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
What Would Keynes Do? A Forum, Part 2 What Would Keynes Do? A Forum, Part 2
A second round of responses from economists and wonks to Thomas Geoghegan's Nation essay “What Would Keynes Do?”
Oct 6, 2011 / Dean Baker, Alice Amsden, and Louis Uchitelle
Why We Aren’t Like Greece Why We Aren’t Like Greece
Deficit hawks argue that excessive government spending drives the US’s debt woes. They're wrong.
Aug 10, 2011 / Dean Baker
Going Down With the Dow Going Down With the Dow
The market’s worst drop in two years may not signal a double-dip recession. But it certainly underscores the stupidity of Washington’s deficit/debt mania.
Aug 5, 2011 / Dean Baker
No Free Ride for Finance No Free Ride for Finance
A financial activities tax (FAT) would encourage long-term investing and help plug budget deficits. Can states rally to pass them?
May 11, 2011 / Feature / Dean Baker
The Right Prescription for an Ailing Economy The Right Prescription for an Ailing Economy
Developing policy solutions to reduce inequality is not difficult. Mustering political will to enact them is.
Jun 30, 2010 / Feature / Dean Baker
Solution to Unemployment: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours Solution to Unemployment: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours
There is an easy way to get unemployed workers back to work: pay them to work shorter hours.
Nov 17, 2009 / Dean Baker
The Housing Bubble Pops The Housing Bubble Pops
To solve the subprime mortgage crisis, start with aid for vulnerable homeowners, smarter economic policies and a more competent Federal Reserve Board.
Sep 13, 2007 / Dean Baker
Anti-Social Security Anti-Social Security
Click here for info on how to help save social security and click here to send a letter to your elected reps asking them to resist Bush's plans for social secuirty privatization.
Dec 9, 2004 / Dean Baker