Dean Baker

Donald Trump seems very confused about the state of California’s economic health. He gave a press conference Friday in which he implied that California’s

The US national debt is the highest it has been since the Second World War. And still, there is no reason to worry

Photo by Christina Victoria Craft Readers are undoubtedly confused by the reference to 1000 percent tariffs on prescription drugs.

We know that most people say that they think the economy has performed poorly under the Biden-Harris administration.

Dean Baker Gucci, downtown Detroit. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.

The September employment report was far stronger than generally expected. The unemployment rate edged down to 4.1 percent, while the establishment survey

Cargo ship on the lower Columbia River, near Astoria, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.

Donald Trump seems to have forgotten what the economy was like when he left office. He talks as though it was booming and then Biden sank it. In fact, the

CNBC, which is owned and controlled by people who will pay lower taxes with Donald Trump back in the White House, ran a PR piece for Donald Trump's tax agenda.

Ben Casselman had a useful piece in the New York Times examining the extent to which wages have outpaced prices since the pandemic. While he notes that