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Among the many myths about globalization, the worst is that the loss of large numbers of manufacturing jobs in the United States (and Europe) was inevitable
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.
Interview on the fiction of capitalism being an economic system that anyone can prosper in with the right skills
Our trade negotiators weren’t suckers, as Trump seems to believe. They just weren’t working for the country’s blue-collar workers. We will have to see who they work for in a Trump administration
While ensuring quality in these professions is important, there surely are ways to guarantee competence that don’t discriminate to the same extent as our current regulations
Trump has proposed large infrastructure spending and also tax cuts that will hugely increase the deficit. Both offer real benefits, although with substantial risks
Offshoring manufacturing may have hurt many working people in America, but professionals and intellectual property have been robustly protected
Janine Jackson interviewed Dean Baker about the debt boogeyman
When the issue is trade deals, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Times throws out its usual journalistic standards to push its pro–trade deal agenda
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gave his first major economic address on Monday. Most of the speech was devoted to putting forward…
If the EU leadership continues to set policy based on folk wisdom from their parents rather than serious economics, the hardships among the population will continue