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Things have not gone well on Wall Street this year. Depending on the year-end news, the stock market looks at best to…
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.
Halloween has come and gone, but the Social Security Scare Squad (SSSS) refuses to take off their masks. This group of ghouls…
The congressional budget office (CBO) releases its updated long-term projections for Medicare and Medicaid this week. They will almost certainly show a…
The Commerce Department reported last month that homeownership among African Americans had dropped to 46.7 percent in the third quarter, three full…
Twenty years ago the stock market experienced its largest single-day dive in history, with the Dow falling by 22.6%. The next day,…
Last week, a jury determined that Jammie Thomas, a single mother living in Minnesota, should pay $222,000 to the recording industry for…
Alan Greenspan now says that we are seeing a housing bubble. He expects a large single-digit price decline “as a minimum” and…
For the last quarter century, corporate America has been at war against the labor movement. After a long period in which unions…
The mortgage-market meltdown has gotten big enough that even Congress is taking notice. Members of Congress, especially those running for president, are…
CNN took another shot at establishing its credibility in its battle with Michael Moore with a set of detailed responses to issues…