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The Simplicity of Medicare for All: Better, Cheaper, and Less Cruel

The Simplicity of Medicare for All: Better, Cheaper, and Less Cruel

Only independent journalism—funded by people who believe in building a better world—can deliver truly trustworthy daily news. Please support our...

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Common Dreams

Dean Baker

The Rich are Awful People, Let Me Count the Ways

The Rich are Awful People, Let Me Count the Ways
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CounterPunch

Dean Baker

US Billionaires Compete for 'Most Awful Human Being' Award

US Billionaires Compete for 'Most Awful Human Being' Award

Only independent journalism—funded by people who believe in building a better world—can deliver truly trustworthy daily news. Please support our...

23.10.2026 1

Common Dreams

Dean Baker

Is CoreWeave’s Very Bad Week The Beginning Of The End Of The AI Bubble? – OpEd

Is CoreWeave’s Very Bad Week The Beginning Of The End Of The AI Bubble? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Last week was a minor earthquake in the AI world, and DeepSeek’s latest release could mean an even

22.10.2026 7

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Is CoreWeave’s Very Bad Week the Beginning of the End of the AI Bubble?

Is CoreWeave’s Very Bad Week the Beginning of the End of the AI Bubble?
22.10.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

Trumpian Corruption and Minnesota Fraud

Trumpian Corruption and Minnesota Fraud
21.10.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

Trumpflation Is Here – OpEd

Trumpflation Is Here – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Donald Trump loves to put his name on things, and when it comes to the recent burst of

20.10.2026 5

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Trumpflation is Here

Trumpflation is Here
20.10.2026 10

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

Inflation Watch: How Does In-Store Price Manipulation Bias Our Inflation Data? – OpEd

Inflation Watch: How Does In-Store Price Manipulation Bias Our Inflation Data? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The Guardian has had a series of pieces in the last year looking at ways that stores and

19.10.2026 6

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Trumpflation Is Here and It's All Trump's Doing

Trumpflation Is Here and It's All Trump's Doing

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19.10.2026 10

Common Dreams

Dean Baker

Inflation Watch: How Does In-Store Price Manipulation Bias Our Inflation Data?

Inflation Watch: How Does In-Store Price Manipulation Bias Our Inflation Data?
19.10.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

What Does AI Say About The Hyperscalers’ Decision To Keep Building Data Centers? – OpEd

What Does AI Say About The Hyperscalers’ Decision To Keep Building Data Centers? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: First off, here are the latest numbers from the AI giants: A couple of months ago, I decided

17.10.2026 6

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Crazy Lies From The Anti-Tax Gang – OpEd

Crazy Lies From The Anti-Tax Gang – OpEd

Key Takeaways: We know the Trump crew regularly spews batshit crazy stuff on things like pet-eating migrants and boys being

15.10.2026 8

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Crazy Lies From the Anti-Tax Gang

15.10.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

The Trump Economy And The AI Bubble – OpEd

Key Takeaways: As we approach the two-year mark since Donald Trump’s second election victory, it’s a good time to do

13.10.2026 60

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

The Trump Economy and the AI Bubble

13.10.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

France’s Debt Problem Is An AI Problem – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Since everyone who is anyone is writing about France’s fiscal situation, I thought I would throw in my two cents. The

12.10.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

France’s Debt Problem is an AI Problem

12.10.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

An AI Bubble Death Watch: When the Financing Gets Crazy, the End Could be Getting Near

08.10.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

The NYT Pushes Trumpian Lies on the Economy

07.10.2026 60

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

The Tariffs Don’t Seem to be Working: Trade Deficit Soars in August

06.10.2026 30

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

Job and Wage Growth Slow, Unemployment Grows

05.10.2026 30

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

Trump Said He Wanted His Tariffs to End the 'Rip-Off'; It Hasn't Worked Out That Way

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04.10.2026 30

Common Dreams

Dean Baker

If AI Is Crashing, The Story Should Be Jail In, Not Bail Out – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The end-of-the-week meltdown of Oracle, coupled with Sam Altman’s admission that his Open AI team has no idea what it’s doing, has

03.10.2026 30

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

If AI is Crashing, the Story Should be Jail In, Not Bail Out

01.10.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

If the AI Executives Are Driving Drunk, We Should Nail Them for It

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28.09.2026 10

Common Dreams

Dean Baker

Sam Altman is Driving Drunk, Let Him Face the Consequences

28.09.2026 30

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

Just So You Know, Trump’s Erratic Behavior Makes Life More Expensive for Everyone Else

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26.09.2026 30

Common Dreams

Dean Baker

Is The Anthropic IPO Racing Against The Next AI Disaster? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: While OpenAI is putting off its plans for an IPO into next year, Anthropic seems determined to rush

24.09.2026 20

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Is the Anthropic IPO Racing Against the Next AI Disaster?

