for Debate, December 6, 2009
Fed Transparency Should Precede Bernanke Confirmation
Dean Baker and Mark A. Calabria
Huffington Post, December 2, 2009
“Commission” is Washingtonspeak for Cutting Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 1, 2009
Is “Helping Homeowners” Washingtonspeak for Bailing Out Banks?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 30, 2009
Bernanke Forgot About His Role In Causing the Great Recession
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, November 29, 2009
The Vampire Banks Rise Again
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 23, 2009
The Budget Crisis: The Blame is Bipartisan
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 23, 2009
An Unemployment Solution: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours
Dean Baker
The Nation, November 17, 2009
The Financial Crisis: A Failure of Regulators, Not Regulations
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 16, 2009
Hostage Takers in the Senate
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 16, 2009
Breaking up the Banks, Like Renegotiating NAFTA?
Dean Baker
TPM Café, November 10, 2009
Financial Transactions Taxes Must Come Before a National Sales Tax
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 9, 2009
The Homebuyers Tax Credit and Free Market Fundamentalism
Dean Baker
TPM Café, November 5, 2009
The Rally Against Obamacare for the Banks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 21, 2009
What Reforms Will The United States Have as a Result of This Recession?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 17, 2009
The Public Plan Option and the Big Government Conservatives
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 14, 2009
Short Sellers: The Unsung Heroes of the Financial Crisis
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 14, 2009
Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” Will Find a Ready Audience
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 10, 2009
Ben Bernanke’s Bad Memory
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 8, 2009
Job Situation May Be Improving
Dean Baker
The Washington Note, September 4, 2009
Irresponsibly Following the Congressional Budget Office
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 31, 2009
Bank Profits Are Up: Did You Hear Anyone Say “Thank You”?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 31, 2009
CBO Warns of Higher Unemployment: Washington Worries About the Deficit
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, August 24, 2009
GreenspanFest ’09 and the Reappointment of Ben Bernanke
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 24, 2009
Goldman Sachs: The Golden Diaper Brigade
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 17, 2009
The Case for No Stimulus
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 10, 2009
Ben Bernanke’s Reappointment Campaign
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 3, 2009
Stimulus Works, Give Us More!
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 3, 2009
Are We Better off Because of the Stimulus?
Dean Baker
The New Republic, July 31, 2009
This Downturn Is Different
John Schmitt
The Debate Room (BusinessWeek), July 31, 2009
Congress Takes First Step Towards Allowing Foreclosed Homeowners to Stay as Renters
CEPR
July 29, 2009
Right to Rent: The Remedy to the Foreclosure Crisis
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 27, 2009
Trade Adjustments and Stimulus Packages in the Global Recession and Recovery
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, July 23, 2009
Right to Rent: A Non-Bureaucratic Solution to the Foreclosure Crisis
Dean Baker
The Hearing (Washington Post), July 20, 2009
Séance on Wall Street
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 20, 2009
More Stimulus, Please
By Dean Baker
USA Today, July 14, 2009
Stimulus Arithmetic
Dean Baker
July 13, 2009, The Guardian Unlimited
Another $230 Million in AIG Bonuses: Why Don't We Take Our Chances?
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, July 14, 2009
The Washington Post (a.k.a. Fox on 15th Street) Wants 15 Million People to Be Unemployed
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, July 12, 2009
The Green Shoots Are Dead: We Need a Third Stimulus
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 6, 2009
Pecora Commission II: Super-Sleuths or Keystone Cops?
Dean Baker
Campaign for America's Future, July 1, 2009
NPR, the IMF, and the Global Savings Glut
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, June 16, 2009
Making Financial Regulation Work: A Systemic Risk Regulator
Dean Baker
Washington Post, June 22, 2009
Waterboard the Fed?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 25, 2009
Health Care and Student Loans: The Bad Guys Are on the Run
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, May 11, 2009
The Bankrupt Debate Over Bankrupting Our Children
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 11, 2009
The Banks Are Alright; Time to End the Bailouts
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 11, 2009
Systematic Risk Regulators and the Power of Arithmetic
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 4, 2009
Outsourcing Top Management: The Lesson of Fiat-Chrysler
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 4, 2009
Let's Make PPIP Fun!
