Zcom_simple

Back Search Results - New Search

Znet Article Baker: The Iceland Follies: Loony Currency Schemes

Znet Article, March, 08 2012 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

In a strange move, Iceland is considering adopting the Canadian dollar as its official currency

Znet Article Baker: Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Bowles-Simpson Commission Report

Znet Article, March, 07 2012 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

Supporters of the co-chairs' proposal have referred to the report as being the commission report, as though it actually had been approved

Znet Article Baker: The Payroll Tax Law's Best Measure

Znet Article, February, 29 2012 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

Tucked in the small print of the payroll tax bill is a work-sharing plan that could save more than a million jobs this year

Znet Article Baker: The Surefire Way to End Online Piracy: End Copyright

Znet Article, January, 24 2012 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

The vast majority of singers and musicians get almost nothing from copyright protection

Znet Article Baker: Alan Greenspan's Ship of Fools

Znet Article, January, 22 2012 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

There is profound ignorance of the economy among the nation's top economic policymakers

Znet Article Baker: The US Housing Bubble

Znet Article, January, 13 2012 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

Alan Greenspan should have led economists to document the potential harm of the bubble, and to burst it early

Znet Article Baker: Obama's Stimulus Failure

Znet Article, December, 21 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

The president could have rescued the economy by pushing for more stimulus. Not doing so was an error of epic proportions

Znet Article Baker: The Stop Online Piracy Act: Class War in Cyberspace

Znet Article, December, 08 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

The Stop Online Piracy Act is big government at its worst: an intrusion into the market to help the One Percent at the expense of everyone else

Znet Article Baker: The Fed Must Step In

Znet Article, December, 07 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

The European Central Bank has stubbornly refused to act as lender of last resort, but the eurozone economy is too big to fail

Znet Article Baker: Time to Retake Politics From the One Percent in Both Political Parties

Znet Article, November, 30 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

They have been fighting this class war for 30 years. It is long past time that the rest of us started fighting back

Znet Article Baker: How Occupy Stopped the Supercommittee

Znet Article, November, 25 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

Since the supercommittee's real agenda was to bypass Congress and cut social security, let's give thanks for the 99%

Znet Article Baker: The One Percent Turns Class War Into Generational War

Znet Article, November, 15 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

The public should realize that "generational warfare" is an agenda that was deliberately designed by the 1 percent to distract the rest of us from class war

Znet Article Baker: Greece, Home of Democracy, Deprived of a Vote

Znet Article, November, 12 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

Armed by Papandreou with a referendum, the Greek people had clout. Now, they're powerless before the troika's austerity plan

Znet Article Baker: The Spurious Case Against a Financial Transactions Tax

Znet Article, November, 05 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

With the European Commission seriously considering a tax on financial transactions the opponents of such a tax are shifting their campaign into high gear

Znet Article Baker: A Generation of CEOs Who Don't Know How to Raise Wages

Znet Article, October, 26 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

Companies should not have to forego expansion and workers should not have to be unemployed just because CEOs don't how to raise wages

Znet Article Baker: Democracy Versus Bankers at the Fed

Znet Article, October, 20 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

An overhaul of the Fed is long overdue

Znet Article Baker: When Being Rich Makes Us Poor, People Should Occupy Wall Street

Znet Article, October, 13 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

We have an economic system that, even when it is working, has been rigged to redistribute income to rich

Znet Article Baker: Bill Clinton Is Baaaaaaaaack!

Znet Article, October, 07 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

Clinton stands alongside Alan Greenspan as one of the last people who should be giving the country and the world advice on economic policy

Znet Article Baker: Why Don't the Deficit Hawks Want to Tax Wall Street?

Znet Article, September, 27 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

The intensity with which the country's leading deficit hawks continue to ignore financial speculation taxes (FST) is getting ever more entertaining

Znet Article Baker: Can China Save the World Economy?

Znet Article, September, 24 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

Certainly, China has the ability to act as a backstop for the world economy, if it chooses to play this role

Znet Article Baker: Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?

Znet Article, September, 22 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

The proper response to Governor Perry's charge should have been to ask whether he had any understanding at all about the country's most important social program

Znet Article Baker: Work Sharing Should Be Part of the President's Job Program

Znet Article, September, 09 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

The quickest, and likely cheapest, way to increase employment would be to aggressively promote a policy of work sharing

Znet Article Baker: The Canadian Oil Pipeline

Znet Article, September, 03 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

This Canadian oil would increase greenhouse gas emissions by 14 percent over the use of other types of oil

Znet Article Baker: President Obama's Job Creation Mirage

Znet Article, August, 31 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

Look forward to being disappointed – especially if you're one of the unfortunate unemployed

Znet Article Baker: Double-dip Recession is Unlikely

Znet Article, August, 28 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

We need real growth; avoiding a double-dip is nothing to brag about

Znet Article Baker: The Morality of the Other Side in the Class War

Znet Article, August, 27 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

It is important to remember that the tens of millions of people who are unemployed or underemployed today did not do anything wrong

Znet Article Baker: Why Is President Obama So Anxious to Cut Social Security?

Znet Article, August, 25 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

President Obama again indicated his interest in cutting Social Security

Znet Article Baker: Shorter Weeks, Longer Vacations

Znet Article, August, 20 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

The United States is suffering the enduring effects of a collapsed housing bubble, not a financial crisis

Znet Article Baker: President Obama Joins the Cult of Economics Deniers

Znet Article, August, 19 2011 Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page

Evidence apparently doesn’t matter at the White House any more

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
Baker's ZSpace page

Cutting Social Security is especially off base since the latest projections show that the program is fully funded through the year 2038

Loading_border