No Taxes For Guys Named Joe: Trump’s Overtime Tax Exemption – OpEd
No one ever accused Donald Trump of knowing much about the economy. That fact comes through loud and clear in
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Author: Dean Baker
Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). He is the author of Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy.
Articles by Dean Baker :
The Path To Medicare For All – OpEd
I have long been a fan of universal Medicare. While some time back I thought we could get there fairly
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A Wall Of Receipts For The Trump Presidency – OpEd
For folks who have not followed the Elon Musk-DOGE clown show, their main exhibit is the so-called “Wall of Receipts”
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Trump Wants Cheap Drugs, So Should We All – OpEd
Trump decided that he wants the drug companies to charge people in the United States less for prescription drugs. His
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Tariffs Are Taxes On Us, Not Them – OpEd
Some years back, when Obama was trying to push through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), I was giving a talk on
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Free Trade Dogma Runs Very Deep – OpEd
People in cults often find it nearly impossible to get outside the cult outlook on the world. This is very
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Q1: China Adds More Than $400 Billion To GDP, Trump Loses $25 Billion – OpEd
Donald Trump is not very good with arithmetic, but that is not a reason the rest of us should not
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Trump Wants Your Kids To Work For $21 An Hour – OpEd
The Washington Past had an interesting piece about the rare manufacturing company that is largely unharmed by Donald Trump’s tariffs. The
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Donald Trump Versus Cheating Penguins – OpEd
Way back on his April 2 “Liberation Day,” (it feels like a long time ago), Donald Trump released a set
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US Wage Growth Slowed In April – OpEd
One underappreciated item in the April jobs report was the sharp slowing of wage growth in recent months. This is
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