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There are two enormous myths about global warming. One is that dealing with it is optional. The other is that the measures…
Dean Baker
Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC.
Dean previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. He has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank, the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, and the OECD's Trade Union Advisory Council.
Is Uber a joke? Okay, Uber is definitely not a joke in the sense that it is a large company that has…
So We Don’t Have to Talk About the Rich
For years Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan wowed the Washington pundit class by pushing his balanced budget proposals. Not only did he…
Trade Really Did Kill Manufacturing Jobs
Paul Krugman criticized the Trump administration for its budget, which would cut or eliminate many programs that benefit low- and moderate-income people.…
Whatever the implications for winning elections, progressives should support policies that reverse upward redistribution because it is the right thing to do
The Republicans are rigging the system to transfer tens of billions of dollars a year from ordinary workers to their rich friends. The only principle here is giving more money to the rich
Developing countries have been lending large amounts of capital to rich countries, especially the United States. Much of this has taken the form of developing countries buying dollar-based assets to be held as reserves by their central banks
Davos Man has no particular interest in a free market or unregulated economic system. They only object to interventions that reduce their income