• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónEconomic GrowthEl Desarollo

Republicans Reject Biden Proposal to Spend an Amount Equal to a Quarter of the Military Budget on Infrastructure

May 21, 2021

21 Mayo 2021

The piece never bothered to tell readers the number of years over which this money would be spent. Eight is the magic number.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Population Growth and the Which Way Is Up Problem in Economics

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 17, 2021

17 Mayo 2021

Instead of having too much demand, it looks like we will have too little demand. We will actually need the government to run large deficits to keep the economy close to full employment.

• COVID-19CoronavirusIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

Hot Tip for the NYT on Vaccines: There Are These Two Countries Called Russia and China

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 15, 2021

15 Mayo 2021

The place where this NYT piece goes seriously off the rails is that it completely ignores the vaccines developed by Russia and China.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónGovernmentEl GobiernoInequalityLa Desigualdad

President Biden Should Reappoint Powell as Fed Chair, Now

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 12, 2021

12 Mayo 2021

Jerome Powell has explicitly said that he wants to have the economy run hot, pushing it as far he can without kicking off inflation.

• Affordable Care ActGovernmentEl GobiernoHealth and Social ProgramsLos Programas Sociales y de Salud

The Fighting Isn’t Over: Review of The Ten Year War, by Jonathan Cohn

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 10, 2021

10 Mayo 2021

I will make a few comments about the book Cohn wrote and then get to some of the things I would have liked to see him discuss more.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Are Those $300 Weekly Supplements Making It Impossible for Employers to Get Good Help?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 10, 2021

10 Mayo 2021

In short, it is not plausible that the generosity of unemployment insurance benefits are a major factor affecting employers’ ability to find workers.

• COVID-19CoronavirusIntellectual PropertyPropiedad IntelectualTechnology

Vaccine Production and Open Source Technology

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 08, 2021

08 Mayo 2021

Even where we are now, there is good reason to believe that we can hasten the process of vaccinating the world by freely transferring technology.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

More Cheap Fun: Job Growth Under Biden and Trump

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 07, 2021

07 Mayo 2021

To repeat my standard disclaimer, I know this sort of comparison is silly, but . . .

• COVID-19CoronavirusIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

Biden’s Big Step on TRIPS: Getting the World Vaccinated

By Dean BakerDean Baker

May 06, 2021

06 Mayo 2021

The goal here should be getting the world vaccinated, not scoring propaganda points. If President Biden approaches the issue that way, hopefully, he can get his counterparts in other major powers to do the same.