Op-Eds & Columns

After the Big Day, More of the Same

Dean Baker
Caixin Online, November 14, 2012

Obama’s Victory, Never Much in Doubt, Based on Populist Appeal to Swing Voters

Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, November 7, 2012
En Español

Romney’s Global Warming Joke Should Haunt Him

Dean Baker
Truthout, November 5, 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

The Economics of Social Security in the Presidential Race

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 24, 2012
En Español

Clinton Criticizes Voters for Not Appreciating the Great Economy He’s Given Them

Dean Baker
Truthout, October 22, 2012

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

Dean Baker
Truthout, October 8, 2012

Cracking Down on China Means Cracking Down on Mitt Romney

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, October 1, 2012

Private Equity and the 47 Percent

Eileen Appelbaum
Truthout, September 20, 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

Romney’s Success at Bain Capital: The Business as Scam Model

Dean Baker
Truthout, September 4, 2012

Romney Pledges a Fed that Will Screw Workers

Dean Baker
Truthout, August 27, 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 CEO Plan to Steal Your Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker
Truthout.org, July 30, 2012

The Health Care Battles in the United States
Dean Baker
Caixin Online, July 19, 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

Mitt Romney's Partner in Crime: Ed Conard's Unintended Consequences
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, May 2, 2012

Republicans' "War on Women" Backfires
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), April 19, 2012

Gas in the U.S. Elections
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 27, 2012

The President Strikes a Blow for Tax Fairness
Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), February 24, 2012

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

Will Israel Attack Iran? Not Before the U.S. Presidential Election
Mark Weisbrot
Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), February 15, 2012
En Español | Em Português

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