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Dean Baker's commentary on economic reporting.
March 24, 2013
Cheap Thoughts on Euro Area Unemployment: It's a Guy Thing March 21, 2013
The Impact of a Financial Transactions Tax on Futures Trading Volume March 13, 2013
President Obama Wants to Give a Bigger Hit to Seniors on Social Security than He Did to the Wealthy on Taxes March 13, 2013
The Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget: A Serious Budget That the Serious People Won't Take Seriously March 05, 2013
Medicare Cost Reductions: Is the Point to Save Money or Inflict Pain? March 01, 2013
The Bipartisan Policy Center Endorses a Bi-Partisan Failure February 15, 2013
Why Are Proponents of the Chained CPI So Scared of Data? February 13, 2013
The Minimum Wage and Economic Growth February 06, 2013
Congressional Budget Office Is Pessimistic About the Economy February 03, 2013
The Impact of the Upward Redistribution of Wage Income on Social Security Solvency February 01, 2013
Rising Inequality: Don't Blame the Robots January 29, 2013
Deficit Delusions: Putting to Rest the Clinton Legacy January 25, 2013
Debt to China: Budget Deficits and Trade Deficits January 01, 2013
The Beveridge Curve and Structural Unemployment December 18, 2012
Thoughts on the Chained CPI, Social Security, and the Budget December 09, 2012
The Nonsense About a Demographic Crisis November 30, 2012
Economics 101 for the Debt Fixers November 27, 2012
Sign Language from the Invisible Hand? How Do We Know That We Need to Reduce the Deficit by $4 Trillion Over the Next Decade November 16, 2012
No Cupcake: Workers Turn Down Bad Deal from Hostess November 09, 2012
If the Deficit Disappeared, Where Would the Deficit Hawks Find Work? November 02, 2012
Latest BLS Employment Report Shows Brighter Picture of Labor Market November 01, 2012
Year-round Vacancy Rate Fell in Third Quarter October 17, 2012
Home Loans From Washington? A Simple Alternative October 12, 2012
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was a Missed Opportunity October 12, 2012
Homeownership: Dream or Nightmare? September 27, 2012
Billing for Bad Bills September 07, 2012
96,000 Jobs Added in August, Unemployment Drops to 8.1 Percent September 04, 2012
The Erskine Bowles Stock Index August 20, 2012
It's Foreclosure Crisis Day at the NYT: What Could We Have Possibly Done? July 26, 2012
The Disagreement Behind Planet Money's Economic Platform June 28, 2012
Does Less Wall Street Mean More Apples? June 26, 2012
Positive News for the Housing Market June 11, 2012
Unions are Good for Your Health May 10, 2012
Should We Cut Cancer Research to Pay for More Bombers? May 07, 2012
How An Investor's Gain Can Be Your Loss May 04, 2012
April Jobs Numbers Continue Slowing Trend May 04, 2012
Public Pensions as Stimulus and the Problem of Recession Deniers April 19, 2012
Mr. Arithmetic Meets Mitt Romney and His Budget Cutters April 09, 2012
More Musings on Modern Monetary Theory April 06, 2012
Sharp Slowdown in March Jobs Numbers, Wages Remain Stagnant April 04, 2012
Playing Inflation Games with Grandma: The Washington Consensus and the Chained CPI March 30, 2012
Can Ireland Outsmart the European Central Bank? March 27, 2012
Case-Shiller Index Virtually Flat in January March 19, 2012
Congressional Budget Office Projects the Return of the Housing Bubble March 12, 2012
Larry Summers: The Wrong Person for World Bank President March 07, 2012
Mitt Romney: the Candidate of Change? February 29, 2012
Financial Speculation Taxes and the London Stock Exchange February 28, 2012
Home Sales Improve in January But Drag on Market Remains February 25, 2012
Quick Thoughts on Modern Monetary Theory February 22, 2012
It's So Hard to Get Good Help February 17, 2012
AEI Touts the End of the Deficit Problem February 14, 2012
Getting A Grip on Deficit Hysterics February 06, 2012
