August 27, 2022

27 05:16:00 Agosto 2022

There is much that is good in the recent legislation that has been touted as industrial policy. However, these bills have not been well-structured from the standpoint of reducing income inequality.

• Intellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

Bernie Sanders Makes the Washington Post Oped Page: We Don’t Need Government-Granted Patent Monopolies to Finance Drug Research

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 22, 2022

22 20:07:00 Agosto 2022

Moving away from … government-granted patent monopolies to a system of direct public funding will be a long process. But we have to get the debate started.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Productivity Growth: What Happened to the Upturn?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 22, 2022

22 05:42:00 Agosto 2022

There are reasons for some hope that we are on a faster productivity path than we were before the pandemic. However, we will need to see more evidence to believe this is actually the case.

Inflation: Where are We Now?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 19, 2022

19 12:33:00 Agosto 2022

The recent government data on inflation, along with a wide variety of private measures, give us good reason to believe that we are seeing at least a temporary pause where the monthly inflation data will be moderate.

• Economic PolicyInequalityLa DesigualdadUnited StatesEE. UU.

Thomas Edsall Can’t Even Consider That the Way We Structure Markets Creates Inequality

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 10, 2022

10 17:07:00 Agosto 2022

The framing that we somehow need government intervention to give people a shot makes it hugely more difficult to address the problems of inequality.

The Media Love The Terrible Economy Story: Marketplace Radio Edition

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 10, 2022

10 16:39:00 Agosto 2022

Both the Washington Post and Marketplace radio have effectively turned reality on its head to tell their terrible economy story about a statistic that actually suggests a good economy.

• InequalityLa DesigualdadUnited StatesEE. UU.Wall StreetEl Mundo Financiero

If We Tax Share Buybacks, Can We Also Tax Stock Returns?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 09, 2022

09 03:00:00 Agosto 2022

The taxation of share buybacks in the Inflation Reduction Act shows that we do not have to make profit the basis for the corporate income tax.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónGlobalization and TradeGlobalización y comercio

The Semiconductor Bill and the Moderna Billionaires

By Dean BakerDean Baker

July 27, 2022

27 04:00:00 Julio 2022

With a bit of thought, the semiconductor bill could have been designed in ways that did not redistribute income upward.

Structuring the Economy to Give Money to the Rich Is Inflationary

By Dean BakerDean Baker

July 18, 2022

18 05:51:00 Julio 2022

Today’s inflation should show us very directly how attacking the policies that redistribute so much income upward would help the working class.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

The Washington Post Says the Economy Is Terrible: Multiple Job Holders Edition

By Dean BakerDean Baker

July 17, 2022

17 11:41:00 Julio 2022

From the data, it looks like people are more likely to work two full-time jobs when they can get two full-time jobs, when the economy is strong. In effect, the Washington Post highlighted a sign of economic strength as evidence of a bad economy.