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Baker: Destroying The Lair Of The Budget Balancing Cretins
Znet Article, May, 20 2013
Dean Baker
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If the deficit hawks are "really concerned about our children's future", they should focus on the over-valued dollar
Krugman: The 1 Percent’s Solution
Znet Article, April, 27 2013
Paul Krugman
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What the top 1 percent wants becomes what economic science says we must do
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
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
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
Krugman: The Big Fail
Znet Article, January, 08 2013
Paul Krugman
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We've just experienced a colossal failure of economic policy and far too many of those responsible for that failure both retain power and refuse to learn from experience
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
Schechter: HooHa: Finally, A Few Bankers Face Criminal Prosecutions For Conspiracies
Commentary, December, 24 2012
Danny Schechter
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Most of the coverage does not link all these financial crimes to the larger effect and impact they have had on the world
Schechter: Sail On O’ Ship Of Fate: Ignorning Warnings Can Be Fatal
Znet Article, December, 16 2012
Danny Schechter
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The “Fiscal Cliff” may then disappear as an issue but icebergs of economic volatility are still rushing our way. Mayday, Mayday!
Krugman: Robots and Robber Barons
Znet Article, December, 12 2012
Paul Krugman
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Capital is doing fine by grabbing an ever-larger slice, at labor's expense
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
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
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
Krugman: Hawks and Hypocrites
Znet Article, November, 13 2012
Paul Krugman
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The deficit-scold movement was never really about the deficit. Instead, it was about using deficit fears to shred the social safety net
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
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
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
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?
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
Weisbrot: Minimum Wage Raise is the Least We Can Do to Civilize America
Znet Article, September, 01 2012
Mark Weisbrot
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If we look at the minimum wage 44 years ago, and simply adjust it for inflation, it would be more than $10 today