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), April 30, 2009
The Obama Administration and the Bankers: 100 Days of Solicitude
Dean Baker
Huffington Post, April 28, 2009
Financial Transactions Tax: The Perfect Gift for Wall Street
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 27, 2009
Why Does the Fed Operate in the Dark?
Dean Baker
Bailout Watch, April 20, 2009
The Wall Street Whine: Goldman Sachs Edition
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 20, 2009
The Tyranny of Bad Economics
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 20, 2009
More Fiscal Stimulus is Needed to Reverse Economic Decline
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, April 14, 2009
The Need to Tax the Wealthy
Dean Baker
The Economist, April 14, 2009
If the Bank Bailout Fails, Will Anyone Get the Boot?
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 13, 2009
False Hope in a Plunging Economy
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 13, 2009
If Economists Knew Arithmetic, We Might Waste Less Money on Banks
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, April 11, 2009
It's the Global Economy (Stupid) or Is It?
Mark Weisbrot En español
The Guardian Unlimited, April 8, 2009
Hands off Social Security
Dean Baker
USA Today Opinion Blog, April 7, 2009
A Trillion Dollars for the Banks: How About a Second Opinion?
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 6, 2009
How Much Do We Have to Pay Fannie and Freddie Execs to Lose Us Billions?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, April 4, 2009
G-20: Why support the IMF?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, April 2, 2009
Europe's Leaders Must Say "Stimulus"
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, April 2, 2009
Obama's Restructuring of the Auto Industry
Dean Baker
Los Angeles Times, April 1-3, 2009
G-20: Welcome to the Multi-Polar World
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, April 1, 2009
Geithner’s Plan Will Tax Main Street to Make Wall Street Richer
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 30, 2009
China’s Empty Threat
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 30, 2009
A Stimulus for Working Fewer Hours
Dean Baker
Room for Debate (New York Times), March 29, 2009
Budget Deficits and Blow Up Dolls: It's the Economy Stupid!
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), March 25, 2009
G-20 Should Think Twice About Increasing IMF Funding Without Reforms
Mark Weisbrot En español
The Guardian Unlimited, March 25, 2009
The Geithner Plan: Billions More for Failed Banks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 23, 2009
The Battle Over the AIG Bonuses: Class War in the Media
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 23, 2009
More Federal Stimulus Funds Will Be Needed
Dean Baker
New Jersey Courier-Post, March 22, 2009
Getting Lehman Wrong a Second Time
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 16, 2009
Unions and Unemployment: The Battle Over the Employee Free Choice Act Gets Ugly
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), March 13, 2009
We Demand to See More Transparency
Dean Baker
Marketplace, March 9, 2009
East Asia's Revenge: The Crash of the Housing Bubble
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 9, 2009
World Recession Forces Economic Re-thinking
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, March 4, 2009
The Santelli Screed Hits Wrong Target on Mortgage Bailout
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 2, 2009
Are We Really Nostalgic for the Great Depression?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 2, 2009
Health Care Reform Is Needed Now More than Ever
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, February 25, 2009
The Solution to the Budget Deficit
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 23, 2009
The Peter G. Peterson Crew Is Coming After Your Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 23, 2009
Rescuing America's Homeowners
Eileen Appelbaum
The American Prospect, February 20, 2009
CEPR Statement on Media Coverage of the Stimulus Plan
The Center for Economic and Policy Research
February 19, 2009
Quick, What's Wrong With a Tax Cut that Shortens Work Hours?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), February 16, 2009
Stop Baby Boomer Bashing: Protect Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 16, 2009
Stimulus II: Reaffirm Support for Social Security
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 16, 2009
"Buy Keynesian"
John Schmitt
Alternet, February 15, 2009
The Economists Who Missed the Housing Bubble Are Coming After Your Social Security
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), February 13, 2009
The TARP Dog and Pony Show
Dean Baker
The American Prospect, February 11, 2009
Fewer Jobs: Stimulus on the Cheap
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 9, 2009
New Thinking on the Economy
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 9, 2009
Buy America and the Knee-Jerk "Free Trade" Crowd
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), February 5, 2009
Fannie Mae’s Overpaid Board: Can President Obama Turn Words Into Action?
