Get Money Out of Politics
Brandon Novick for CEPR Individuals and corporations alike can spend infinite sums of money to influence elections and push candidates that will support and – at the very least –…
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Trump Claims Economic Triumph, Doubles Down on Immigrant Scapegoating
By Joshua Scheer In a nationally televised primetime address from the White House, President Donald Trump spent much of the speech defending his economic record and touting the strength of…
Healthcare Is Hard, Lying Republicans Make It Harder
Dean Baker Beat The Press for The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) During his first term, after repeatedly promising the country a terrific health care plan, Donald Trump…
The Silicon Valley Bank Bailout: The Purpose of Government Is to Make the Rich Richer
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) There is a standard tale of politics where conservatives want to leave things to the market, whereas the left want a big…
‘Regulation’ Is Not a Mantra
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) An item in Ezra Klein’s NYT column yesterday really grabbed by attention. Ezra cited a Wall Street Journal column that claimed that…
New York Times Tries for Pulitzer Prize in Irresponsible Reporting on Bank Crises
By The Center for Economic and Policy Research The New York Times seems to think it is a newspaper’s job to promote bank panics wherever possible. It would be difficult…