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Contrary To The NYT, Mortgage Rates Are Unlikely To Stay Where They Are – OpEd

The New York Times did a classic the economy is awful story by highlighting the fact that 1.3 million homeowners might not be moving because of the...

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Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

US March Inflation: Cause For Worry? – OpEd

The inflation hawks took March’s CPI as cause for celebration, inflation may not be dead yet. There is no doubt that it was a disappointing report...

12.04.2024 5

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

New York Times Lies To Readers About Student Loan Debt – OpEd

The New York Times is apparently finding it difficult to be honest with its readers about the burden of student loan debt. It ran a...

10.04.2024 6

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Do We Need To Have A Cold War With China? – OpEd

I usually see things pretty much the same way as Paul Krugman, but I seriously disagree with his column “Bidenomics is making China angry....

05.04.2024 3

Eurasia Review

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Profits Are Still Rising: Why Is The Fed Worried About Wage Growth? – OpEd

I was more than a bit surprised to see the profit data. I really did believe that the profit surge during the pandemic was a one-off, associated with...

02.04.2024 4

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Relitigating The Pandemic: School Closings And Vaccine Sharing – OpEd

There is a steady drumbeat from people intent on making a major issue over the fact that many cities may have kept their schools closed for too long...

30.03.2024 2

Eurasia Review

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AI, Budget Deficits And The Aging Crisis – OpEd

I have long been amazed at how major debates over various economic policy issues can have completely contradictory assumptions, and no one seems to...

27.03.2024 6

Eurasia Review

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NYT’s Ross Douthat Rants Incoherently On Trump’s Bloodbath – OpEd

It’s amazing how so many arguments in policy circles are transparently self-contradictory. Ross Douthat gave us a fantastic example in a...

26.03.2024 4

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Is ‘Greedflation’ Over? – OpEd

Peter Coy used his column to beg President Biden not to use the term “greedflation” to explain the runup in inflation since the pandemic. I am...

10.03.2024 10

Eurasia Review

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The Estate Tax Exemption Is $27.2 Million For A Couple – OpEd

The New York Times had a piece on the tax code changes that will take effect next year unless Congress acts to extend current provisions. One of the...

07.03.2024 4

Eurasia Review

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Billionaires Won’t Save Local News. Here’s What Will.

04.03.2024 10

The Nation

Dean Baker

Millions Of People Who Could Benefit From Obamacare Don’t Because They Don’t Know About It, And Neither Does The New York Times – OpEd

Most people don’t keep up on the details of government policy. This is understandable because they have lives to live, and can’t spend all their...

28.02.2024 4

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

The Sham ‘The Economy Is Awful’ Story – OpEd

The media are pushing the economy is terrible story pretty much 24-7. They refuse to let the strong labor market and rapid real wage growth get in...

26.02.2024 4

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Why the Public Is Negative on the Economy

21.02.2024 3

The Nation

Dean Baker

Do You Want To Subsidize Rich People’s Political Contributions? – OpEd

In prior decades we used to try to restrict the ability of the rich and very rich to buy elections. We have limits on campaign contributions to...

13.02.2024 4

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Elon Musk’s $56 Billion Pay Package Nixed As Unfair To Shareholders – OpEd

A Delaware state court judge ruled that the $56 billion pay package awarded to Elon Musk by Tesla’s board of directors in 2018 was illegal. The...

06.02.2024 5

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

CNN Says Young People Can’t Afford Homes, Even Though More Young People Have Homes Now Than When Trump Was In White House – OpEd

Major media outlets continually push the theme that young people can’t buy homes even though a larger share of households headed by someone under...

26.01.2024 8

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Creating Judicial Chaos: Will The Supreme Court Overturn The Chevron Decision? – OpEd

Republicans have proudly made themselves the party of chaos. In his tenure as president, Donald Trump was almost gleeful when he took executive...

23.01.2024 10

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

The Great Economy Trump Left Biden – OpEd

We have been seeing numerous stories in the media about how people support Donald Trump because he did such a great job with the economy. Obviously,...

21.01.2024 20

Eurasia Review

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The Really Big Lie On Trade Policy – OpEd

I have a lot of respect for Ro Khanna. He is an articulate and energetic progressive from the belly of the beast, Silicon Valley. I also appreciate...

11.01.2024 5

Eurasia Review

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Government-Granted Patent Monopolies Are Not The Free Market – OpEd

It is amazing how ideology can be so thick that it prevents even highly educated people from thinking clearly. We saw this fact on display in a...

06.01.2024 2

Eurasia Review

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Drug patent monopolies are not the “free” market

It is incredible how ideology can be so thick that it prevents even highly educated people from thinking clearly. We saw this fact on display in a...

03.01.2024 10

Salon

Dean Baker

Trade, Climate Change And The Press – OpEd

Eduardo Porter had an interesting column in the Washington Post last week in which he argued that trade will be important in

23.11.2023 2

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Party Of Working People Wants To Open The Door To Rich Shoplifters And Make Life Difficult For Hardworking People – OpEd

The Republican Party, which now likes to call itself the party of working people, is demanding that President Biden agree

11.11.2023 3

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

The Big Lie About Inequality – OpEd

We all know about Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 election. This is of course laughable, there

10.11.2023 6

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

China And Coal: If It Keeps Adding Wind And Solar, Who Will Use Coal? – OpEd

The New York Times ran a piece noting the huge increase in China’s use of solar power, but also highlighted concerns about its decision to build...

09.11.2023 5

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

How To Fight Billionaires’ Control Of The Media – OpEd

Mark Twain famously quipped that everyone always talks about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it. (This

01.11.2023 8

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Putting Ukraine Spending In Context – OpEd

The United States support of Ukraine, following the invasion by Russia, has featured prominently in the news in recent days as Republicans in Congress...

15.10.2023 20

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

The Big Three’s CEOs Are Ripping Off Their Companies – OpEd

Robert Reich posted a table that tells us a huge amount about the U.S. economy. CEO pay of the largest carmakers in the world Honda: $2.3MNissan...

07.10.2023 4

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Team Billionaire Is Winning – OpEd

There is an iconic image from The Simpsons. It is a picture of Grandpa Simpson shaking his fist at the sky, under

06.10.2023 10

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Washington Post Columnist Charles Lane Wants Autoworkers To Lose Their Jobs – OpEd

The Washington Post has a long history of hating on powerful unions, like the United Auto Workers (UAW), or any factor that allows blue-collar...

03.10.2023 3

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Yes, Trump’s Lies On Financial Statements Did Cost Businesses Money – OpEd

Donald Trump claims that no one was harmed when he lied about the value of his assets on statements he made to lenders, because loans were paid off...

30.09.2023 8

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Do People Really Expect Prices To Fall Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels? – OpEd

Catherine Rampell had an interesting column dealing with the question of when prices will “come back down?” Rampell correctly answered...

26.09.2023 6

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Quick Thoughts On The UAW Strike – OpEd

The strike of the UAW against the Big Three automakers raises many important issues that go well beyond the auto industry. It is worth taking a closer...

19.09.2023 4

Eurasia Review

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