Inflation: Where are We Now?

August 19, 2022

19 12:33:00 Agosto 2022

The recent government data on inflation, along with a wide variety of private measures, give us good reason to believe that we are seeing at least a temporary pause where the monthly inflation data will be moderate.

• Economic PolicyInequalityLa DesigualdadUnited StatesEE. UU.

Thomas Edsall Can’t Even Consider That the Way We Structure Markets Creates Inequality

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 10, 2022

10 17:07:00 Agosto 2022

The framing that we somehow need government intervention to give people a shot makes it hugely more difficult to address the problems of inequality.

The Media Love The Terrible Economy Story: Marketplace Radio Edition

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 10, 2022

10 16:39:00 Agosto 2022

Both the Washington Post and Marketplace radio have effectively turned reality on its head to tell their terrible economy story about a statistic that actually suggests a good economy.

• InequalityLa DesigualdadUnited StatesEE. UU.Wall StreetEl Mundo Financiero

If We Tax Share Buybacks, Can We Also Tax Stock Returns?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 09, 2022

09 03:00:00 Agosto 2022

The taxation of share buybacks in the Inflation Reduction Act shows that we do not have to make profit the basis for the corporate income tax.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónGlobalization and TradeGlobalización y comercio

The Semiconductor Bill and the Moderna Billionaires

By Dean BakerDean Baker

July 27, 2022

27 04:00:00 Julio 2022

With a bit of thought, the semiconductor bill could have been designed in ways that did not redistribute income upward.

Structuring the Economy to Give Money to the Rich Is Inflationary

By Dean BakerDean Baker

July 18, 2022

18 05:51:00 Julio 2022

Today’s inflation should show us very directly how attacking the policies that redistribute so much income upward would help the working class.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

The Washington Post Says the Economy Is Terrible: Multiple Job Holders Edition

By Dean BakerDean Baker

July 17, 2022

17 11:41:00 Julio 2022

From the data, it looks like people are more likely to work two full-time jobs when they can get two full-time jobs, when the economy is strong. In effect, the Washington Post highlighted a sign of economic strength as evidence of a bad economy.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

The Washington Post Says the Economy Is Terrible: Falling Gas Price Edition

By Dean BakerDean Baker

July 17, 2022

17 11:16:00 Julio 2022

While it may turn out to be the case that the sanctions are more effective in the future than they have been to date, the futures markets apparently do not expect this outcome.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónInflationUnited StatesEE. UU.

NYT Goes Off the Deep End on Impoverished Millennials

By Dean BakerDean Baker

July 13, 2022

13 10:16:00 Julio 2022

These facts don’t mean that many millennials are not struggling to make ends meet, to pay off student debt, or trying to buy a home, but the idea that their parents had it markedly better is just nonsense.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónHealth and Social ProgramsLos Programas Sociales y de SaludIntellectual PropertyPropiedad IntelectualUnited StatesEE. UU.