October 15, 2021

15 Octubre 2021

What we are seeing right now is a Federal Reserve Board that is doing the right thing in the face of the hysteria of its critics. The critics want to see it move rapidly to slow the economy so that they can again get good help cheap.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónJobsTrabajosWorkersSector del trabajo

The High-Paid Media Types Are Unhappy Workers Are Getting Higher Pay

By Dean BakerDean Baker

October 14, 2021

14 Octubre 2021

After decades of wage stagnation for those at the middle and the bottom of the wage ladder, it’s good to see some real progress for at least some low-paid workers.

• COVID-19CoronavirusIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

The Preventable Horrors of the Pandemic and the Short Case for Open Research

By Dean BakerDean Baker

October 11, 2021

11 Octubre 2021

In general, and in a global health emergency in particular, we should be looking to share technology as widely as possible, not locking it up behind patent monopolies and other protections.

• JobsTrabajosUnited StatesEE. UU.WorkersSector del trabajo

Cheap Fun Saturday: Job Growth Under Biden and Trump

By Dean BakerDean Baker

October 09, 2021

09 Octubre 2021

So, for the Trump crew, it now stands that Biden has created 4,797,000 jobs in his first eight months in office, compared to a loss of 2,876,000 jobs in the four years of Donald Trump's presidency.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Econ 101 for the “It’s Hard to Get Good Help” Crowd at the Washington Post

By Dean BakerDean Baker

October 09, 2021

09 Octubre 2021

Any good economist can quickly recognize the "it's hard to get good help" cry of the privileged.

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

Building Back Better and the September Jobs Report

By Dean BakerDean Baker

October 09, 2021

09 Octubre 2021

The problems that are most apparent in this report indicate the urgency of many of the items in Biden’s agenda. Our senators and congresspeople should give them serious thought.

Shouldn’t Biden Be Thanking China for Not Following Through on the Purchase Commitments in Its Trump Trade Deal?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

October 05, 2021

05 Octubre 2021

With widespread supply chain problems due to the pandemic and unusual weather conditions, additional sales to China might well have caused even greater bottlenecks in the effort to meet domestic demand.

• Intellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

High Drug Prices and the Refusal to Talk Seriously About Debt and Deficits

By Dean BakerDean Baker

October 03, 2021

03 Octubre 2021

How can someone who claims to be concerned about the burden of the government debt on our children, ignore the burden, in the form of higher prices, created by government-granted patent and copyright monopolies?

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Was the G.I. Bill of Rights a Safety Net Bill? Talking About the Democrats’ Big Bill

By Dean BakerDean Baker

October 01, 2021

01 Octubre 2021

It is unlikely that many reporters at the time described the GI Bill of Rights as a “safety net” plan. They shouldn’t describe the Democrats’ package this way either.

• Intellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

Big Pharma Fights Back

By Dean BakerDean Baker

September 29, 2021

29 Septiembre 2021

Naturally, no one expects to be able to get $50 billion a year out of the hide of a huge industry without a serious fight. The pharmaceutical companies surely have all their lobbyists working overtime courting members of Congress.