Op-Eds & Columns

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

Right to Rent: Will the Obama Administration Finally Fix Housing?
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 27, 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

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 Role of Government and the Foreclosure Crisis
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 20, 2010

Helping Homeowners: More Money to the Banks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 19, 2010

The Conservative Nanny State Strikes Again
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, June 10, 2010

Arizona Leads the Way in Combating Foreclosure
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 1, 2010

Walk Away: It is God's Work
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 1, 2010

Is “Helping Homeowners” Washingtonspeak for Bailing Out Banks?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 30, 2009

Owning Versus Renting
Dean Baker
Spotlight on Poverty, August 24, 2009

Saving Homes With a 'Right to Rent'
Dean Baker
Los Angeles Times, August 12, 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

Right to Rent: A Non-Bureaucratic Solution to the Foreclosure Crisis
Dean Baker
The Hearing (Washington Post), July 20, 2009