Dean Baker turns over a new leaf and actually supports a federal bailout.

Without a strong public, there can be no private. Dirk Philipsen writes.

What is a deficit, really? Dean Baker drops some science on you.

Eventually sensible people change debates over economic policy, as those who finally fall in line last take the credit. Dean Baker writes.

On January 11, 2020, Taiwan will hold key presidential and legislative elections in which three candidates are competing for the post that holds strong political prerogatives: the current President Tsai Ing-wen, the Kuomintang candidate Han Kuo-yu and the minority party leader James Soong. All three…

If the top journalists completely fail to protect the truth, and no one cares, why do we have journalists? Dean Baker writes.

Twenty years later — we were right, of course. Deborah James writes.

The lip service of democracy is silent when it comes to ensuring voting is fair and open. Why?

Behind the philosophical question of whether or not there should be billionaires, a more immediate question lurks. Dean Baker writes.