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Import Prices Soar: Trump Says Exporters Too Low IQ to Eat the Tariffs
Trump’s tariffs raised import costs and consumer prices, disproving claims that foreign exporters would absorb the burden.
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Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Keeping Score: The United States and China
China’s economy has expanded much more than the US economy since Trump took office, increasing its lead in global output.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
The Perfect Gift for Trump’s Friends in the Oil Industry: A Windfall Profits Tax
A windfall profits tax would let Americans share in the oil industry’s huge gains from the Iran war.
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Trump Accounts and the No Economist Left Behind Test
Social Security privatization depends on stock return projections that only work if market valuations rise to implausible levels for decades.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
AI Won’t Necessarily Lead to Mass Unemployment: The Case of the Financial Industry
AI may create new, often wasteful industries that generate jobs rather than causing mass unemployment.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Citizens United, Buckley v. Valejo, and Media Ownership: Turning Money into Power
Billionaires maintain political power not just through campaign spending, but through growing control of media and social media platforms.
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Trump Accounts Are a Sick Joke, Not a Threat to Social Security
Trump accounts are unlikely to replace Social Security, offering limited benefits while Republicans simultaneously cut programs many families rely on.
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The Trump Corruption Tax on the Oil Industry
Perceived insider trading tied to Trump’s oil-related announcements could distort futures markets and increase costs across the oil industry.
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Trump’s “Big” Drug Savings Do Not Measure Up
Trump’s drug pricing proposal would modestly reduce costs while keeping US drug prices among the highest in the world.
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AI Productivity Boom and Shorter Workweeks
Even if AI boosts productivity, history shows the solution is shorter work time, not panic over mass unemployment.