Parting Ways with the Pessimists February 03, 2012
Strong January Jobs Numbers Result in Drop to Unemployment February 02, 2012
Even the Guy Who Dosn't Care About Poor People Wants to Raise the Minimum Wage: Where Does President Obama Stand? January 31, 2012
Case-Shiller 20-City Index Falls Again in November January 25, 2012
Is President Obama Proposing That the Government Buy Out the Banks' Bad Mortgages? January 24, 2012
Is the Obama Administration Soft on Crime? January 20, 2012
CBO Letter on FTT: When There's No Smoke, There's No Fire January 10, 2012
Why GDP Per Capita Can Start A Bar Fight January 08, 2012
Fracking Nonsense: The Job Myth of Gas Drilling December 15, 2011
Faith-Based Economics? December 14, 2011
The Impact of a Financial Speculation Tax on GDP: Problems with the European Commission Model December 12, 2011
A Tale of Two Deficit Charts December 07, 2011
Keynes and the Current Crisis December 05, 2011
More on the Military Spending Fairy December 02, 2011
Unemployment Drops Following Decline in Labor Force November 29, 2011
Bottom-Tier Homes Hit Hardest as House Prices Fall Slightly in September November 18, 2011
Representative Ryan Tries the Old Generational War Trick to Divert Attention from His Side's Class War November 15, 2011
Dealing With Things of Little Value: Occupy Wall Street and Copyrights November 10, 2011
Quick Thoughts on the Obama Administration's Opposition to a Financial Speculation Tax November 09, 2011
What Political Compromises Could Create Jobs? November 04, 2011
New Jobs Report Continues Pattern of Weak Growth October 27, 2011
Strong Investment Gives GDP a Boost, But Growth Remains Weak October 26, 2011
The Military Spending Fairy October 25, 2011
House Prices Unchanged in August, While Tax Credit Leaves Some Underwater October 19, 2011
Ending Loser Liberalism and Restructuring the Market Economy October 17, 2011
How's That Hopey Changey Work Share Thing Doing? October 14, 2011
#OccupythePress! October 12, 2011
The 'Regulation Impedes Job Growth' Story Has No Evidence October 07, 2011
Health Care Job Growth Notable in Otherwise Dismal Report October 07, 2011
Inflation: How Do You Spell Debt Relief? October 04, 2011
Ken Rogoff Misses the Boat on Financial Speculation Taxes September 27, 2011
Strong Increase for the Case-Shiller Index in July, But How Long Will it Last? September 25, 2011
Krugman Notes That Low Inflation Is a Problem September 22, 2011
Operation Twisted September 21, 2011
Why Do the Bankers Decide How Many People Will Be Unemployed? September 15, 2011
How It Could Have Been Different This Time September 06, 2011
The European Central Bank: The Loons Who Are Wrecking Your 401(k) September 02, 2011
Bleak BLS Report Shows No Job Growth in August August 30, 2011
Housing Prices Rose in June, With Largest Gains in Midwest August 17, 2011
The Devastating Interest Burden of the Debt August 16, 2011
President Obama Still Likes Big Government: When it Helps the Banks August 11, 2011
The Obama Administration Discovers Renting August 09, 2011
The Good News and Bad News on the Stock Market August 08, 2011
Can the Israeli People Educate Their Leaders? August 05, 2011
With No Strong Growth, Employment Rate Remains Low August 04, 2011
Going Down With the Dow July 30, 2011
Tales of Failed Stimulus July 29, 2011
GDP Growth Slows as Economy Stagnates July 28, 2011
There’s Zero Accountability in Economics July 26, 2011
Case-Shiller Index Shows Housing Price Increases for Second Month July 17, 2011
The Blame for Fannie and Freddie June 28, 2011
Home Prices Rise for First Time Since Last July June 28, 2011
Potshot at Progressive Economics Misses the Mark June 20, 2011
A Lesson on the Federal Reserve Board and the Deficit June 03, 2011
Very Little Positive News in Latest Jobs Report May 18, 2011
Why Do Opponents of Social Security Have So Much Difficulty Getting Their Facts Right? May 17, 2011
