Op-Eds & Columns
Profit Shares Hit New Highs, Washington Focuses on Disability
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 1, 2013
Tax Games and Redistributing Income Upward
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 4, 2013
Europe is Haunted by the Myth of the Lazy Mob
Ha-Joon Chang
The Guardian Unlimited, January 28, 2013
Leave Social Security Alone; It’s Irrelevant to the Deficit
Dean Baker
Room for Debate (The New York Times), January 2, 2013
The Fiscal Cliff Deal: Who Got Thrown Off?
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 1, 2013
Supplemental Security—Let's Build on This Vital Support for Disabled Kids
Shawn Fremstad and Rebecca Vallas
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, December 19, 2012
The Wrecking Society: Economics Today
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, October 15, 2012
Economic Policy Makers Do Not Know Which Way Is Up
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 8, 2012
Tax Policy Not the Root of U.S. Economic Problem
Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), September 25, 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
Deficit Reduction, Wall Street, and Whales
Dean Baker and Ted Boettner
The Charleston Gazette (WV), September 15, 2012
Poverty: The New Growth Industry in America
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, August 29, 2012
En Español
The CEO Plan to Steal Your Social Security and Medicare
Dean Baker
Truthout.org, July 30, 2012
An Increase in the Minimum Wage Is Long Overdue
Nicole Woo
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), July 20, 2012
Breaking Down the Causes of Income Inequality
David Rosnick
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), July 16, 2012
The D.C. Blackouts and Global Warming
Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, July 9, 2012
A Wall Street Gambling Tax: The Remedy to Inequality
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 2, 2012
Liberals Working for the Right
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 18, 2012
Fed Survey Shows Middle Class Took a Big Hit
Dean Baker
CNN, June 13, 2012
Mitt Romney's Partner in Crime: Ed Conard's Unintended Consequences
Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, May 2, 2012
Citigroup's Shareholders Stand Up for the 99.9 Percent
Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), April 20, 2012
Will Romney Lie His Way to the White House?
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 9, 2012
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
Argentina's Economic Success is Key to Presidential Election
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, October 22, 2011
A Growing Disparity
John Schmitt
The Debate Room (Bloomberg), October 21, 2011
#OccupyWallStreet: The Real Tea Party
Dean Baker
Debate Club (U.S. News & World Report), October 19, 2011
Like Europe, Americans Waiting for "Democracy In the Streets" to Force Policy Change
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, October 7, 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
Paid Sick Days: Doomsday Predictions Are Wrong
Eileen Appelbaum and Candace Howes
The Hartford Business Journal, May 2, 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
If Progressives Wanted to Win
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 7, 2011
The Market and Inequality: Progressives Lose When They Accept the Right's Framing
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, January 11, 2011
Peter Orszag Goes to Citigroup and the Prospects for Tax Reform
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 14, 2010
The Tax Deal and the Apocalypse
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 13, 2010
In Defense of Giving Money to Rich People
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, December 7, 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
Economic Disaster, Krugman and Avishai, and Redefining "Small"
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, October 26, 2010
Right-wing Upsurge in U.S.: Less than Meets the Eye?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, September 22, 2010
Concrete Ways for the U.S. to Move "Beyond the Line" When it Measures Poverty
Shawn Fremstad
Stanford Social Innovation Review, September 17, 2010
The Role of Government and the Foreclosure Crisis
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 20, 2010
A Better Way to Measure Poverty
Stephen Crawford and Shawn Fremstad
Reuters, September 17, 2010
Forced Busing, the Deficit Commission and Social Security
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 13, 2010
Social Security: The Republicans Are Right
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 23, 2010
The Right Prescription for an Ailing Economy
Dean Baker
The Nation, June 30, 2010
Three Ways to Improve the Proposed Supplemental Poverty Measure
Shawn Fremstad
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, June 18, 2010
Consumer Protection Agency Would Stop Economy-Gutting 'Bubbles'
Dean Baker
Sacramento Bee, January 30, 2010
Health Care and Student Loans: The Bad Guys Are on the Run
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, May 11, 2009
Can Health Insurers Whine Louder Than Bankers?