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 2, 2009
Time for Bank Rationalization
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 2, 2009
Pass the Stimulus - Then Help Shorten the Work Week
Dean Baker
New York Daily News, January 28, 2009
The Banks Have Stolen Enough; It's Time to Take Them Over
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), January 24, 2009
The Anti-Stimulus Crowd Blows a Gasket
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 26, 2009
Time for Jobs: How Shorter Work Weeks / Work Years Can Be Stimulus
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 26, 2009
Stimulus Bashing and the Secret CBO Report
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), January 23, 2009
President Obama’s Big Stimulus
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 19, 2009
TARP II: Money for Banks, Not Homeowners
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 19, 2009
Helping Homeowners Without Helping Banks: The Economist's Solution
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), January 18, 2009
Give Money to Homeowners, Not Banks
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), January 13, 2009
Yes, We Can Make the Stimulus More Stimulating
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 12, 2009
Redefining Chutzpah: Wall Street Goes After Social Security, Again
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 12, 2009
Pssst, the Economy Is Collapsing, Don't Tell Congress
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), January 5, 2009
Stimulus Time: The Fierce Urgency of Now
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, January 2, 2009
Watch the Dollar
Dean Baker
Foreign Policy, January/February 2009
The Highway to Hell: Bad Infrastructure
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 5, 2009
The Anti-Stimulus Crowd: The Fear of Success
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 5, 2009
Free Market Myth
Dean Baker
Boston Review, January/February 2009
Part-Time Government Employees Earn $160,000 a Year
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), December 25, 2008
Sex and Money: Are Women Regulators Different?
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 22, 2008
Wages Soar as Stock Market Tanks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 22, 2008
Homeownership Without Equity: What's It Worth?
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 15, 2008
The Ownership Society: R.I.P.
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 15, 2008
If G.M. Were a Canadian Company, It Wouldn't be Asking for Help
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), December 11, 2008
Obama Has the Right Medicine
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 8, 2008
Question for Economic Experts: Can You Say “Housing Bubble"?
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 8, 2008
A Financial Sector Small Enough to Drown in a Bathtub
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), December 8, 2008
The Banking Industry Wants To Help YOU!!!
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), December 3, 2008
IOUSA: Failed Scare Flick of the Decade
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 1, 2008
Paulson and Bernanke Spread the Wealth Around
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 1, 2008
Paper Wealth and the Economic Crisis
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, November 28, 2008
Why Does Robert Rubin Still Have a Job?
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, November 25, 2008
The Bear is Cool: Overcoming Fears of Falling Stock Prices
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 24, 2008
Geithner at Treasury: Can He Learn?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 24, 2008
The Stock Market, the Government Just Needs to Spend Money
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), November 20, 2008
Will Henry Paulson Sink Detroit?
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, November 20, 2008
Stopping Foreclosures With the Right to Rent: One More Time
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 17, 2008
Health Care as Stimulus: The Best Way to Spend Big Bucks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 17, 2008
Henry Paulson Takes Down the TARP: Sort Of
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), November 16, 2008
The G-20 and Biological Warfare
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 10, 2008
The Obama Economic Team: Clinton Retreads?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 10, 2008
Summers at Treasury: What Would We Tell the Children?
