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Znet Article Baker: Why Does the New York Times Think It's So Cool to Beat Up on Seniors?

Znet Article, August, 13 2011 Dean Baker
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Cutting Social Security is especially off base since the latest projections show that the program is fully funded through the year 2038

Znet Article Baker: Work Sharing is the Answer

Znet Article, August, 12 2011 Dean Baker
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If we encourage employers to deal with reduced demand by shortening work hours rather than laying people off, we can get back to full employment relatively quickly

Znet Article Baker: Productivity, Profits, and Job Growth

Znet Article, August, 11 2011 Dean Baker
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Weak productivity growth of the last year appears to be offsetting the rapid growth from earlier in the downturn

Znet Article Baker: The Economic Illiterates Step Up the Attack on Social Security and Medicare

Znet Article, August, 10 2011 Dean Baker
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Standard & Poor's downgrade of US debt should be seen as the joke it is

Znet Article Baker: Employment Rate Hits New Low as Economy Creates 117,000 Jobs in July

Znet Article, August, 07 2011 Dean Baker
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The employment rate for blacks hit its 4th consecutive low for the downturn

Znet Article Baker: On the Debt Ceiling Deal

Znet Article, August, 02 2011 Dean Baker
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The protracted negotiations over the debt ceiling, show what happens when a small minority is allowed to gain control over national debate

Znet Article Baker: The Nonsense Battle Over the Debt Ceiling

Znet Article, July, 28 2011 Dean Baker
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Policy debates in Washington are moving ever further from reality as a small elite is moving to strip benefits that the vast majority need and support

Znet Article Baker: Statement on the Gang of Six Plan

Znet Article, July, 21 2011 Dean Baker
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This is a plan that should be expected to please the wealthy

Znet Article Baker: Why the Budget Debate Is Destined to Become Ever More Painful

Znet Article, July, 14 2011 Dean Baker
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Neither party has a monopoly on solemnly stated absurdities

Znet Article Baker: Manufacturing Deficit Fear

Znet Article, July, 13 2011 Dean Baker
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If politicians knew that they would pay a political price for making things up about the budget and the economy, then they would be less likely to do it

Znet Article Baker: Will the Obama Administration Finally Fix Housing?

Znet Article, June, 29 2011 Dean Baker
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The problem of foreclosures is now primarily a government problem

Znet Article Baker: Creationists, Flat-Earthers, and Deficit Hawks

Znet Article, June, 13 2011 Dean Baker
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There is a standard econ 101 story about how reducing deficits can boost the economy

Znet Article Baker: Disaster Not Averted

Znet Article, June, 08 2011 Dean Baker
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At this pace, it would take more than a decade to get back to normal levels of unemployment

Znet Article Baker: Bernie Sanders Tries Some Clear Thinking on Prescription Drugs

Znet Article, June, 06 2011 Dean Baker
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The country is projected to spend almost $300 billion on prescription drugs this year

Znet Article Baker: The Beatification of Senator Simpson

Znet Article, June, 03 2011 Dean Baker
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The question that the public should be asking is how often does Senator Simpson have to be wrong before he loses credibility?

Commentary Baker: The Good News and the Bad News in the Social Security Trustees' Report

Commentary, May, 22 2011 Dean Baker
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The picture is hardly as dire as many politicians in Washington are claiming

Znet Article Baker: Boosting the Economy: The Best Way to Balance the Budget

Znet Article, May, 19 2011 Dean Baker
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Unfortunately, our policymakers don’t do very well in either the memory or creativity department

Znet Article Baker: Job Creation the Textbook Way: Reducing the Value of the Dollar

Znet Article, May, 07 2011 Dean Baker
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First and foremost we need honest economists

Znet Article Baker: Deficit Fever: Loon Tune Time Among the Elite

Znet Article, April, 28 2011 Dean Baker
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The country is still smoldering in the wreckage of the collapsed housing bubble, but the victims have left the policy debate altogether

Znet Article Baker: Tyranny of the Central Bankers

Znet Article, April, 26 2011 Dean Baker
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The worst economic downturn in 70 years has failed to change the behavior of central bankers

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