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 27, 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
Rescuing America's Homeowners
Eileen Appelbaum
The American Prospect, February 20, 2009
Wages Soar as Stock Market Tanks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 22, 2008
The Bear is Cool: Overcoming Fears of Falling Stock Prices
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 24, 2008
After Four Decades, Finally: The Beginning of the End
Mark Weisbrot
Common Dreams, November 5, 2008
Why Obama Has Pulled Ahead on the Economic Issues
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), October 23, 2008
Prepare to Suffer
John Schmitt
BusinessWeek, October 16, 2008
Are You Better Off? Reagan vs. Carter, and Obama vs. McCain
Dean Baker and John Schmitt
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), October 14, 2008
No Blank Cheque for Wall Street
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 22, 2008
Employee Free Choice Act Could Be Biggest Reform Since New Deal
Mark Weisbrot
Miami Herald, September 1, 2008
McCain's "Knowledge Gap": It's An Issue
Mark Weisbrot
AlterNet, July 11, 2008
Internet Purchases Shouldn't Be Subsidized
Mark Weisbrot
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 12, 2008
Fast Facts for Father's Day: Lone-Father Families and Economic Insecurity
Shawn Fremstad and Rebecca Ray
June 12, 2008
Exit, Pursued By Bear Stearns
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, March 24, 2008
Thrifty Thinking
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 25, 2008
Raising Taxes to Bail Out Robert Rubin
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 25, 2008
Own to Rent? Yes We Can!
Dean Baker
Oregon Independent, February 14, 2008
The Cost of Living
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 1, 2008
Santa Claus Comes to Wall Street
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 24, 2007
Own-to-Rent: The Right Bailout
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 22, 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
Cheap Advice on Real Estate
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 17, 2007
The RX from "Sicko:" More Choice
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 2, 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
Values Begin at Home, but Who's Home?
Heather Boushey
The American Prospect, March 2007
Hooked on Drug Money: Will Congress Take a Stand on Medicare?
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 10, 2007
Economy Looks Bad for 2007
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, December 29, 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
The Bursting of the Housing Bubble and the Coming Recession
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 17, 2006
Can Clean Insurance Fend Off Global Warming?
Dean Baker
Truthout, Aug. 9, 2006
Can Progressives Do Arithmetic?
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 5, 2006
Insurance by the Mile: A Simple Way to Slow Global Warming
Dean Baker
Harper's Magazine, June 1, 2006
More Hot Air Over the Arctic
Dean Baker
Harper's Magazine, May 11, 2006
Repealing Estate Tax Helps Rich, Harms Everyone Else
Mark Weisbrot
Pueblo Chieftain and Star-Journal (CO), May 7, 2006
The Housing Bubble: A Time Bomb in Low-Income Communities?
Dean Baker
Shelterforce: The Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Building, May/ June 2004
Building on the Bubble
Dean Baker
Houston Chronicle, May 17, 2004
Dying for Patents
Dean Baker
October 29, 2001
The World Bank's Attack on Social Security
Dean Baker
August 7, 2001
Battle for Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Heats Up
Mark Weisbrot
Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, July 14, 2000
Double Bubble - Headed for Trouble?
Mark Weisbrot
St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 23, 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
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
Drug Companies Fight Prescription Benefits for Seniors
Mark Weisbrot
Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 7, 2000
The Real Drug Crisis
Dean Baker
In These Times, August 21, 1999
More Tax Cuts for Those Who Need It Least
Mark Weisbrot
Houston Chronicle, July 28, 1999
The Real Cure for H.M.O.'s
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Media Tribune Services, October 14 1998
Ending Welfare Reform as We Know It
Mark Weisbrot
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 19, 1997
Wall Street, Main Street, and the Fed
Mark Weisbrot
Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, April 20, 1997
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