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), November 7, 2008
President Obama's Path to Greatness: Health Care As Stimulus
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), November 4, 2008
Bill O'Reilly is Responsible for the Housing Bubble/Crash
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), October 29, 2008
Greenspan Says “Who Could Have Known?”
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 27, 2008
Free Market Ideology Melts Down
Dean Baker
International Relations and Security Network, October 27, 2008
Post Only Supports Bailouts for Robert Rubin, Not Autoworkers
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), October 27, 2008
Can We Stop "Spreading the Wealth Around"?
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), October 25, 2008
Why Obama Has Pulled Ahead on the Economic Issues
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), October 23, 2008
Greenspan Follies: The World Is as Ayn Rand Would Have Predicted
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), October 23, 2008
Redistribution: From Joe the Plumber to Robert Rubin
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), October 20, 2008
Peter Peterson’s Bad Economics
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 20, 2008
Any Pay Cuts on Wall Street Yet?
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 20, 2008
Stimulus Can Put Main Street on the Road to Recovery
Eileen Appelbaum
The Star-Ledger (NJ), October 16, 2008
Prepare to Suffer
John Schmitt
BusinessWeek, October 16, 2008
Generous Henry's Big Bailout
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo)
The Return of Great Depression Economics
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 13, 2008
The Fannie/Freddie Flat Earth Theory
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 13, 2008
Bailout Scorecard: Ignorant Masses 1, Elites 0
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), October 12, 2008
Statement on the Need for Coordinated Stimulus
Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot
October 10, 2008, CEPR
Wall Street Bailout Won’t Do Much to Help Ailing Economy
Mark Weisbrot
Modesto Bee (CA), October 9, 2008
Mistake to Trust Wall Street Insiders to Clean Up Mess
Dean Baker
Houston Chronicle, October 8, 2008
Wall Street Follows the Path of the Steel Industry in Pittsburgh
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 6, 2008
Step One: Deflate the Housing Bubble
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 6, 2008
Post Claims Paulson Misled Bush on Bailout
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), October 6, 2008
Stock Market Closes Below Monday Low: Come On Let's Have Some Hysteria!
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), October 3, 2008
Statement on Congressional Approval of Bailout
Dean Baker
October 3, 2008
Letting the Bank Robber Fix the Bank's Books
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), October 3, 2008
Responsibility and the Bailout: Will They Resign If It Fails?
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), October 2, 2008
The Credit Squeeze Scare
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), October 1, 2008
The Bailout Round II: Adult Version?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), September 29, 2008
Why Bail? The Banks Have a Gun Pointed at Their Head and Are Threatening to Pull the Trigger
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), September 29, 2008
The Bailout: Congress Endorses Conservative Nanny State
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 29, 2008
Financial Meltdown: The Day After
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), September 28, 2008
Bailout Conditions: Ending Welfare as We Know it
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), September 27, 2008
Wall Street's Infinite Sleaze: Goldman and AIG
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), September 27, 2008
Bailing on the Bailout, or Is It Too Big to Bail?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), September 26, 2008
No Bailout: Stop Rewarding Incompetence
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), September 25, 2008
The Washington Post and Peter Peterson: Two More Reasons to Oppose This Bailout
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), September 25, 2008
Wall Street Free Traders Become Wall Street Protectionists
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), September 23, 2008
No Blank Cheque for Wall Street
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 22, 2008
Progressive Conditions for a Bailout
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), September 20, 2008
The Financial Meltdown Continues
Dean Baker
September 19, 2008
A Reckoning with Wall Street
Dean Baker
The Washington Times, September 18, 2008
Big Banks Go Bust: Time to Reform Wall Street
Dean Baker
Campaign for America's Future, September 15, 2008
The Whiner's Recession
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 8, 2008
Freddie's Dead
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 8, 2008
Statement on the Conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Dean Baker
September 8, 2008
Swift Boat Economics
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 18, 2008
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