Op-Eds & Columns

Health Care and Student Loans: The Bad Guys Are on the Run
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, 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  
San Diego Union-Tribune, February 27, 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
TPM Café (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, Jan. 10, 2007

Economy Looks Bad for 2007
Mark Weisbrot
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 2, 2007

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

The Bursting of the Housing Bubble and the Coming Recession
Dean Baker
Truthout, Aug. 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
Columbus Dispatch (OH), May 8, 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
Oct. 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, 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

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
1998, Knight-Ridder/Media Tribune Services, Oct. 14

Ending Welfare Reform as We Know It
Mark Weisbrot
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sep. 19, 1997

Wall Street, Main Street, and the Fed
Mark Weisbrot
Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, April 20, 1997