Op-Eds & Columns

Is the American Jobs Machine Coming Back?

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 8, 2013

The Real Reason for the Decline of American Unions

Kris Warner
Echoes (Bloomberg View), January 23, 2013

Michigan Republicans Deny Police Officers and Firefighters the Right to Work

Dean Baker
Truthout, December 17, 2012

The Serious People Are on the War Path

Dean Baker
Truthout, December 3, 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

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

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

The War on Public Sector Workers
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 16, 2012

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

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

The Key to Rebuilding Workers’ Power: Unrig the Rules
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 14, 2011

Wisconsin Continues Right-Wing Structural Reforms That Have Transformed the United States
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, March 10, 2011
En Español

Public Pensions 101
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 7, 2011

Our Economic Pain Is Coming from Big Industry CEOs, Not Public Employees' Unions
John Schmitt
AlterNet, February 23, 2011

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

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