Author: Dean Baker

America needs an enemy, and since Russia is old news, President Biden has decided on China. Dean Baker puts up the caution sign.

The effects of the pandemic on consumer spending have some economists worried about inflation. Dean Baker explains why they shouldn't be.

Dean Baker makes the case for open source COVID-19 research and vaccines.

Since I came to Washington in 1992, I have been working alongside friends in the policy community, labor movement, and community organizations in fighting against a series of

Open sourcing research would greatly improve the pharmaceutical market for governments and citizens. Dean Baker writes.

Deficit hawks are sure to be out in droves soon complaining about national debt. But how meaningful is the debt? Dean Baker writes.

Concerning the global failure to reach the working class with vaccines. Dean Baker writes.

Preparation is clearly not the American way, even when people are dying. Dean Baker writes.

America's intellectual property laws and its jingoism are in the way of vaccine development. Dean Baker writes.

If CEOs pay has nothing to do with returns to shareholders, why are they making $20 million? Dean Baker writes.