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

Tax Games and Redistributing Income Upward

Dean Baker
Truthout, February 4, 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

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

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

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

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

'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

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

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

Technology and Inequality: The Happy Myth
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, 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

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

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

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

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

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

Will Romney Lie His Way to the White House?
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 9, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shared Sacrifice: Where's Wall Street's Share?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, December 19, 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

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

Deficit Commissions and Financial Speculation Taxes: Who Is Serious?
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 5, 2010

It Isn’t a Financial Crisis #76,845
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 8, 2010

Make Speculators Pay
Dean Baker
Forbes, February 25, 2010

No Hire Power
Dean Baker
The New Republic, February 24, 2010

The Budget Deficit, the Debt and the Dollar
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 22, 2010

The Folks Who Missed the Bubble Want Your Social Security
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 16, 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

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

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

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

Public Spending Still Key to Economic Recovery
Mark Weisbrot
Kansas City Star (MO), January 3, 2010

Tobacco Lobbyists Join Wall Streeters On Debt Crusade
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 21, 2009

Financial Transactions Taxes: Easy and Fun Money
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 14, 2009

The Return of the TARP Hostage Takers
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, December 10, 2009

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

The Budget Crisis: The Blame is Bipartisan
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 23, 2009

Hostage Takers in the Senate
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 16, 2009

Financial Transactions Taxes Must Come Before a National Sales Tax
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 9, 2009

Big Deficit Bob Rubin and the Strong Dollar
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 8, 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

Goldman Sachs: The Golden Diaper Brigade
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 17, 2009

Washington Showdown Over IMF Money
Mark Weisbrot     
The Guardian Unlimited, June 10, 2009

The Next Big Taxpayer Bailout? IMF Could Get Hundreds of Billions for European Banks
Mark Weisbrot   
Firedoglake, June 8, 2009

Health Care and Student Loans: The Bad Guys Are on the Run
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, May 11, 2009

The Banks Are Alright; Time to End the Bailouts
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 11, 2009

The Obama Administration and the Bankers: 100 Days of Solicitude
Dean Baker
Huffington Post, April 28, 2009

Can Health Insurers Whine Louder Than Bankers?
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 27, 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

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

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

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

Geithner’s Plan Will Tax Main Street to Make Wall Street Richer
Dean Baker
Truthout, 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

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

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

Quick, What's Wrong With a Tax Cut that Shortens Work Hours?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), February 16, 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

Fannie Mae’s Overpaid Board: Can President Obama Turn Words Into Action?
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 2, 2009

The Anti-Stimulus Crowd Blows a Gasket
Dean Baker
Truthout, 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

Redefining Chutzpah: Wall Street Goes After Social Security, Again
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 12, 2009

Stimulus Time: The Fierce Urgency of Now
Mark Weisbrot  
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, January 2, 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

Part-Time Government Employees Earn $160,000 a Year
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), December 25, 2008

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

Obama Has the Right Medicine
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 8, 2008

A Financial Sector Small Enough to Drown in a Bathtub
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), December 8, 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

Why Does Robert Rubin Still Have a Job?
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, November 25, 2008

Geithner at Treasury: Can He Learn?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 24, 2008

Will Henry Paulson Sink Detroit?
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, November 20, 2008

The Stock Market, the Government Just Needs to Spend Money
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), November 20, 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

Summers at Treasury: What Would We Tell the Children?
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), November 7, 2008

After Four Decades, Finally: The Beginning of the End
Mark Weisbrot
Common Dreams, November 5, 2008

President Obama's Path to Greatness: Health Care As Stimulus
Dean Baker
TPM Café (Talking Points Memo), November 4, 2008

CEPR Statement for the Next Administration
November 3, 2008, CEPR

Response to IOUSA Director Patrick Creadon
Dean Baker
October 29, 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

Still A Boys' Club at Treasury: Where Is Sheila Bair?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), October 21, 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

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

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

Mistake to Trust Wall Street Insiders to Clean Up Mess
Dean Baker
Houston Chronicle, October 8, 2008

We Need to Drive a Stake into the Heart of Conservatism
Dean Baker
TPMCafé Book Club (Talking Points Memo), October 6, 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

Big Banks Go Bust: Time to Reform Wall Street
Dean Baker
Campaign for America's Future, September 15, 2008

John McCain Wants to Privatize Social Security
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 15, 2008

Let's Get Down to Gas Tax
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, August 11, 2008

Offshore Drilling Won't Help But "Green Stimulus" Can
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee, July 31, 2008

Statement on the Bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Dean Baker
July 16, 2008

A Tax Plan By Any Other Name
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 14, 2008

McCain's "Knowledge Gap": It's An Issue
Mark Weisbrot
AlterNet, July 11, 2008

Help Workers, Not Wall Street
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 30, 2008

Internet Purchases Shouldn't Be Subsidized
Mark Weisbrot
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 12, 2008

Some Green Ideas to Get the Economy Moving
April 22, 2008

The Audacity of Populism: What Obama Needs to Do
Mark Weisbrot
AlterNet, April 7, 2008

