Publications

JD Vance is reviving racially charged fraud narratives to support Trump’s political agenda while ignoring larger sources of corporate fraud and unpaid taxes.

Narratives around AI, deficits, media consolidation, and social media ownership create confusion and misinformation that shape public opinion and strengthen right-wing political influence.

One possible way to deflate the AI bubble: The Fed could assign some economists to assess the state of the stock market.

Paid leave is overwhelmingly popular with the public, and provides workers with an essential benefit. But it is still not available to millions of workers. 

A venture that loses billions of dollars and is run entirely by a person who routinely says crazy things doesn’t sound like a trillion-dollar company, but Wall Street seems to think otherwise.

If  Donald Trump actually wants to compensate someone whose prosecution was politically motivated, he could look no further than the guy who leaked his tax return.

Dean Baker sits down with Amy Hanauer, Executive Director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, to expose how loopholes like carried interest were deliberately built to protect fortunes and make working people foot the bill.

Concentrated billionaire ownership of media, not just campaign spending after Citizens United v. FEC, is becoming one of the biggest threats to democratic politics and independent news.

The rules governing bankruptcy and taxes are deliberately structured to protect firms like Bain Capital and KKR, allowing private equity to build enormous fortunes while shifting the costs onto everyone else.

The Trump administration has offered shifting explanations for the war on Iran. Do any of them make sense?