The Stimulus Did Not Create Jobs: The 35,496th Try May 06, 2011
Strong Job Growth Couldn't Push Unemployment Down in April May 03, 2011
Job Creation the Old Economic Textbook Way: Reducing the Value of the Dollar April 29, 2011
Getting Rid of the Budget Deficit the Clinton/Gingrich Way April 29, 2011
The Town Hall Rage Over Ryan's Medicare Plan April 28, 2011
Declining Car Sales Cause GDP Growth to Sputter in Q1 April 20, 2011
S&P Warns Treasury About Debt Burden: Fun With Debt Downgrades April 19, 2011
Questions for S&P on Its Potential Downgrade of U.S. Debt April 14, 2011
Ignoring the Real Problem April 11, 2011
Right-to-Rent Would Ease Foreclosure Mess April 10, 2011
Ryan In Your Pocket: # 3217 April 06, 2011
Medicare Vouchers: Ryan Versus Baker April 05, 2011
Representative Ryan's Plan Would Increase U.S. Borrowing from China and Other Foreign Creditors by Almost $1 Trillion April 01, 2011
Employment Among Blacks Falls Almost to Its Low-Point for the Downturn March 30, 2011
Investment Is Not the Problem March 27, 2011
Can the U.S. Economy Survive the Republicans' Definition of Success? March 21, 2011
The CEPR Fix for Generational Inequity March 20, 2011
Firing Government Workers to Create Jobs March 17, 2011
Andrew Sullivan and the Atlantic: Means Testing Gets Really Mean March 16, 2011
Bond Dealer's Cold Feet Get Deficit Hawks Excited March 06, 2011
Returns on Public Pensions: What Rates Should We Assume? March 04, 2011
Unemployment Rate Drops Again for Third Consecutive Month February 27, 2011
FactCheck Gets It Wrong on Social Security and the Deficit February 22, 2011
Housing Prices Continue to Drop in December February 18, 2011
Go After Wall Street, Not the Teachers February 16, 2011
Is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Presidential Material? February 14, 2011
Is Obama's Budget a Deficit Enabler? February 10, 2011
Arithmetic and the Fannie/Freddie Fix February 07, 2011
Third Way vs. The Right Way: Scare Stories on Social Security February 04, 2011
Unemployment Rate Drops Again, But Job Creation Remains Weak February 02, 2011
Can You Find the Structural Unemployment? January 28, 2011
Drop in Imports Boosts GDP in 4th Quarter January 25, 2011
Bottom Third of Housing Market Continues to Drag Prices Down January 07, 2011
Unemployment Falls as the Unemployed Give Up December 12, 2010
President Obama Gets Leading Proponent of Social Security Privatization and Bubble Economy to Tout Budget Deal December 03, 2010
Unemployment Rises to 9.8 Percent After Weak Growth in November December 02, 2010
The Left-Right Alliance Scores Big Victory With Fed Data November 11, 2010
Are Public Sector Workers Overpaid? The Story of Underfunded Pensions November 10, 2010
Your Tax Dollars at Work: Redistribution in Washington Today November 08, 2010
Commissions' Findings Three Months Late November 05, 2010
October BLS Report Shows Increase in Jobs, Drop in Employment Rate October 29, 2010
Inventories Push Third-Quarter GDP Growth October 26, 2010
Prices for Lower-End Homes Fall in Several Cities October 18, 2010
What's Good for the Gulf is Good for the Housing Market October 05, 2010
The Cherry Tree Committed Suicide September 30, 2010
Social Security and the Washington Post: Who Is Going Down First? September 28, 2010
Home Sales Resume Decline After Expiration of Tax Credit September 15, 2010
Casey at the Blog: Joy in Recession Land July 30, 2010
Debt and GDP Growth: Reinhart and Rogoff, One More Time July 23, 2010
Never Mind: America Speaks Again July 04, 2010
Not Following Professional Ethics Matters Also June 18, 2010
Will It Go Round In Circles: Alan Simpson and the Social Security Trust Fund June 03, 2010
Fun With Money May 27, 2010
Bitter Medicine May 07, 2010
Work Share: The Quick Way Back to Full Employment January 11, 2010
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