Exit, Pursued By Bear Stearns
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 24, 2008

The Hidden Homeowner Tax
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 3, 2008

Proposed Stimulus Package is Not Enough
Mark Weisbrot
Kansas City Star, February 3, 2008

Big Rate Cuts and Fiscal Stimulus: Are We "All Keynesians Now?"
Mark Weisbrot
AlterNet, January 22, 2008

Stimulating Politics
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 21, 2008

A Green Lining
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 14, 2008

Edwards Comes Out on Top on the Economy
Dean Baker
CommonDreams.org, December 24, 2007

Creative Thinking
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 17, 2007

Selective Thinking
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 29, 2007

The Success of Amazon: Welfare As We Should Know It
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 29, 2007

Gas Tax Equals Bridge Safety
Dean Baker
BusinessWeek, September 4, 2007

Subsidies for Fund Managers: Wall Street's Giant Trough
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 16, 2007

Kill the Private-Equity Tax Break
Dean Baker
Debate Room (BusinessWeek), July 11, 2007

The RX from "Sicko:" More Choice
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 2, 2007

Is Your Presidential Candidate Owned by Wall Street?
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 11, 2007

Loser Liberalism Versus Power Populism
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 14, 2007

The Economic Costs of the Iraq War
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 7, 2007

Fighting Poverty: The First Step Is Counting It
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 30, 2007

The Subprime Meltdown and the Ownership Society
Dean Baker
WashingtonPost.com, April 7, 2007

Every Uninsured Child Should Have Access to Health Care
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, March 30, 2007

Celebrating Waste: Praise for the Medicare Drug Benefit
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 20, 2007

The Housing Bubble Starts to Burst
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 6, 2007

Big Money, Small Money: The War and Student Loans
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 18, 2007

Iraq War Lie Detector Test
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 2, 2007

Economy Looks Bad for 2007
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, December 29, 2006

Expanding Medicare: A Step Toward Universal Health Ins. for Americans
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, December 17, 2006

Will the Democrats Cut and Run on the Medicare Drug Bill?
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 29, 2006

The High Dollar: President Clinton's Unaffordable Tax Cut
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 15, 2006

Fixing Medicare Drugs & Attacking Crime
Dean Baker
Sun-Sentinel (FL), October 19, 2006

Medicare: Why Are Conservatives Scared of Competition?
Dean Baker
Truthout, Sep. 27, 2006

Deficit Hits New Record
Dean Baker
Truthout, Sep. 13, 2006

Conservatives Love Government
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 22, 2006

The WTO and the World's Poor
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 12, 2006

Can Progressives Do Arithmetic?
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 5, 2006

Fed Treading on Thin Ice as US Housing Bubble Weakens
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, June 30, 2006

Prescription Drug Scams
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 29, 2006

The Welfare Kings
Dean Baker
TomPaine.com, May 10, 2006

Repealing Estate Tax Helps Rich, Harms Everyone Else
Mark Weisbrot
Pueblo Chieftain and Star-Journal (CO), May 7, 2006

Taxing the Oil Companies' Hot Air
Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker
Duluth News Tribune, January 30, 2006

A Tax Cut Like It's 1986
Dean Baker
TomPaine.com, December 5, 2005

House Budget Cuts College Aid
Heather Boushey
Sun-Sentinel, November 14, 2005

Bernanke Could Face Serious Trouble
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, October 26, 2005

Is the Fed Overfed?
Dean Baker
San Francisco Chronicle, October 28, 2005

Numbers Before Politics
Dean Baker
In These Times, April 26, 2005

The Numbers Racket
Dean Baker
Columbia Journalism Review, March/April 2005

Owning Up to the "Ownership Society"
Mark Weisbrot
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 25, 2005

2018
Mark Weisbrot
Denver Post, February 7, 2005

Bush's Numbers Racket
Dean Baker
The American Prospect, February 2005

Social Security Deception Funded With Taxpayers' Dollars
Mark Weisbrot
Topeka Journal, January 23, 2005

Greenspan Hits the Trifecta: Dollar's Decline Inevitable
Mark Weisbrot
Philadelphia Inquirer, November 28, 2004

The Selling of the President: Will Myth Triumph Over Reality?
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, October 12, 2004 

The Ownership Society: No Taxes for Owners, Only Workers
Mark Weisbrot
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 19, 2004

Seniors Are Paying the Price for Medicare Scams
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, September 9, 2004 

The Unbearable Costs of Empire
Mark Weisbrot
BusinessWeek.com, July 29, 2004    En español

Exercise Fiscal Responsibility
Dean Baker and Heather Boushey
In These Times, July 4, 2004

Is The Fed Playing Election-Year Politics?
Mark Weisbrot
Jordan Times, April 1, 2004

Another Intelligence Failure at the White House
Dean Baker
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 17, 2004

Fed Should Have Acted in Stock Market Bubble
Mark Weisbrot
Charleston Gazette, January 18, 2004

Who to Blame When the Next Bubble Bursts
Dean Baker
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 18, 2003

