Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
With crypto’s volatility and limited real-world use exposed, a public digital currency could outcompete it while lowering costs and reshaping financial markets.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Falling crypto prices reduce speculative demand and leave more real resources for the broader public.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
The crypto industry got what it wanted with the GENIUS Act — a law that increases the likelihood of broader crises in the financial system.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Congress, fueled by massive crypto industry donations, is pushing legislation that will legitimize and expand cryptocurrency use, a move likely to increase financial sector bloat and future bailout risks with little public benefit.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
A bipartisan-backed crypto bill boosts a wasteful industry that, like large deficits, risks inflation by channeling money into unproductive hands.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
With the crypto-friendly GENIUS Act making its way through the Senate, Congress may be planting the seeds for the next financial crisis.”
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
While the Trump administration boosts (and profits from) the crypto industry, it’s clear that the whole crypto game is tilted toward funneling money up toward the richer players.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Analyze the bizarre proposal of a Trump crypto reserve and how baseball cards fit in the context of economic security.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Perhaps it’s time to rename Elon Musk’s DOGE to DOGI (Department of Government Incompetence).
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Argentina’s President Javier Milei is at the center of a crypto scam scandal — but Donald Trump has done essentially the same thing here.
