January 15, 2021

15 Enero 2021

It would be helpful if the NYT and other media outlets could stop trying to pretend that the upward redistribution from globalization was some sort of natural process involving free trade.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónInequalityLa Desigualdad

The DeFazio Bill: Reducing the Financial Industry’s Tax on Retirement Savings

By Dean BakerDean Baker

January 15, 2021

15 Enero 2021

DeFazio is proposing a bill that will substantially reduce the size of the financial industry’s tax on our savings.

• Affordable Care ActEconomic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónInequalityLa DesigualdadIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

Debt and Deficits, Yet Again

By Dean BakerDean Baker

January 13, 2021

13 Enero 2021

With a Democrat in the White House, the season of the deficit hawk has returned. So, it’s worth going through the old arguments just to remind everyone that the best response to these people is ridicule.

• COVID-19Coronavirus

New York Times Joins Trump’s Anti-China Crusade

By Dean BakerDean Baker

December 30, 2020

30 Diciembre 2020

If the pandemic was already present in Europe by December of 2019 then China's actions in January 2020 could not have prevented its spread to the rest of the world.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónInequalityLa Desigualdad

All In for $2K

By Dean BakerDean Baker

December 29, 2020

29 Diciembre 2020

Now we can get another $1,400 per person with no trade-off for other forms of necessary spending. The $2,000 per person check is the closest thing in politics we will ever see to free money.

• Globalization and TradeGlobalización y comercioInequalityLa DesigualdadIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual