Al Jazeera Network http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/dean-baker.html http://www.aljazeera.com/Media/images/AJLOGOGOOGLE.png http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/dean-baker.html © 2013 Aljazeera Network feedback@aljazeera.net webmaster@aljazeera.net Aljazeera Generator If the deficit hawks are "really concerned about our children's future", they should focus on the over-valued dollar. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/05/20135136395629832.html 20135136395629832 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:58:13 GMT The US-EU free trade pact and TPP are about securing regulatory gains for major corporate interests, writes Baker. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/201342954234869993.html 201342954234869993 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:53:02 GMT We should be looking to increase, not decrease Social Security, argues Baker. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/201341495022756628.html 201341495022756628 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:22:06 GMT Germany has an explicit policy of pushing employers toward shortening work hours rather than laying-off workers. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/20134193422249557.html 20134193422249557 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:13:28 GMT The upward redistribution of income is the real threat to future living standards, argues Baker. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/201331713626247522.html 201331713626247522 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:05:29 GMT Most workers have seen little benefit from growth because the gains have gone to those at the top, writes Baker. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/20133454140880780.html 20133454140880780 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:41:47 GMT The US government has a huge amount of assets that it could sell at any time and thereby reduce its debt, writes Baker. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/02/201321885040582883.html 201321885040582883 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:33:30 GMT Economist Larry Summers is presumably not the only "expert" who crafts a message to please the sponsors, writes Baker. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/02/20132483315112662.html 20132483315112662 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:01:20 GMT Four years after Obama's historic inauguration, the biggest change is that there is no hope for the economy. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/01/201312295014271591.html 201312295014271591 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:48:41 GMT If Abe manages to restore Japan to a healthy growth path perhaps it will put an end to austerity economics in the US. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/01/20131762234125180.html 20131762234125180 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:02:03 GMT While the vast majority of Democrats strongly support Social Security, the folks who finance the campaigns do not. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/12/2012122585757992620.html 2012122585757992620 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:58:09 GMT If economic debates in the US were focused on reality, the demand gap would be at the centre of the discussion. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/12/2012121164253933955.html 2012121164253933955 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:55:04 GMT Crisis countries in Europe must find more ways to tilt the market to produce more favourable outcomes for workers. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/20121127122035750225.html 20121127122035750225 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:46:00 GMT The Congressional Budget Office and other budget forecasters can't ignore the economic reality forever. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/20121112122253519136.html 20121112122253519136 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:04:18 GMT Some economists don't get paid to know about the economy, but to justify the trickle-up of wealth. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/2012102915021526447.html 2012102915021526447 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:36:50 GMT The amount of damage being inflicted on countries around the world by bad economic policy is astounding, writes Baker. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/201210156340797431.html 201210156340797431 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:41:52 GMT Romney's ads claim that he will declare China to be a currency manipulator and take retaliatory measures. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/201210163746943822.html 201210163746943822 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:34:46 GMT Two-thirds of parents supported the Chicago school teachers' protest in spite of the inconvenience caused by the strike. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/201291774248929713.html 201291774248929713 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:13:14 GMT People who care about inequality should push for more Canada-like labour laws in the US. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/201291103825936625.html 201291103825936625 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 06:10:14 GMT An inefficient health care system is costing $1.2 trillion, but many economists want to fix the budget by slashing it. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/20128216141465738.html 20128216141465738 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:30:23 GMT Ben Bernanke had an obligation as Fed chair to expose and stop the rigging of inter-bank lending rates. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/201287104553581785.html 201287104553581785 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:12:36 GMT Central banks and governments should focus on deflating bubbles before they grow large enough to be dangerous. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/201272319526711103.html 201272319526711103 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:29:58 GMT The whole planet contributes to global warming, but the world's poor are facing the consequences. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/20127974648934151.html 20127974648934151 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:40:28 GMT Ironically, Romney's lack of belief in global warming did not stop it from spurring the US economy in favour of Obama. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/2012630144349222141.html 2012630144349222141 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:21:30 GMT The projection of a continued decline in the ratio of workers to retirees is nothing to worry about. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/201261393935318924.html 201261393935318924 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:56:57 GMT The anti-copyright party is showing that intellectual property rights are ever more irrelevant in the internet age. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/2012514204029381972.html 2012514204029381972 Mon, 14 May 2012 21:02:01 GMT In order to avoid continued economic malaise, the European Central Bank should raise inflation rate targets. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/08/20118791915414614.html 20118791915414614 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:40:14 GMT The country's experiment in austerity has provided the US with valuable information: it doesn't work. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/20125142044487975.html 20125142044487975 Tue, 01 May 2012 12:55:47 GMT Individual US states should implement a 'work sharing' policy of reducing worker hours rather than laying them off. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124177562400456.html 20124177562400456 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:39:44 GMT By some measures, the Chinese economy has already overtaken the United States' economy, writes Dean Baker. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124375253451461.html 20124375253451461 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:51:20 GMT Many economists wonder whether society could get the same effort from entrepreneurs if financial rewards were decreased. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/201232085932116344.html 201232085932116344 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:28:34 GMT In a strange move, Iceland is considering adopting the Canadian dollar as its official currency. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/20123695537108259.html 20123695537108259 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:35:55 GMT The European economic establishment is pushing policies with little theoretical or empirical support. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/20122218635894953.html 20122218635894953 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:11:08 GMT If Facebook goes the AOL route, then Zuckerberg will effectively be the PT Barnum of the social media economy. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/201227642226166.html 201227642226166 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:42:50 GMT The downturn we are suffering is the result of government policies that benefit powerful interest groups. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/201212482139473350.html 201212482139473350 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:18:48 GMT Alan Greenspan should have led economists to document the potential harm of the bubble, and to burst it early. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/2012111122940278108.html 2012111122940278108 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:52:26 GMT The crisis should be recognised for what it really is: a class war waged on workers in Europe. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/2011121874651469307.html 2011121874651469307 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:22:12 GMT To avoid eurozone troubles from spreading, the US Federal Reserve should intervene. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/20111128143150223756.html 20111128143150223756 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:36:18 GMT An end to the Eurozone would mean a wave of bank collapses and a recession that would affect the world for a decade. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/20111115142561955.html 20111115142561955 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:32:38 GMT The European Central Bank is responsible for the wreckage that has overtaken the Eurozone, economist says. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/2011111815133102.html 2011111815133102 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:52:15 GMT Politicians pushing right-wing positions assume they can say anything about economics with little scrutiny. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/10/201110197948847722.html 201110197948847722 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:19:01 GMT A tiny tax on empty properties sitting idle would increase state revenues and boost local economies. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/10/2011104101055521201.html 2011104101055521201 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:43:31 GMT Obama's new proposal of a tax credit to support Social Security would fund the program until 2038, says scholar. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/09/2011920101033199364.html 2011920101033199364 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:55:23 GMT A special privilege afforded to banks is negatively impacting the functions of the Federal Reserve. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/09/20119811275624854.html 20119811275624854 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:26:42 GMT As slow signs of recovery appear, fear over a double-dip recession are starting to fade out. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/08/201182372237865870.html 201182372237865870 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:01:28 GMT Politicians, including President Obama, are using the debt ceiling battle as an excuse to axe social welfare programmes. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/07/20117277177305221.html 20117277177305221 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:08:24 GMT