24.09.2026 30

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

The Press Stands Up!

23.09.2026 30

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

The Promise Of Trump’s Trade Cutoffs: Shortages And Higher Prices – OpEd

Key Takeaways: I had intended to write on the Fed’s decision to raise rates, but I don’t have much to

21.09.2026 40

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

If You Want to Tax the Rich, Support California's Proposed Wealth Tax

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18.09.2026 10

Common Dreams

Dean Baker

The Timing of the AI Bubble Burst and the Subprime Collapse

There is a great scene in the movie The Big Short, where the Steve Carell character is talking with a stripper who owns five houses that she intends...

14.09.2026 40

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

The Timing Of The AI Bubble Burst And The Subprime Collapse – OpEd

Key Takeaways: I read this Substack column last week comparing the timing of subprime resets in 2006-08 to the payments that the

11.09.2026 20

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Venezuelan Oil And Trump’s Imaginary $20 Trillion In Foreign Investment – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Donald Trump is not very good at running the economy, but he does have a great imagination about

08.09.2026 20

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

AI Bubble Monitor: Wall Street is Betting Trillions on Silicon Valley to Prevail Over Chinese AI

Before we catch up on the game, here are the latest numbers on market capitalization and P/E ratios: It’s the fourth quarter and the game is tied,...

02.09.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

Why The $40 Trillion Debt Isn’t The Real Threat – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The $40 trillion debt point naturally prompted much griping among pundits, many of whom see their job as promoting hysteria

02.09.2026 20

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Why the $40 Trillion Debt isn’t the Real Threat

The $40 trillion debt point naturally prompted much griping among pundits, many of whom see their job as promoting hysteria in order to justify cuts...

02.09.2026 40

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

Trump Is Economically Dumb — and That's How You Should Understand His Attempt to Steal Venezuela's Oil

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01.09.2026 20

Common Dreams

Dean Baker

Trump Dementia: Transferring National Park Firefighters to Beautify DC for His Birthday

The man who gave us the war in Iran, mass deportation, murders on the high seas, inflation, a trade war with our closest ally, measles, explosive...

01.09.2026 40

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

US Jobs Revisions Show Small Loss, Manufacturing Among Big Losers – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released preliminary numbers for its annual benchmark revisions to job growth on Friday. After

31.08.2026 20

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Extremist Billionaire Media Owners Want to Steal Your Social Security So They Don't Have to Pay Slightly Higher Taxes

We vow—with your help—to keep fighting like hell for it.

27.08.2026 20

Common Dreams

Dean Baker

What Does AI Have to Say About the AI Bubble?

Here are the most recent price-to-earnings and market cap numbers: What Does AI Tell Us About the AI Bubble? I know I have been screaming about an AI...

27.08.2026 40

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

Where’s the Beef, Don?

Friday is apparently a day when Donald Trump believes that tariffs increase prices. We know this because Trump said that he will lower beef prices...

26.08.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

The $40 Trillion Debt, Oh My!

I have never been a deficit hawk, and I’m not about to change my religious affiliation now. But whatever we think of debt and deficits, there is one...

24.08.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

South Korea Goes To Shakedown Shack: The Trump White House – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Trump’s latest move to downgrade US involvement in long-planned military exercises with South Korea should make one thing

24.08.2026 20

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

Thank Idiot, Greedy Republicans If You're Upset With $40 Trillion in US Debt

Like every authoritarian before him, Trump is working to co-opt news sources and control what the public sees and hears. Too many corporate outlets...

21.08.2026 30

Common Dreams

Dean Baker

Trump’s Iran War Sent Interest Rates Soaring

Back in February, before Trump and Netanyahu attacked Iran, the interest rate on 10-year Treasury bonds was around 4.0%. It’s now hovering near...

19.08.2026 30

CounterPunch

Dean Baker

First They Took Our Wages, Now They Want Our Social Security

There is now a bipartisan consensus that Social Security faces a serious crisis, and something has to be done. That “something” almost always...

16.08.2026 20

CounterPunch

Dean Baker