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Znet Article Baker: The London Whale And The Real Link Between The US Economy And Cyprus

Znet Article, April, 01 2013 Dean Baker
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Washington policy-makers say the deficit is the greatest threat to the US economy. In reality, it's the failure of banking reform

Znet Article Baker: Worms, Pond Scum and Economists

Znet Article, March, 21 2013 Dean Baker
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The effort to blame the awful plight of the young on Social Security and Medicare is picking up steam

Znet Article Baker: Debt-To-GDP Nonsense

Znet Article, February, 19 2013 Dean Baker
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The US government has a huge amount of assets that it could sell at any time and thereby reduce its debt

Znet Article Baker: Larry Summers and the Davos Scam

Znet Article, February, 05 2013 Dean Baker
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Economist Larry Summers is presumably not the only "expert" who crafts a message to please the sponsors

Znet Article Baker: Four More Years Of 'It Could Have Been Worse'

Znet Article, January, 25 2013 Dean Baker
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Four years after Obama's historic inauguration, the biggest change is that there is no hope for the economy

Znet Article Baker: Will Japan Lead The Path Away From The Fiscal Cliff?

Znet Article, January, 08 2013 Dean Baker
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If Abe manages to restore Japan to a healthy growth path perhaps it will put an end to austerity economics in the US

Znet Article Baker: Michigan Republicans Deny Police Officers and Firefighters the Right to Work

Znet Article, December, 19 2012 Dean Baker
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Republicans were trying to buy off police unions and firefighters’ unions with special favors, not singling them out for punishment

Znet Article Baker: Wall Street Manipulates Deficit Angst With Fiscal Cliff Fear

Znet Article, December, 07 2012 Dean Baker
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Deficit hawks rely on media allies to report budget doom to advance their agenda of cutting Medicare and social security

Znet Article Baker: Fiscal Cliff Hysteria Is Manipulated By Self-Serving Deficit Hawks

Znet Article, November, 18 2012 Dean Baker
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Missing the January deadline simply means those who want to preserve Bush tax cuts for the super-rich lose political leverage

Znet Article Baker: The Loss of Housing Wealth

Znet Article, November, 15 2012 Dean Baker
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What we really need is something to replace the demand created by the housing bubble

Znet Article Baker: Climate Change, Not The National Debt, Is The Legacy We Should Care About

Znet Article, November, 11 2012 Dean Baker
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Worry about the grandchildren? Then stop global warming, but don't pretend deficit reduction by slashing pensions is for them

Znet Article Baker: Get Ready For The Phony Debt Fight

Znet Article, November, 04 2012 Dean Baker
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Both candidates agree: The national debt is the most urgent challenge facing the nation. But it's not -- at all

Znet Article Baker: Is the Budget "Crisis" History?

Znet Article, November, 02 2012 Dean Baker
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One of the major growth industries in Washington is the promotion of budget hysteria

Znet Article Baker: Why Won’t President Obama Stand Up for Social Security?

Znet Article, November, 01 2012 Dean Baker
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In elite Washington circles the willingness to cut Social Security is taken as evidence of courage

Znet Article Baker: The Wrecking Society: Economics Today

Znet Article, October, 17 2012 Dean Baker
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The amount of damage being inflicted on countries around the world by bad economic policy is astounding

Znet Article Baker: Debt Worries: Economists Fail Arithmetic, Again

Znet Article, September, 25 2012 Dean Baker
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Is it possible that many of the world's leading economists are completely missing the boat in their understanding of the way in which the debt poses a burden on the economy?

Znet Article Baker: Chicago School Teachers Give Us All A Lesson

Znet Article, September, 20 2012 Dean Baker
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Two-thirds of parents supported the Chicago school teachers' protest in spite of the inconvenience caused by the strike

Znet Article Baker: Erskine Bowles: An Object Lesson In Wall Street Influence On Washington

Znet Article, September, 18 2012 Dean Baker
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No wonder the deficit commission's report ignored calls for a Tobin tax when its co-author is a corporate finance insider

Znet Article Baker: The Pacific Free Trade Deal That's Anything But Free

Znet Article, August, 29 2012 Dean Baker
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The TPP is an effort to use the holy grail of free trade to impose conditions and override domestic laws in a way that would be almost impossible using normal legislative process

Znet Article Baker: Land of the Fee: The $1.2 Trillion Health Care Tax

Znet Article, August, 22 2012 Dean Baker
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An inefficient health care system is costing $1.2 trillion, but many economists want to fix the budget by slashing it

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