March 21, 2021

21 Marzo 2021

If the reporters/editors had read their piece, they would know that the companies in question had already made large profits, through being paid directly for their research and building manufacturing facilities.

• Economic GrowthEl Desarollo

New York Times Debates When It Will Tell Readers that China Has the World’s Largest Economy

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 20, 2021

20 Marzo 2021

China already has the world's largest economy using purchasing power parity measures of GDP, which is what most economists view as the best basis of comparison.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Cheap Fun Department: Job Growth Under Trump and Biden

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 20, 2021

20 Marzo 2021

As can be seen, after four years in the White House, Donald Trump had a net loss of 2,943,000 jobs. After one month, Joe Biden has a net gain of 379,000.

• COVID-19CoronavirusEconomic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

Thomas Cueni, Director General of the International Pharma Trade Association, Calls Bill Gates a Moron

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 17, 2021

17 Marzo 2021

That is the gist of an assertion that Cueni made about the international effort to vaccinate the world against the Coronavirus.

• Affordable Care ActEconomic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónHealthcare

The Big Biden Move on Health Care and Making Medicare for All Affordable

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 16, 2021

16 Marzo 2021

It is essential to have measures in place that will contain costs so that health care does not become an unaffordable burden for the country. The routes for containing costs are well-known, but the affected industry groups are very powerful. This will be

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Hey Folks, January Retail Sales Were Revised Up by 2.3 Percent

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 16, 2021

16 Marzo 2021

As it turned out, the February figure was 0.7 percent lower than the number previously reported for February, which is pretty close to right on the mark.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Profit Shares Fall to the Lowest Level Since 2009

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 15, 2021

15 Marzo 2021

The Federal Reserve Board released an item of good news that might be missed.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónInequalityLa Desigualdad

An 18th Reason to Be Optimistic About the Economy

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 14, 2021

14 Marzo 2021

There is little doubt that we will be seeing substantially more telecommuting even when the pandemic is fully under control. This implies a large gain in well-being that is not picked up in GDP.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación