Dean Baker - Dollars & Sense

Tax the Rich and Save the World

A movement to reshape the structure of taxation in the U.S. is gaining steam.

Nancy Folbre Jun 9, 2026

D&S BLOG

The AI Safety War in My Back Yard

In the contest between Micah Lasher and “AI guy” Alex Bores, is Bores a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

Polly Cleveland Jun 7, 2026

Left Hook Economics

The Green New Deal is a Jobs Engine, Despite Trump

In the United States and globally, the Green New Deal will continue to achieve critical gains, regardless of whatever the current administration says or does.

Robert Pollin Jun 2, 2026

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

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March/April 2014

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

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