Threat of Deflation is Exaggerated
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, July 2, 2003

States Should be Allowed to Tax Internet Sales
Mark Weisbrot
Free Lance Star (VA), June 7, 2003

Tax-Cut/Prosperity Connection Pure Hooey
Dean Baker
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1, 2003

Tax Cut Continues "Class Warfare"
Mark Weisbrot
Houston Chronicle, May 28, 2003

A Haywire Patent System Picks Your Pocket at the Drugstore
Dean Baker
Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2003

Not Very Stimulating: The Bush Tax Cut
Dean Baker
Columbian (WA), Jan. 10, 2003

Bush's New Tax Cut: Another Dividend for the Rich
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee, January 6, 2003

Getting the Most Out of Homeland Security
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, November 21, 2002 

Attack of the Clowns: The Real Bush is Back
Dean Baker
Commondreams.org, May 23, 2002

What About the Trade Deficit?
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, April 30, 2002 

Focus Group Economics
Dean Baker
Feb. 12, 2002

Lying on Top
Dean Baker
January 22, 2002

Campaign 2002: It's the Economy and It's Going to be Stupid
Mark Weisbrot
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 14, 2002

"New Economy" Cycle Ends, But Myth Persists
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, November 27, 2001 

New Economy Needs Old-Fashioned Stimulus
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, September 26, 2001

Return of the Lockbox
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, Aug. 22, 2001

Time to Get Serious About the Economy
Mark Weisbrot
San Diego-Union Tribune, August 17, 2001

The Trust Fund Raiders
Dean Baker
Cleveland Plain-Dealer, July 19, 2001

The Liberal Establishment Was Wrong
Dean Baker
June 11, 2001

Economy Needs Straight Talk - and Action
Mark Weisbrot
Idaho Falls Post Register, April 8, 2001

Hold On While I Sell
Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot
Miami Herald, March 26, 2001

Liberals Step to Bush's Barren Beat
Dean Baker
Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2001

Beyond Tax Relief for the Prosperous Few
Mark Weisbrot
Miami Herald, Feb. 13, 2001

How About Taxing Those Gamblers on Wall Street?
Dean Baker
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 7, 2001

Bush's Tax Cut Would Lose in An Honest Debate
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, January 29, 2001

Clinton's Economic Legacy
Mark Weisbrot
Buffalo News, Jan. 14, 2001

New Year's Resolution for Congress
Mark Weisbrot
San-Diego Union Tribune, December 31, 2000

Bursting Greenspan's Bubble
Mark Weisbrot
Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 10, 2000

Double Bubble - Headed for Trouble?
Mark Weisbrot
St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 23, 2000

Social Security: Too Important to Leave to the Politicians
Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot
San Francisco Chronicle, May 21, 2000

Here's One Way to Real Tax Freedom for Most
Dean Baker
Houston Chronicle, May 3, 2000

Old Rules Catching Up With 'New Economy'
Dean Baker
San Diego Tribune, April 18, 2000

A Blank Check from Washington for Colombia's Dirty War
Mark Weisbrot
Buffalo News, April 9, 2000

False Poverty: The Nation Can't Afford To Care For Its Elderly
Dean Baker
Aging Today, March/April 2000

RX for Medicare
Mark Weisbrot
San Francisco Chronicle, February 13, 2000

Budget Baloney
Mark Weisbrot
Dollars and Sense, February 2000

A Crash Course in Greenspan's Record
Mark Weisbrot
Houston Chronicle, January 7, 2000

A Winning Issue that Nobody Wants to Run On
Mark Weisbrot
Houston Chronicle, September 20, 1999

What Everyone Should Know About the Budget Debate
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, August 11, 1999

More Tax Cuts for Those Who Need It Least
Mark Weisbrot
Houston Chronicle, July 28, 1999

Clinton Dodges the War on Poverty
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, July 13, 1999

No Change at Treasury, But It Sure is Needed
Mark Weisbrot
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA), May 18, 1999

Greenspan Denounces "Protectionism" -- Is He Right?
Mark Weisbrot
Charlotte Observer, April 21, 1999

Greenspan Plays With Fire - Who Will Get Burned?
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, March 16, 2000

Costs of Empire
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, February 4, 1999

The President's New Legacy - Keeping It Honest
Mark Weisbrot
Los Angeles Daily News, February 1, 1999

President Clinton's Dumb Luck
Mark Weisbrot
Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 15, 1999

Elections Bury the Truth About Social Security
Mark Weisbrot
Washington Times, November 3, 1998

Why No One Needs to Worry About Social Security or the National Debt
Mark Weisbrot
San Diego Union-Tribune, January 21, 1998

The Balanced Budget Shell Game
Mark Weisbrot
Chicago Sun Times, August 2, 1997

Capital Gains: Enlarging a Tax Shelter
Mark Weisbrot
Chicago Tribune, July 15, 1997

Medicare Cuts: Courage or Cowardice?
Mark Weisbrot
Chicago Tribune, July 1, 1997

Social Security: The Phony Crisis
Mark Weisbrot
Portland Oregonian, April 26, 1997