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.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

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.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

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.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

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.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

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.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

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.

• Intellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

The Big Lie of the Elites

By Dean BakerDean Baker

February 09, 2022

09 Febrero 2022

The key point, that is repeatedly misrepresented in this piece, is that the harm to the working class in the last four decades was the result of deliberate policy, not something that just happened.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Marketplace Radio Gives Us the Latest Bad News on the Economy: A Glut of Retail Goods

By Dean BakerDean Baker

February 02, 2022

02 Febrero 2022

In the old days, we might have thought that too many goods, with too few buyers, might have meant lower prices.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

More Thoughts on the Great Inflation Debate

By Dean BakerDean Baker

January 29, 2022

29 Enero 2022

We don’t want to see anything like the surge in unemployment from the 1981–82 recession, especially if it’s intended to combat an inflation problem that does not exist.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación