Publications

Why Recent American Governments Have Fumbled Crises

While our population has doubled in the past 70 years, the number of federal employees hasn’t increased (in case you wonder why our pandemic response has lagged).

Eleanor Eagan / February 01, 2021

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The Robinhood/GameStop “Scandal”

I have to admit, I don't quite see the scandal here.

Dean Baker / January 31, 2021

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Robinhood Is a Perfect Example of Fintech’s Insidious Power

Wall Street

Biden’s team enters the regulatory fight with one hand already tied behind its back.

Joshua Timi Iwayemi and Max Moran / January 31, 2021

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The GameStop Game and Financial Transactions Taxes

This episode should help us to see the stock market with open eyes. Much of what takes place there is clearly gambling. We let people gamble in other contexts, but we tax it. There is no reason we shouldn’t tax it on Wall Street.

Dean Baker / January 29, 2021

GDP Byte Artículo

Four Percent Fourth Quarter Growth Leaves GDP 2.5 Percent Below Year-Ago Level

Growth

Consumption spending has been contracting over the course of the fourth quarter

Dean Baker / January 28, 2021

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World

CEPR News: The Fierce Urgency of Now

CEPR News for January 28, 2021

Dan Beeton and Karen Conner / January 28, 2021

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Quick Thoughts on the “Evils” of Share Buybacks

The moral of the evil buyback story ... [is] that we need to crack down on CEOs ripping off their companies and bring their pay down to earth.

Dean Baker / January 28, 2021

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Quick Thoughts on the Minimum Wage

We should realize that there are some pretty big thumbs on the scale in the minimum wage battle, and those thumbs want to show that minimum wage hikes will cause job loss.

Dean Baker / January 27, 2021

GDP Byte Artículo

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the Fourth Quarter 2020 GDP Report

Growth

We will see a strong but more normal rate of growth in the fourth quarter, however that is a misleading picture of the overall state of the economy.

Dean Baker / January 26, 2021

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Thomas Friedman: The Donald Trump of the New York Times

Dean Baker / January 26, 2021

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Coronavirus

The Coronavirus Vaccine Fail and International Elites

Intellectual Property

The fact that it wasn’t just the United States that missed this standard, but also every country in Europe, indicates an enormous failure of public health systems.

Dean Baker / January 25, 2021

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Coronavirus

Intellectual Property

The New York Times Has Not Heard About China’s Vaccines (or Russia or India’s)

If developing countries are unable to get access to the vaccines developed by western drug companies, it is likely that they will turn to the vaccines developed by these three countries.

Dean Baker / January 24, 2021

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More Mind Reading at the Washington Post

I'm sure many Republicans in Congress have complained that the rescue package cannot be seen as an effort to get bipartisan cooperation, but it would require some serious mind-reading to know that this is how they actually see the package.

Dean Baker / January 23, 2021

Union Membership Byte Artículo

Workers

PREVIEW: Union Membership Byte 2021

The union membership rate rose by 0.5 percentage point to 10.8 percent in 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports today.

Hayley Brown / January 22, 2021

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Union Membership Byte 2021

The Chopra Gambit

The nominee for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director used his platform as a minority-party commissioner to build a profile. Democrats should do this more often.

Eleanor Eagan / January 22, 2021

Union Membership Byte Artículo

Workers

The overall union membership rate increased by half a percentage point in 2020, rising to 10.8 percent of all employed

Hayley Brown / January 22, 2021

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Biden Administration Must Go Further in Financial Disclosures to Reveal Possible Conflicts of Interest in Foreign Policy Making

US Foreign Policy

An open letter to President Biden on personal financial disclosures by foreign policy nominees and appointees.

January 21, 2021

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Trump Has Quietly Hollowed Out the Government

It’s time for Democrats to take the threat to government workers seriously.

Eleanor Eagan / January 19, 2021

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Globalization and Trade