Publications

Why are the Free Traders All Protectionists? Vaccines and Sharing Knowledge (Fun for Thanksgiving)

But the fact remains, protection for manufactured goods is universally derided in outlets like the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Atlantic. Protectionism in the form of patent and copyright monopolies, which is hugely more costly, is never even

Dean Baker / November 25, 2020

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News for Bill Gates: Capitalism Is Still Capitalism Without Patent Monopolies

Gates apparently is not aware that the U.S. government paid for Moderna's research and testing costs for its vaccines.

Dean Baker / November 23, 2020

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Budget

Fighting Disinformation: Maybe Reporters Can Try Putting Big Budget Numbers in Contexts that Make Them Understandable

If reporters are really interested in countering the nonsense thrown out by the right, writing big numbers in ways that actually provide information to their audience would be a big help.

Dean Baker / November 22, 2020

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How Many Lives Would Have Been Saved if We Had Collaborated on Vaccines With China?

It makes sense to cooperate in areas of mutual benefit. Developing vaccines and treatments against the pandemic would have been an obvious example.

Dean Baker / November 21, 2020

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United States

Universal Lessons from Illinois’s Fair Tax Failure: How a Rich Minority Wins the Majority Vote

By looking at what happened in Illinois, we can distill broader political factors that are applicable across the country.

Sepideh Jessica Vasseghi / November 19, 2020

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Economic Crisis and Recovery

Moderna Vaccine Follows Pfizer with Very Strong Results on Effectiveness: What This Means

Moderna’s success also demonstrates an important economic point: Having the government pay a company to develop a vaccine is not the same thing as throwing money in the toilet.

Dean Baker / November 19, 2020

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The Krugman Boom: Don’t Bank on It

While I have not been one of the doomsayers predicting economic collapse, I can’t be as optimistic as Paul on this one.

Dean Baker / November 19, 2020

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Globalization and Trade

Latin America and the Caribbean

“Protecting Intellectual Property” Against China Means Redistributing Income Upward

Stronger and longer patent and copyright protections have redistributed enormous amounts of income upward over the past four decades.

Dean Baker / November 16, 2020

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Haiti

US Foreign Policy

At Odds with Presidency, a Government Watchdog is Weakened by Executive Decree

Jake Johnston and Kira Paulemon / November 12, 2020

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Economic Growth

United States

Consumer Price Index: “There is Zero Basis for any Concerns About Inflation”

This is a compilation of Dean Baker’s quick-take analysis over Twitter. Follow @DeanBaker13 on Twitter to get his quick-take analysis of government data immediately upon release.

Dean Baker / November 12, 2020

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Lowering the Bar on Success: Megan McArdle on Drug Development

We want to know if the way we finance drug research is the best way, not just that it can lead to successful drugs and vaccines.

Dean Baker / November 12, 2020

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The Biden 8.1 Million Vote Landslide! (corrected post)

Some folks are seeing this election as a squeaker for Biden since we saw close races in key states. This has concealed the fact that Biden actually is winning the popular vote by a large margin.

Dean Baker / November 07, 2020

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Economy Adds 638,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Falls to 6.9 Percent

The unemployment rate fell another percentage point to 6.9 percent. This still leaves the number of jobs 6.6 percent below the February level.

Dean Baker / November 06, 2020

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Globalization and Trade