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<title><![CDATA[Dean Baker - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/18601.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Dean Baker]]></description><category domain="18601">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Billionaires Won't Save Local News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/billionaires-wont-save-local-news-heres-what-will/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Praying for beneficent tycoons is not the answer. We need the government to step up.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Good News in 2022 Will Be the Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/jan/01/the-good-news-in-2022-will-be-the-economy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is probably a minority position, but I feel confident in saying that 2022 will be a very good year for the economy. We are looking at a situation where we have low unemployment, falling inflation and rising real wages. It is likely to be the best economy we have seen in many decades.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Should Reach for the $1 Trillion Platinum Coin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/28/opinions/debt-ceiling-platinum-coin-biden-baker/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Enabled by a quirk in the law, Biden could use an unusual workaround to head off a debt ceiling standoff with Republicans that could send the US into catastrophic default, writes economist Dean Baker. Such a move would be ridiculous, of course, but the periodic debt crisis is a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should Biden Reappoint Jerome Powell?]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/economy/should-biden-reappoint-jerome-powell-federal-reserve-roundtable/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Prospect debate about the future of the Federal Reserve]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Bank Bailout of 2008 Was Unnecessary]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-baker-bailout-20180914-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the Lehman Bros. collapse, Bernanke argued to lawmakers that we faced a catastrophic collapse of the financial system and a second Great Depression. That wasn't true.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare Is Only &quot;Exploding&quot; in Red States]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-baker-obamacare-red-state-20170713-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When he talks about his efforts to repeal the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Affordable Care Act,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' almost always asserts that Obamacare is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'exploding.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Republican members of Congress make similar claims, insisting that Obamacare is unsustainable'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and that they therefore have no...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Problem With Jeb Bush's Health Plan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-1019-baker-bush-health-plan-20151019-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush put forward a healthcare proposal as part of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. The plan, which has many moving parts, is intended as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act . If you don't anticipate getting sick, you might...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Preemptive Surrender on Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/the-supreme-court-and-the_b_6835738.html?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000090</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the Supreme Court listened to arguments over subsidies in the state exchanges, Democrats were making their plans for preemptive surrender. Many were warning that an adverse ruling would be the death of Obamacare.There is no doubt that a ruling for the plaintiffs would be bad news. It...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ebola Hysteria Fever: A Real Epidemic]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/ebola-hysteria-fever-a-re_b_6020952.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thus far, the Ebola virus has infected three people in the United States that we know of; however, Ebola hysteria seems to have infected somewhere close to 300 million. There are reports of kids being pulled out of schools and even some school closings. People in many areas are not going...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare and Family Values]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/obamacare-and-family-valu_b_5826380.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was pushed primarily as a way to extend health insurance coverage. This was, and is, an important goal.However, another important aspect of the ACA is its impact on the labor market. The vast majority of people who are below Medicare age get their insurance...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Good News About Obamacare in Jobs Report]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/the-good-news-about-obama_b_5565604.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many people touted the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news. And they were right. For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace. We still have a long way to go to get back to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Fight Against the End of the Planet]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/09/climate-change-taxpayer-dollars-conservative-defense</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conservatives like to project themselves as lovers of the free market. They believe that everyone should go out and fend for themselves, that the government shouldn't be getting in the way of those with talent and ambition '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and that it shouldn't be wasting "their" tax dollars on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Economic Policy in a Post-Piketty World]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/economic-policy-in-a-post_b_5187840.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thomas Piketty's new book, Capital for the 21st Century, has done a remarkable job of focusing public attention on the growth of inequality in the last three decades and the risk that it will grow further in the decades ahead. Piketty's basic point on this issue is almost too simple for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Many Benefits of the Health Care Law]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/31/obamacare-deadline-signups-plan-keep-wages-up</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today is the last day for open enrollment at HealthCare.gov, and it looks like the administration will end up close to their initial target of signing up 7 million people, despite the difficulties with the website. This is good news: millions of Americans are getting coverage through the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paul Ryan Isn't the Wonk of Washington]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolicy.com/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) released its budget last week. As usual, it was almost completely ignored by the major media outlets. As a result, we know very little about the actual ideas in the budget, but we know a lot about the media.