August 23, 2021

23 Agosto 2021

If the nonsense coming from the vaccine resisters can be effectively countered, we should be able to reach vaccination rates comparable to Denmark’s in the not distant future.

• United StatesEE. UU.WorkersSector del trabajo

CORRECTION: The $23 an Hour Minimum Wage

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 19, 2021

19 Agosto 2021

The problem is that we have made many changes to the economy that shifted huge amounts of income upward, so that we cannot support a pay structure that gives workers at the bottom $52,000 a year. This is the whole point of my book, Rigged.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Life at the Bottom in Joe Biden’s America

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 16, 2021

16 Agosto 2021

Nominal wages have been rising rapidly for workers at the bottom of the pay ladder in recent months. This has allowed workers in the lowest paying jobs to see substantial increases in real wages, in spite of the uptick in inflation the last few months.

• Environment

Cheap Talk from the Fed on Global Warming?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 13, 2021

13 00:00:00 Agosto 2021

It’s easy for a high-level executive to say that they didn’t pay attention to the rantings of some obscure economist, it’s much harder for them to say they don’t bother looking at what the Fed chair says and the research it publishes.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

The New York Times’ Big Deficit Numbers

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 09, 2021

09 Agosto 2021

The burden of the debt and the debt service is such a trivial part of this picture, it’s hard to believe serious people would waste their time on it.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

Cheap Fun Saturday: Job Growth Under Biden and Trump

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 07, 2021

07 Agosto 2021

So, here's where we stand now.

• COVID-19CoronavirusEconomic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

If a Vaccine Resistant Strain Develops in Africa, Will Dr. Fauci Lose His Job?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 04, 2021

04 Agosto 2021

We had an alternative path that would have required the sharing of knowledge and expertise, and overriding patent rights. We did not go this path.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

The Saving Rate is Still High: Evidence on the Post-Pandemic Economy

By Dean BakerDean Baker

August 01, 2021

01 Agosto 2021

The fact that we are still seeing a saving rate that is well above the pre-pandemic level goes against the view that people would rush out and spend as soon as they had the opportunity.

• InequalityLa DesigualdadIntellectual PropertyPropiedad IntelectualTechnology

Will Dr. Fauci’s “Prototype” Vaccines Be Given to Pfizer and Moderna So that We Can Complain About Technology Creating Inequality?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

July 26, 2021

26 Julio 2021

Ideally it would place patent rights in the public domain, both so that scientists around the world can quickly build on the new innovations produced by this research, and so that any vaccines developed can be sold as cheap generics.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónInequalityLa Desigualdad