Never Mind the Stock Market, the Economy Is Blinking a Big Warning Never Mind the Stock Market, the Economy Is Blinking a Big Warning
Tariff-induced higher prices and supply chain problems are just the start of the pain Trumponomics will inflict.
May 13, 2025 / Dean Baker for The Nation
Trump’s Trade Wars Hark Back to an Economy That No Longer Exists Trump’s Trade Wars Hark Back to an Economy That No Longer Exists
The administration’s slapdash tariffs plan is an unworkable wish-fulfillment fantasy.
Apr 7, 2025 / Dean Baker
Do People Think the Economy Is Bad Because the Media Failed, or Because the Economy Is Actually Bad? Do People Think the Economy Is Bad Because the Media Failed, or Because the Economy Is Actually Bad?
Two experts look at the data come to very different conclusions about the state of the US economy.
Jul 19, 2024 / The Debate / Dean Baker and Wesley Bignell
Billionaires Won’t Save Local News. Here’s What Will. Billionaires Won’t Save Local News. Here’s What Will.
Praying for beneficent tycoons is not the answer. We need the government to step up.
Mar 4, 2024 / Dean Baker
Why the Public Is Negative on the Economy Why the Public Is Negative on the Economy
The economic picture under Biden actually looks great—but he’s polling poorly anyway.
Feb 21, 2024 / Dean Baker
Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules. Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules.
Changes in IP have done far more than tax cuts to increase inequality—and US protection of IP could lead to a cold war with China.
Feb 8, 2021 / Dean Baker
Trump’s Reality-TV Trade Deal Trump’s Reality-TV Trade Deal
He claims the new North American bill is a victory for US manufacturing, but it’s a lot like the TPP and does very little for US workers.
Oct 3, 2018 / Dean Baker
Elizabeth Warren Should Stay in the Senate Elizabeth Warren Should Stay in the Senate
Her agenda is fundamentally different from the one Hillary Clinton will pursue.
Jun 24, 2016 / Dean Baker
Fix the Debt’s Fuzzy Math Fix the Debt’s Fuzzy Math
Dire warnings about the deficit don’t add up mathematically. But then, Fix the Debt is not really about the economy, it’s about gutting Medicare, Social Security and ot...
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Dean Baker
Proposed Social Security Bargain Makes No Sense for the Elderly Proposed Social Security Bargain Makes No Sense for the Elderly
The median income of people over age 65 is less than $20,000. The solution is not to cut that further.
Dec 18, 2012 / Dean Baker