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Phony Crisis of Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/no-one-died-at-healthcare_b_4299399.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The media have worked themselves into a frenzy as news outlets trumpet the impending doom of Obamacare. The New York Times put forward its entry for best in show: a front-page news article comparing the problems with the Healthcare.gov website with President Bush's failed response to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Kept His Health Care Promise]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/the-obama-pledge-on-keepi_b_4257519.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama has been getting a lot of grief in the last few weeks over his pledge that with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in place, people would be able to keep their insurance if they like it. The media have been filled with stories about people across the country who are having...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare: It's Better Than You Think]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/obamacare-its-better-than_b_3978021.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In just one week the main part of Obamacare will begin to kick in. This is the state level exchanges that will allow the uninsured to be covered. Beginning on October 1, people will be able to sign up to get insurance in their state regardless of their health.Most people signing up on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Made the Right Call]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/09/18/federal-reserve-center-for-economic-and-policy-research-editorials-debates/2834491/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Given recent data on the state of the labor market and the economy, the Fed made the right call by continuing its policy of quantitative easing at the rate of $85 billion a month. The economy remains very weak by every measure, with the labor market well below full employment and no...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Only Spending Can Save Us Now]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/spending-save-article-1.1265644</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Public debate over economic policy has unfortunately been buried in a pointless debate about deficits. This is unfortunate because it ignores the most urgent problem facing the country: an economy that remains severely depressed following the collapse of the housing bubble.The 7.9%...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hysteria From Self-Serving Deficit Hawks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/16/fiscal-cliff-hysteria-deficit-hawks</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Missing the January deadline simply means those who want to preserve Bush tax cuts for the super-rich lose political leverageWashington elites have spent much of the last three decades getting hysterical about budget deficits, but they are outdoing themselves in the current budget...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Pledges a Fed That Screws Workers]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/romney-pledges-a-fed-that_b_1834980.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week Mitt Romney committed himself to picking a Federal Reserve Board chairman who will try to keep workers' wages down, likely costing them tens of thousands of dollars over the next decade. You remember reading the front-page news stories on this pronouncement?Of course you didn't...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paul Ryan's Far-Right Agenda]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/representative-ryans-far-right-agenda_b_1774761.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In principle the country faces a choice this fall between a moderate conservative, President Obama, and the extreme conservative Romney-Ryan ticket that wants to privatize Social Security and Medicare and eliminate most of the services that the public expects from the federal government....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beating Back the Attacks on Social Security]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/beating-back-the-ceo-atta_b_1748330.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Deficit Reduction: The Great Distraction]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/deficit-reduction-the-gre_b_1516543.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is the week of the third annual Deficit Fest, the event sponsored by Wall Street billionaire Peter G. Peterson. At this event, many of the people most responsible for the current downturn come together to tell us why we should be worried about the deficit at a time when 25 million...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why We Aren't Like Greece]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thenation.com/article/162671/why-we-arent-greece</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'What'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the difference between the United States and Greece?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' should be the setup line for a joke. Unfortunately, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a question that seems to be stumping many of the people involved in Washington policy debates. Now that Standard &amp; Poor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s has downgraded the US...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Growth, Not Tough Choices, Balanced the Budget]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/budget-blowhards-why-the_b_894855.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are few exercises more entertaining than ridiculing the  nonsense that comes out of the mouths of leaders in Washington. The  great part is that this is completely bipartisan. Neither party has a  monopoly on solemnly stated absurdities. And of course we never have to  worry about...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Endgame on the Debt Ceiling]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/the-endgame-on-the-debt-c_b_880531.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we know, President Obama and his team do not appear to be very  effective negotiators when it comes to dealing with the Republicans in  Congress. Last December, the Republicans forced the president to renew  the Bush tax cuts for the rich. More recently, they got him to make $38 ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Listen to the Deficit Hysterics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/apr/22/economics-economy</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Deficit hawks are manipulating mistaken fears about the dollar and the US trade gap to push a highly partisan cuts programmeIn the movie Philadelphia, the lawyer played by Denzel Washington is shown repeatedly telling his clients to explain their case to him as though he were a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Stimulus Has Performed as Projected]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/Dean_Baker_417C26AF-F5B1-4E88-9528-CC2DE128CE70.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Baker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The stimulus has performed pretty much as projected. It created 2-3 million jobs and lowered the unemployment rate by between 1-2 percentage points. It also is coming to an end. I'm not sure why anyone would have expected it to offset a downturn of this magnitude. The collapse of the...]]></description>
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