Op-Eds & Columns
Paid Sick Days: A Win for Employees and the Economy
Eileen Appelbaum
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, June 6, 2011
Paid Sick Days: Doomsday Predictions Are Wrong
Eileen Appelbaum and Candace Howes
The Hartford Business Journal, May 2, 2011
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 Santelli Screed Hits Wrong Target on Mortgage Bailout
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 2, 2009
Rescuing America's Homeowners
Eileen Appelbaum
The American Prospect, February 20, 2009
The Economists Who Missed the Housing Bubble Are Coming After Your Social Security
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), February 13, 2009
Time for Jobs: How Shorter Work Weeks / Work Years Can Be Stimulus
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 26, 2009
Homeownership Without Equity: What's It Worth?
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 15, 2008
Obama Has the Right Medicine
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 8, 2008
Paper Wealth and the Economic Crisis
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, November 28, 2008
After Four Decades, Finally: The Beginning of the End
Mark Weisbrot
Common Dreams, November 5, 2008
No Blank Cheque for Wall Street
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 22, 2008
Fast Facts for Father's Day: Lone-Father Families and Economic Insecurity
Shawn Fremstad and Rebecca Ray
June 12, 2008
It Doesn't Hurt to Ask: Flexible Hours on the Job
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 26, 2007
The Real Economic Crisis
Dean Baker and John Schmitt
The Guardian Unlimited, October 14, 2007
Millions of Americans in Economic Battle to Make Ends Meet
Heather Boushey
Alternet, October 13, 2007
Working Family Values: No-Benefit Jobs Leave Parents Struggling
Heather Boushey
Sojourners, September/October 2007
The RX from "Sicko:" More Choice
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 2, 2007
Mommies Opting Out of Work: A Myth That Won't Die
Heather Boushey
AlterNet, June 9, 2007
Human Rights at the Workplace
Dean Baker and Mary Beth Maxwell
Truthout, May 29, 2007
Fighting Poverty: The First Step Is Counting It
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 30, 2007
Inmates vs. Animals: U.S. Fails the Test of Civilization
Ben Zipperer
AlterNet, April 18, 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
How to Expand the Middle Class
Shawn Fremstad & Margy Waller
Philadelphia Daily News, March 29, 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
Values Begin at Home, but Who's Home?
Heather Boushey
The American Prospect, March 2007
A Forward Looking Agenda for the Democrats
Dean Baker
Challenge Magazine, February 2007
Economy Looks Bad for 2007
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, December 29, 2006
Are We Doing Good Yet?
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 19, 2006
From Welfare to Poverty
Heather Boushey and Randy Albelda
TomPaine.com, August 23, 2006
Repealing Estate Tax Helps Rich, Harms Everyone Else
Mark Weisbrot
Pueblo Chieftain and Star-Journal (CO), May 7, 2006
Opt-Out Hype
Heather Boushey
TomPaine.com, December 7, 2005
House Budget Cuts College Aid
Heather Boushey
Sun-Sentinel, November 14, 2005
Candidates Ignore Poverty in Year 2000 Elections
Mark Weisbrot
Tallahassee Democrat, October 16, 2000
Labor in 2000: No Place to Go
Mark Weisbrot
Miami Herald, June 20, 2000
You Call This a Crisis?
Dean Baker
USA Today, Apil 10, 2000
Fed's Pre-emptive Strike is Aimed at Working Families
Mark Weisbrot
Chicago Sun Times, July 2, 1999
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