Washington Post Reports that Biden is Spending 0.001 Percent of the Budget Each Week Caring for Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum

April 08, 2021

08 Abril 2021

It might have been useful if the paper put the number in some context that would make its meaning clearer. But, it didn't.

Margaret Sullivan Gets it Wrong, Libel Law Is a Good Thing

By Dean BakerDean Baker

April 08, 2021

08 Abril 2021

The threat of defamation suits is also very helpful in preventing lies from being pushed in the first place.

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The March Jobs Report and the State of the Recovery

By Dean BakerDean Baker

April 04, 2021

04 Abril 2021

The March jobs report gives us good news on the other key factor in the inflation story: productivity growth.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperación

More Cheap Fun: Comparing Job Growth Under Trump and Biden After Two Months

By Dean BakerDean Baker

April 02, 2021

02 Abril 2021

As we can see, after two months, Biden has created 1,384,000 jobs. In four years, Trump lost 2,876,000 jobs.

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Quick, How Much Is $2 Trillion?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 31, 2021

31 Marzo 2021

The spending is supposed to take place over eight years, which means that it would be equal to just over 0.8 percent of projected GDP over this period.

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Free Trade and Free Taxes: How Our Intellectuals Help the Rich

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 30, 2021

30 Marzo 2021

The class bias in these debates are immense. If we ever hope to counteract them, acknowledging them is the first step.

• Intellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

More on Open-Source Versus Patent Monopoly Financing of Drug Development

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 24, 2021

24 Marzo 2021

Open-source, publicly funded, research radically alters the structure of incentives. The incentive is to try to have research results spread as widely and quickly as possible in the hope that others can build on them.

More About Me, for Anyone Who Feels the Need

March 23, 2021

23 Marzo 2021

You can get the story here.

• Economic Crisis and RecoveryCrisis económica y recuperaciónIntellectual PropertyPropiedad Intelectual

The Debt Whiners: Fools or Liars?

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 22, 2021

22 Marzo 2021

The debt whiners are fond of telling stories about how the debt is a burden on our children, or how the debt can lead to financial crisis and other bad things, but these claims are inventions not economic realities.

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New York Times Does Public Relations Work for the Pharmaceutical Industry

By Dean BakerDean Baker

March 21, 2021

21 Marzo 2021

If the reporters/editors had read their piece, they would know that the companies in question had already made large profits, through being paid directly for their research and building manufacturing facilities.