Economist Arindrajit Dube joins Dean Baker to discuss his book The Wage Standard, examining why the federal minimum wage has stagnated for over a generation, how outsourcing reshaped worker pay, and why sectoral wage standards may be the key to rebuilding middle-class wages.
Mostly Economics Episode 36: Ed Zitron, CEO of national Media Relations and Public Relations company EZPR and leading AI skeptic, joins Dean Baker to break down why the AI investment boom looks more like a bubble than a revolution.
Dean Baker sits down with Amy Hanauer, Executive Director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, to expose how loopholes like carried interest were deliberately built to protect fortunes and make working people foot the bill.
Today’s episode is about the US-Israel war on Iran, its legitimacy and the economic impacts on people in the US. Our guest, Matt Duss, is the Executive Vice President at the Center for International Policy, former foreign policy advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders, and co-host of Un-Diplomatic Podcast.
Dean speaks with Milo Vassallo, Executive Director of the Media and Democracy Project, about combating news deserts and the power of citizen journalism.
In this episode, Dean Baker and renowned macroeconomist Claudia Sahm discuss the economic shocks from attacking Iran and the Federal Reserve’s policy stance amid geopolitical tensions.
Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein answer listener-submitted questions on the biggest economic issues of the moment: the affordability crisis gripping American families, the surprising Democratic victories in off-year elections, and how the government shutdown is erasing critical economic data.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses his book “The Road to Freedom,” explaining why real economic freedom means more than just keeping government small.
This week, Dean speaks with Sasha Abramsky, freelance writer for The Nation and author of the forthcoming book “American Carnage,” which examines how the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE systematically targeted federal workers in 2025.
