November 19, 2020

19 Noviembre 2020

While I have not been one of the doomsayers predicting economic collapse, I can’t be as optimistic as Paul on this one.

• Globalization and TradeGlobalización y comercioIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

“Protecting Intellectual Property” Against China Means Redistributing Income Upward

By Dean BakerDean Baker

November 16, 2020

16 Noviembre 2020

Stronger and longer patent and copyright protections have redistributed enormous amounts of income upward over the past four decades.

• COVID-19CoronavirusIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

Lowering the Bar on Success: Megan McArdle on Drug Development

By Dean BakerDean Baker

November 12, 2020

12 Noviembre 2020

We want to know if the way we finance drug research is the best way, not just that it can lead to successful drugs and vaccines.

The Biden 8.1 Million Vote Landslide! (corrected post)

By Dean BakerDean Baker

November 07, 2020

07 Noviembre 2020

Some folks are seeing this election as a squeaker for Biden since we saw close races in key states. This has concealed the fact that Biden actually is winning the popular vote by a large margin.

• Globalization and TradeGlobalización y comercioInequalityLa DesigualdadIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

Donald Trump and Being Deplorable

By Dean BakerDean Baker

November 05, 2020

05 Noviembre 2020

Telling the victims of a four-decade-long policy of upward redistribution that it is their fault, is a lie of Trumpian proportions.

• Globalization and TradeGlobalización y comercioInequalityLa Desigualdad

As We Wait to Figure Out Who We Elected, New York Times Feeds Us Pablum on Our Social Problems

By Dean BakerDean Baker

November 04, 2020

04 Noviembre 2020

Many of the "deepest problems" he describes are actually pretty direct results of the people who serve as president or in Congress.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

The NYT Prints Usual Nonsense About Bubbles

By Dean BakerDean Baker

November 01, 2020

01 Noviembre 2020

These pieces always show a failure to understand the most basic features of the Great Recession.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónInequalityLa DesigualdadIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

Changes that Would Make a Difference in the Biden Administration

By Dean BakerDean Baker

October 30, 2020

30 Octubre 2020

There is a limit to how much we can improve living standards at the bottom and middle if we don’t take a whack at the top.

• BrazilBrasilCOVID-19CoronavirusGlobalization and TradeGlobalización y comercio

Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro Plot to Get Brazilians Killed

By Dean BakerDean Baker

October 29, 2020

29 Octubre 2020

Bolsonaro’s move was purely an effort to satisfy his friend Donald Trump. He apparently has no more respect for the lives of the people in Brazil than Trump does for people in the United States.

• InequalityLa Desigualdad