Op-Eds & Columns

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

People Power Matters: The Public Option Lives!
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 26, 2009

Trade in Health Care: When “Free Traders” Become Protectionists
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 12, 2009

Can the Townhallers Be Left, Rather Than Left Behind?
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 21, 2009

The Rally Against Obamacare for the Banks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 21, 2009

The Public Plan Option and the Big Government Conservatives
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 14, 2009

“Big Government” and the Health Care Crazies
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 17, 2009

Are Mandates Mandatory?
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, August 17, 2009

Governor Palin’s Crazed Health Care Rant: Blame the Washington Post
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 10, 2009

Promises to the Drug Industry: Like Renegotiating NAFTA?
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, August 7, 2009

The U.S.-Korea Trade Deal: No Time Soon
Dean Baker
The Hankyoreh (South Korea), August 3, 2009

The Doctor is in . . . Bangkok
Dean Baker
The Boston Globe, August 2, 2009

Good Medicine: Why Not for Everyone?
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 27, 2009

Taxing Health Insurance Premiums and Subsidizing Health Care Providers
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 20, 2009

It’s Not Rationing, Stupid!
By Dean Baker
Truthout, July 13, 2009

Life, Liberty, and Employer-Provided Health Insurance
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 6, 2009

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

The Bankrupt Debate Over Bankrupting Our Children
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 11, 2009

Can Health Insurers Whine Louder Than Bankers?
Dean Baker
Truthout, April 27, 2009

Malpractice
Dean Baker
Boston Review, May/June 2009

The Granny Bashers: Different Facts, Same Policy
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 16, 2009

Competing Views of Government: Universal Medicare or Government-Protected Insurance Companies
Dean Baker
Truthout, March 9, 2009

Health Care Reform Is Needed Now More than Ever
Mark Weisbrot  
San Diego Union-Tribune, February 27, 2009

The Solution to the Budget Deficit
Dean Baker
Truthout, February 23, 2009

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

Yes, We Can Make the Stimulus More Stimulating
Dean Baker
Truthout, January 12, 2009

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

Free Market Myth
Dean Baker
Boston Review, January/February 2009

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

Homeownership Without Equity: What's It Worth?
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 15, 2008

If G.M. Were a Canadian Company, It Wouldn't be Asking for Help
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, December 11, 2008

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

IOUSA: Failed Scare Flick of the Decade
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 1, 2008

Health Care as Stimulus: The Best Way to Spend Big Bucks
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 17, 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

The Deficit and Health Care Costs
Dean Baker and Murtaza H. Baxamusa
The San Diego Union-Tribune, October 31, 2008

The Return of Great Depression Economics
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, October 13, 2008

Slinging Mud to Hide the Real Dirt
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, September 15, 2008

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

Getting More For Less: The Not-So-Obvious Benefits of Publicly Funded Trials for New Drugs
Dean Baker
Milken Institute Review, July 2008

Barack Care Versus John Care: Health Care Under the Next President
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 30, 2008

Insurance Fraud
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 16, 2008

Universal Health Care or John Care
Dean Baker
Truthout, May 12, 2008

The Meltdown Lowdown, No. 5
Dean Baker
TAP (The American Prospect) Online, May 8, 2008

Kicking the Habit
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, February 18, 2008

Insurers Whack Elderly to Celebrate New Year
Dean Baker
January 7, 2008, Truthout

The Cost of Living
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 1, 2008

Edwards Comes Out on Top on the Economy
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 31, 2007

Outsourcing Healthcare
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 12, 2007

Millions of Americans in Economic Battle to Make Ends Meet
Heather Boushey
Alternet October 13, 2007

From WMDs to Social Security: More Bush Stories
Dean Baker
Truthout, October 1, 2007

Uninsured Kids Are Protecting Bush's Ego
Dean Baker
Truthout, September 23, 2007

Stop Blaming the Boomers
Dean Baker
AlterNet, September 20, 2007

Needed for Labor Day: Something to Celebrate
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, August 30, 2007

Bush's Painful, Lopsided Economic 'Recovery' Continues
Heather Boushey
AlterNet, August 30, 2007

Fixing Health Care: Not Government vs. Market
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 10, 2007

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

Edwards Steps Forward on Prescription Drugs
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 18, 2007

The Drug Industry Protectionists
Dean Baker
International Business Times, June 11, 2007

Prescription Drugs: Where's the Free Market?
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 4, 2007

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

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

Thailand Takes the Lead in Promoting Free Trade
Dean Baker
The Hankyoreh (S. Korea), March 26, 2007

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

Small Government and the Medicare Drug Benefit
Dean Baker
Truthout, Feb. 27, 2007

Trade, Drugs and CEOs
Dean Baker
Truthout, Feb. 20, 2007

A Forward Looking Agenda for the Democrats
Dean Baker
Challenge Magazine, February 2007

Edwards Steps Out Front on Health Care
Dean Baker
Truthout, Feb. 12, 2007

Hooked on Drug Money: Will Congress Take a Stand on Medicare?
Dean Baker
Truthout, Jan. 10, 2007

Drug Scandals Keep Flowing: Time for New Thinking
Dean Baker
Truthout, Dec. 20, 2006

Expanding Medicare: A Step Toward Universal Health Ins. for Americans
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee, Dec. 19, 2006

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

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

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

Trade Agreements for the Future, Not the Past
Dean Baker
The Hankyoreh, Sep. 20, 2006

Prescription Drug Scams
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 29, 2006

Victory in the Medicare Drug War?
Dean Baker
In These Times, March 21, 2006

Scoring a Drug Fix
Dean Baker
TomPaine.com, January 5, 2006

Bush Drug Plan an Expensive, Complicated Turkey
Dean Baker
Sacramento Bee, November 25, 2005

Lawsuit and Language Abuse Week
Dean Baker
Contra Costa Times, January 30, 2005

Overcoming the Bubble Economy
Dean Baker
TomPaine.com, October 12, 2004

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

Labor Day 2004: Not Much to Celebrate
Mark Weisbrot
Philadelphia Inquirer, September 5, 2004

Prescription Drug Imports Are a Good Start
Mark Weisbrot
Fresno Bee, November 23, 2003

Prescription for Pain: The Medicare
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, October 20, 2003 

Bush in Africa: Compassionate Protectionism?
Mark Weisbrot
Bangkok Post, July 12, 2003

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

The Cost of Protectionism in Pharmaceuticals
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Information Tribune Services, October 24, 2002

Lying on Top
Dean Baker
Jan. 22, 2002

Protecting Pharmaceutical Companies From the Threat of Bio-Terrorism
Mark Weisbrot
Chicago Tribune, November 1, 2001

Dying for Patents
Dean Baker
Oct. 29, 2001

Non-Patients Need a Bill of Rights
Mark Weisbrot
Savannah Morning News, July 7, 2001

Meet the New Economy - Same as the Old Economy?
Mark Weisbrot
Huntsville Times (AL), June 10, 2001

Why We Need Free Trade for Life Saving Medicines
Mark Weisbrot
Baltimore Sun, March 21, 2001

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

Post Election Bipartisanship Could Spell Trouble for Social Security, Medicare
Mark Weisbrot
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 24, 2000

Competing Drug Plans Won't Stop the Pain
Mark Weisbrot
Houston Chronicle, Oct. 11, 2000

Populism Sells: Now How About the Real Thing?
Mark Weisbrot
Albany Times Union, Aug. 29, 2000

Rich Countries Offer Empty Promises to the World's Poor
Mark Weisbrot
Miami Herald, July 27, 2000

Battle for Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits Heats Up
Mark Weisbrot
Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, July 14, 2000

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

The New Economy: A Millenial Myth
Dean Baker
Dollars and Sense, March/April 2000

RX for Medicare
Mark Weisbrot
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 13, 2000

Drug Companies Fight Prescription Benefits for Seniors
Mark Weisbrot
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Feb. 7, 2000

The Real Drug Crisis
Dean Baker
In These Times, Aug. 21, 1999

Clinton's Medicare Plan is a Far Cry From Needed Health Care Reform
Mark Weisbrot
Houston Chronicle, July 22, 1999

The Real Cure for H.M.O.'s
Mark Weisbrot
1998, Knight-Ridder/Media Tribune Services, Oct. 14

Medicare Scams
Mark Weisbrot
The Seattle Times, Aug. 22, 1997

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