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By: Dean Baker
Donald Trump assured us that exporters would pay his tariffs; that it would effectively be free money to the United States. At times he even suggested a tariff dividend, where he would send us all checks of $1k to $2k with all the money that was pouring in from his tariffs.
SpaceX headquarters, Bolsa Chica, Texas. Photo: Alexander Hatley, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 Last week was a big one for the AI bubble.
Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar payday from the IPO of SpaceX has hugely amplified the public’s focus on extreme wealth inequality. Musk’s economic and
By: Dean Baker
This week was the first meeting under new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh of the Federal Reserve Boards Open Market Committee (FOMC). Warsh has promised to restructure the Fed, but it is still not clear he means by this.
This week was the first meeting under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh of the Federal Reserve Board’s Open Market Committee (FOMC). Warsh has promised to
By: Dean Baker
I was not an Alan Greenspan fan, but I will give him some serious credit on his passing. I'll also give him serious blame for missing two huge bubbles, the collapse of which gave us serious recessions. I'll also add a comment about the opaque way he ran the Fed, to which I fear our new Fed chair is returning.
Whenever Trump and other Republicans yell about fraud, it is important to remember that they handed over the keys of government and a chainsaw to a mega billionaire and gave him a free rein. They are the fraud they keep looking for.
around in his DOGE garb with sunglasses and a chainsaw? The Republicans are hoping that you don't.
The release of the 2026 Social Security Trustees Report got the usual suspects (a.k.a. “very serious people”) genuflecting about the large projected shortfall. As of 2034, the program is projected to be unable to pay full benefits. This would mean a 22 percent cut in benefits if no additional revenue is added.
I was not an Alan Greenspan fan, but I will give him some serious credit on his passing. I’ll also give him serious blame for missing two huge bubbles, the collapse of which gave us serious recessions. I’ll also add a comment about the opaque way he ran the Fed, to which I fear our More
