The Opera Singer and the Sanctions

March 06, 2022

06 Marzo 2022

For every one of these stars whose case may get written up in the New York Times there are tens of thousands of retail clerks and factory workers who lose their job because of sanctions.

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How Does the Washington Post Know that Republicans Have “Concerns” About Federal Spending?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 05, 2022

05 Marzo 2022

The way this should be reported is simply to tell readers what the Republicans say, for example refer to "complaints," rather than try to tell us what they think.

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Six Million People Lose or Leave Their Job Every Month (that’s 72 million a year for arithmetic fans)

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 04, 2022

04 Marzo 2022

I can't say how people form their views of the economy, but it is simply not true that the level of unemployment and the state of the labor market only affects a small minority of the population.

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NYT Fact-Check Goes Full Looney Tunes to Trash Biden

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 04, 2022

04 Marzo 2022

Does anyone at the NYT think we ever had a year where employment grew by 20 percent? That's scary, if true.

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Yet More on Inflation

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 03, 2022

03 Marzo 2022

Earlier today I was on a panel discussing the recent surge in inflation. There were a number of questions for which we did not have time. I have picked some of these questions to answer myself, for anyone who may be interested.

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Reducing Oil Prices Without Ruining the Environment: Pay People Not to Drive

By Dean BakerDean Baker

February 24, 2022

24 Febrero 2022

There undoubtedly will be people who get away with substantial amounts of cheating, but that should not be an excuse for not adopting an environmentally friendly way of reducing the price of oil on world markets.

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Ross Douthat and the Great Resignation

By Dean BakerDean Baker

February 20, 2022

20 Febrero 2022

When the people...only hear that their plight was the unfortunate outcome of trends in technology and globalization, when in fact it was the result of policy deliberately designed by the winners, they are likely to be angry.

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Nope, the Biden Administration Is Not Lying About the Supply Chain, Steven Rattner is Confused Again

By Dean BakerDean Baker

February 17, 2022

17 Febrero 2022

The biggest problem with Rattner's story is that there has been a large jump in inflation rates in other wealthy countries as well.

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With Living Standards Up, Increasing Reports on Struggling Families is a Media Call, not a Reflection of Reality

By Dean BakerDean Baker

February 14, 2022

14 Febrero 2022

If news outlets are giving more coverage to struggling families today than they did before the pandemic, that is a result of their editorial policy, not a reflection of reality.

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More Quick Thoughts on Inflation After the January CPI

By Dean BakerDean Baker

February 13, 2022

13 Febrero 2022

There are good reasons to believe that inflation is more likely heading lower than higher. This means the Fed should be cautious in its moves and wait to get a clearer picture of the problem it is facing.