by Dean Baker | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog, Health
Stealing a page from the Denver Broncos’ Super Bowl playbook from last year, the Democrats have spent the fall campaign hiding from the most successful federal government program since Medicare. In spite of all the obstacles thrown up by Republicans in Congress, state...
by Dean Baker | Oct 20, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
Thus far, the Ebola virus has infected three people in the United States that we know of, however Ebola hysteria seems to have infected somewhere close to 300 million. There are reports of kids being pulled out of schools and even some school closings. People in many...
by Dean Baker | Oct 14, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Most economists recognize that the economy is still suffering from excessive unemployment. In fact, many acknowledge that excess unemployment has been a problem for some time. Even Lawrence Summers, who was treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton and head of...
by Dean Baker | Oct 1, 2014 | Economy, Financial Reform
The big news item in Washington last week was Attorney General Eric Holder decision to resign. Undoubtedly there are positives to Holder’s tenure as attorney general, but one really big minus is his decision not to prosecute any of the Wall Street crew whose actions...
by Dean Baker | Sep 22, 2014 | Economy
Developing explanations for the growth in inequality over the last three decades has been a huge growth industry in economics and policy circles. Many economists have made their careers with a novel explanation of how the natural development of technology and the...
