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The Numbers Are In: Obamacare Increased Percentage of People Working 26-29 Hours a Week 26 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
Okay, all of you socialist nationalized health care loving Obama backers are going to have to own up to the evils of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We now have the full six months of data for the firs...
Pinching Pensions to Keep Wall Street Fat and Happy 26 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Dean Baker Truthout, August 26, 2013 See article on original website The debate over public pensions clearly shows the contempt that the elites have for ordinary workers. While elites routinely prea...
United States Trails Basket Case Japan: But Deficit Is Down 26 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
Dean Baker The Guardian Unlimited, August 26, 2013 See article on original website Many of the people who ridicule efforts at using government spending to boost the economy and create jobs like to t...
The Second-Tier Candidates for Fed Chair: Advancement Through Seniority 24 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am
Dean Baker Caixin Online, August 23, 2013 See article on original website There has been a major debate in Washington policy circles over who should replace Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve Board cha...
Labor Market Policy Research Reports, July 27-August 23, 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 11:45 pm
The following labor market policy research reports were recently released: Center for American Progress American Retirement Savings Could Be Much Better Rowland Davis and David Madland Center on B....
The Amazing Confusion in Economic Policy Debates 22 Aug 2013 | 10:46 pm
Dean Baker Project Syndicate, August 19, 2013 See article on original website Those following policy debates are well aware of the impasse in the stimulus-austerity debate. One side has the evidence...
States of Recession 22 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
The graphic below plots monthly jobs for every state, for the last four business cycles. The lines start 3 months prior to the onset of the recessions beginning in 1981, 1990, 2001 and 2007. Job losse...
EVENT: Houston Peace and Justice Center 2013 Economic Justice Conference 20 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
September 7, 2013 Houston Peace and Justice Center 2013 Economic Justice Conference 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Hilton University of Houston 4800 Calhoun Road Houston, TX, 77004 As part of the Houston Peace...
Miranda Rights: What Europe Could Learn From Latin America’s Independence 20 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm
Mark Weisbrot The Guardian Unlimited, August 20, 2013 See article on original website With a few exceptions, most of Europe hasn’t had an independent foreign policy for the past 70 years, and the U....
Larry Summers as Ineffectual Regulator: Tall Tales from the White House 20 Aug 2013 | 06:25 pm
Dean Baker The Huffington Post, August 19, 2013 Al Jazeera English, August 20, 2013 See article on original website The Obama administration push to get Larry Summers as Federal Reserve Board Chair ...
