Publications

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

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

Dean Baker / April 02, 2021

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Jobs

Workers

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the March Jobs Report

We should be seeing strong job gains in March and possibly some drop in the unemployment rate.

Dean Baker / March 31, 2021

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Economic Growth

Government

Quick, How Much Is $2 Trillion?

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.

Dean Baker / March 31, 2021

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Ecuador

Tens of Millions in Florida Properties Linked to Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate Guillermo Lasso

A review of corporate and real estate records in Florida shows that Lasso-linked shell companies’ holdings have increased since 2017, raising questions over the legality of Lasso’s candidacy.

Jake Johnston / March 31, 2021

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Brazil

US Foreign Policy

In Brazil, Vaccine Diplomacy Can Help Save the Climate

Washington should bypass Bolsonaro and open a direct dialogue on Amazon deforestation with local leaders in regions hit hard by COVID-19.

Justin Talbot Zorn and Mathias Alencastro / March 30, 2021

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IMF

US Foreign Policy

Developing Countries Need IMF Funds Now, Not Later

Supporting an SDR issuance costs nothing for wealthy countries. Denying developing countries much-needed support costs too much.

Lara Merling / March 30, 2021

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Affordable Care Act

Globalization and Trade

Inequality

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

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

Dean Baker / March 30, 2021

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Colombia

Health and Social Programs

US Foreign Policy

World

“Being the Good Guys”: SOUTHCOM’s Monroe Doctrine

In Adm. Faller’s testimony, China and Russia are viewed through a Cold War-era framing of great power competition to justify high levels of US defense spending.

Brett Heinz / March 29, 2021

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Inequality

An Inclusive Child Allowance Would Strengthen the Public Child Support System

A well-designed, inclusive child allowance program, the kind that is normal in most other rich countries, would reduce the financial pressures that too often set struggling parents at odds.

Shawn Fremstad / March 24, 2021

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

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.

Dean Baker / March 24, 2021

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More About Me, for Anyone Who Feels the Need

March 23, 2021

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Health and Social Programs

The Debt Whiners: Fools or Liars?

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.

Dean Baker / March 22, 2021

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Hospital Ownership and Financial Stability: A Matched Case Comparison of a Non-Profit and Private Equity Owned Health System

In this paper, we explore the importance of different hospital system ownership structures by comparing a non-profit system and a PE owned one

Eileen Appelbaum, Aimee La France and Rosemary Batt / March 22, 2021

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Inequality

New York Times Does Public Relations Work for the Pharmaceutical Industry

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.

Dean Baker / March 21, 2021

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Economic Growth

New York Times Debates When It Will Tell Readers that China Has the World’s Largest Economy

China already has the world's largest economy using purchasing power parity measures of GDP, which is what most economists view as the best basis of comparison.

Dean Baker / March 20, 2021

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Cheap Fun Department: Job Growth Under Trump and Biden

As can be seen, after four years in the White House, Donald Trump had a net loss of 2,943,000 jobs. After one month, Joe Biden has a net gain of 379,000.

Dean Baker / March 20, 2021

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Covid-19: ¿Bill Gates es un imbécil?

Para prevenir el resurgimiento de la pandemia ¿podemos hablar de investigación de acceso abierto?

Dean Baker / March 20, 2021

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Thomas Cueni, Director General of the International Pharma Trade Association, Calls Bill Gates a Moron

That is the gist of an assertion that Cueni made about the international effort to vaccinate the world against the Coronavirus.

Dean Baker / March 17, 2021

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Colombia

Ecuador

How a Colombian Smear Campaign Rocked Ecuador’s Presidential Election

Colombia’s right-wing government has now intervened in both the 2020 US elections and in Ecuador’s 2021 elections, using red-baiting tactics to fear monger about “socialism."

Alexander Main / March 17, 2021

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Affordable Care Act