Dean Baker - Dollars & Sense

Mamdani’s Municipal Socialist Inheritance

Buried in the historical record are the vibrant currents of municipal socialism that reshaped our urban worlds more than we acknowledge or even realize.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

The D&S Debrief

Interview: Municipal Socialism

An interview with Shel Stromquist on municipal socialism in the United States.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Stablecoins: Crypto Kryptonite

Despite being called a currency, crypto lacks one of the most important characteristics that a currency (money) should have—a stable value.

Gerald Epstein Sep 26, 2025

Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC.

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Issue 311

Assessing Those CBO Numbers on the Minimum Wage

Many supporters of an increase in the minimum wage viewed projections of job loss in the recent report from the

Dean Baker Mar 1, 2014

Issue 257

Bubble Trouble

Talk about irrational exuberance. Housing is the new bull market.

Dean Baker Jan 1, 2005

Issue 238

From New Economy to War Economy

Now that the economy needs stimulus, why not insist that government spending shape economic development in socially beneficial ways? Now

Dean Baker Nov 1, 2001