April 10, 2022

10 Abril 2022

It is our policy on technology that drives inequality, it is not the technology.

Washington Post Columnists Badly Need to Learn About Corporate Power

By Dean BakerDean Baker

April 08, 2022

08 Abril 2022

Corporations hold enormous political power on obscure issues that almost no one follows, but nonetheless have an enormous impact on our economy. This is what the left is upset about in complaining about the excessive power of large corporations.

New York Times News Article Endorses Macron for Reelection in France

By Dean BakerDean Baker

April 08, 2022

08 Abril 2022

The weakness of France's recovery can be seen...by looking at the employment rate for prime age workers.

• Globalization and TradeGlobalización y comercio

Being a Bit Serious About Oil Prices

By Dean BakerDean Baker

April 07, 2022

07 Abril 2022

We have a world oil market...many Republican politicians are running around saying that if we just produced more oil here, we wouldn’t have to worry about high gas prices. The numbers indicate otherwise.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

The Biden and Reagan Booms

By Dean BakerDean Baker

April 07, 2022

07 Abril 2022

I’m an economist, not a psychologist, I don’t know how people form their views of the economy. But I can say that the media have not been giving an accurate picture of the economy, nor one that is consistent with their reporting during the Reagan era.

• EnvironmentUnited StatesEE. UU.

Antienvironmentalists in Never-Never Land: The Lake Powell Pipeline

By Dean BakerDean Baker

April 04, 2022

04 Abril 2022

We will have problems maintaining energy production from the dam even without the LPP. If we were to build the LPP, we would very quickly need another energy source for 5 million people in the area.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónInflation

CNN Hypes Inflation, Just Like It Hyped Ebola Before the 2014 Midterm Elections

By Dean BakerDean Baker

April 03, 2022

03 Abril 2022

CNN's history with Ebola should be kept in mind in considering its endless hyping of inflation.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

More Quick Thoughts on the March Jobs Report – Good News on Inflation

By Dean BakerDean Baker

April 03, 2022

03 Abril 2022

The key point here is that the March jobs report not only had very good news on employment, it also had encouraging news on inflation. The latter point has gone mostly unnoticed.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Wages Up by $1.2 Trillion Since Biden Takes Office, $9,400 per Household

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 31, 2022

31 Marzo 2022

If we hear more stories of hardship now, it is because of the decision by the media to give us more stories. It’s like reporting on a rise in homelessness in an area, without mentioning that much of the housing stock had been wiped out by a hurricane.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Overflowing Inventories and the Supply Chain Crisis

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 30, 2022

30 Marzo 2022

The inventory data indicate that we should be getting to the end of shortages due to supply chain problems. This doesn’t mean that there will not still be many items that are in short supply, but these will be the exception rather than the rule.