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How Conservatives Screwed Up Welfare Reform

Last week was the 15th anniversary of federal legislation that replaced the Social Security Act's Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with a block grant called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Conservatives and even some

Shawn Fremstad / August 31, 2011

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Health and Social Programs

Letter to Rep. Hensarling: Social Security is not Bankrupt

Dean Baker / August 30, 2011

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Krueger and the Minimum Wage: National Review Blog Way Off

In response to the nomination of Alan Krueger to head the Council of Economic Advisors, National Review Online's "The Corner" blog has published an embarrassingly ignorant attack on minimum-wage research that Krueger did with David Card back in the 1990s.

John Schmitt / August 30, 2011

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Santa Claus and the S&P Market Crash

Dean Baker
The New Republic, August 27, 2011

Dean Baker / August 30, 2011

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Unions and Inequality

Sociologists Bruce Western and Jake Rosenfeld have a great paper in the current issue of the American Sociological Review on the effect of unions on wage inequality in the United States. Researchers including David Card (pdf), Richard Freeman, John DiNard

John Schmitt / August 30, 2011

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Housing Prices Rose in June, With Largest Gains in Midwest

Dean Baker / August 30, 2011

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All 20 Cities in Case-Shiller Index Report Price Rises in June

August 30, 2011 (Housing Market Monitor)

Dean Baker / August 30, 2011

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Do Liberals Have to Be Losers?

Dean Baker
The Huffington Post, August 29, 2011

Dean Baker / August 29, 2011

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Globalization and Trade

Hurricane Perry Bashes East Coast

Dean Baker
Truthout, August 29, 2011

Dean Baker / August 29, 2011

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Health and Social Programs

Letter to Gov. Rick Perry on Social Security Comments

Dean Baker / August 29, 2011

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COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENT — "The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive" is now available

Dean Baker / August 29, 2011

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Europe

World

A Spanish Balanced Budget Amendment

The socialist prime minister of Spain, Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero — apparently at the suggestion of German Chancellor Angela Merkel — has proposed amending the Spanish constitution to ensure that the government never runs a deficit larger than 0.4 perce

John Schmitt and John Schmitt / August 29, 2011

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