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News for Dana Milbank: Bankers Don't Give Campaign Contributions to People Who Try to Take Their Money and Put Them in JailCEPR / June 28, 2018
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The "Need" for Cheap Foreign Labor: In a Growing Economy, Low Productivity Jobs DisappearCEPR / June 28, 2018
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Why the Tax Act Will Not Boost InvestmentDean Baker
The American Prospect, June 27, 2018
Dean Baker / June 27, 2018
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The Washington Post Doesn't Want to Talk About the Federal DebtCEPR / June 27, 2018
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El Pacto por México después de cinco años: ¿Cómo le ha ido?Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Watts, Jake Johnston and Lara Merling / June 26, 2018
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The Pact for Mexico After Five Years: How Has It Fared?Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Watts, Jake Johnston and Lara Merling / June 26, 2018
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The Media's Peculiar Need to Attribute Thoughts and MotivesIt is absolutely bizarre that reporters so often feel the need to tell us what really "concerns" politicians, or what they "believe," or in other ways make assertions about their innermost thoughts. The reality is that these reporters almost certainly do not know the person's innermost thoughts, and in the unlikely event they do, they are probably too close to that person to be reporting on them.
While exercises in mind reading are especially inappropriate with regards to politicians, since their job pretty much demands that they claim positions that they do not hold, they also amount to bad reporting in other contexts. A couple of days ago the NYT ran a piece pointing out the seeming discrepancy between the celebration of the family in public statements while at the same time having the most family unfriendly policies of any rich country.
At one point the piece told readers:
"To the right, it seems government too often burdens families, who need lower taxes and less regulation."
We know people on the right often say this, but is it really the case that it seems to these people that their taxes are too high and they face too much regulation. Imagine a male worker in a non-union auto factory earning $20 an hour. Suppose this person is married to someone working part-time in a retail store. We'll give them an income near the median at $52,000 a year.
CEPR / June 26, 2018
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Measuring the Inflation Rate: Is Housing Different?Dean Baker / June 26, 2018
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Trade: It’s About Class, Not CountryDean Baker
Truthout, June 25, 2018
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Innovation and Knowledge: Who Has More to "Steal," the United States or China?CEPR / June 25, 2018
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Killing the Gig Economy Myth, Are the Job-Killing Robots Next in Line?Dean Baker
The Hankyoreh, June 24, 2018
Dean Baker / June 24, 2018
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China Trade War: Our Elites Think Apple and Boeing Are Less Capable of Defending Their Interests Than an Ordinary WorkerCEPR / June 24, 2018
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Tariff Waivers: Another Source of Welfare for Donald Trump and His Family and FriendsCEPR / June 23, 2018
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NYT Is Badly Mistaken Republicans Do Not "Want Hungry Kids to Fund Tax Cuts"CEPR / June 22, 2018