Dean Baker
@deanbaker13.bsky.social
Economist at the Center for Economic Research. Father to two dogs.
The media is bad and getting much worse because of who owns it. We can and must take steps to support independent media. Listen to Mostly Economics with Milo Vassallo Ex. Dir of the Media and Democracy Project cepr.net/mostly-econo...
Mostly Economics Podcast
Mostly Economics is a weekly podcast hosted by CEPR Senior Economist and co-founder, Dean Baker, about ways US economic policies affect everyday lives—from household budgets to global trade relationsh...
cepr.net
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The media is bad and getting much worse because of who owns it. We can and must take steps to support independent media. Listen to Mostly Economics with Milo Vassallo Ex. Dir of the Media and Democracy Project cepr.net/mostly-econo...
and full stupid, the idea that people aren't working to get $200 a month in food stamps. Trump steals that much every minute of every day.
Trump in full Marie Antoinette mode on Ingraham tonight.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
and full stupid, the idea that people aren't working to get $200 a month in food stamps. Trump steals that much every minute of every day.
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Trump in full Marie Antoinette mode on Ingraham tonight.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Trump in full Marie Antoinette mode on Ingraham tonight.
It's Trump's dementia again
Trump: "You have people in Chicago, beautiful Black women wearing a MAGA hat, red MAGA hat -- 'please come Mr Trump, president' -- they call me president, they call me mister, they can call me whatever they want. 'Please come President Trump, please come.' They're begging us to come."
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It's Trump's dementia again
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Paperwork burden, stigma and stress are common for SNAP and increase food insecurity. Many (most) recipients are children, disabled or older, while many already work, if they can. Not letting people go hungry should be a fundamental function of government.
It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Paperwork burden, stigma and stress are common for SNAP and increase food insecurity. Many (most) recipients are children, disabled or older, while many already work, if they can. Not letting people go hungry should be a fundamental function of government.
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Ah, creating a legal entitlement for $500K for some elderly millionaires because they being investigated for their role in an insurrection *in exchange for* a show vote to make health care affordable.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Ah, creating a legal entitlement for $500K for some elderly millionaires because they being investigated for their role in an insurrection *in exchange for* a show vote to make health care affordable.
Thanks Paul
This is a great piece.
The reasons healthcare is expensive are straightforward, and the list does not include Obamacare cepr.net/publications...
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Thanks Paul
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The reasons healthcare is expensive are straightforward, and the list does not include Obamacare cepr.net/publications...
Why Is Healthcare Expensive?
Americans overpay for healthcare due to drug patents, private insurance waste, and inflated medical salaries—despite Obamacare slowing cost growth.
cepr.net
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The reasons healthcare is expensive are straightforward, and the list does not include Obamacare cepr.net/publications...
see what your tax dollars are doing in Chicago under Trump blockclubchicago.org/tag/operatio...
Operation Midway Blitz Archives
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
see what your tax dollars are doing in Chicago under Trump blockclubchicago.org/tag/operatio...
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Dividend checks would be more than twice as much as what what Trump tariffs are bringing in.
Trump's tariff dividend checks would add $600 billion to the budget deficit this year, but who's counting? cepr.net/publications...
Tariff Dividend Checks for Dummies (i.e., the People in Policy Debates)
Reporters should be able to do the simple math to show that Trump's 'tariff checks' idea would add billions to the deficit.
cepr.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Dividend checks would be more than twice as much as what what Trump tariffs are bringing in.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
📣 Dems have overperformed an avg of 15 pts across 55 Special Elections so far, winning 36 of them including *flipping* 6 GOP seats!
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There's ~2 DOZEN MORE on the calendar!
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#Blue25 #Blue26
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Trump's tariff dividend checks would add $600 billion to the budget deficit this year, but who's counting? cepr.net/publications...
Tariff Dividend Checks for Dummies (i.e., the People in Policy Debates)
Reporters should be able to do the simple math to show that Trump's 'tariff checks' idea would add billions to the deficit.
cepr.net
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trump's tariff dividend checks would add $600 billion to the budget deficit this year, but who's counting? cepr.net/publications...
Trump proposes to add $600 billion a year to the deficit with his $2k a person "tariff dividend checks" cepr.net/publications...
Tariff Dividend Checks for Dummies (i.e., the People in Policy Debates)
Reporters should be able to do the simple math to show that Trump's 'tariff checks' idea would add billions to the deficit.
cepr.net
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump proposes to add $600 billion a year to the deficit with his $2k a person "tariff dividend checks" cepr.net/publications...
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NodFather
It seems Trump was asleep in the Oval Office for longer than we realized. He missed 20 years of debate on healthcare reform cepr.net/publications...
Rip Van Winkle Comes to the White House: Trump Goes After “Money Sucking” Insurance Companies
Trump wants to get corporate profiteering out of health care? He probably doesn't really mean it, but let's consider the options.
cepr.net
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NodFather
Trump's tariff dividend checks would be a massive increase in the deficit, but we know no one cares about budget deficits deanbaker22.substack.com/p/tariff-div...
Tariff Dividend Checks for Dummies (i.e. the People in Policy Debates)
Trump proposes a massive increase in the deficit and no one notices
deanbaker22.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Trump's tariff dividend checks would be a massive increase in the deficit, but we know no one cares about budget deficits deanbaker22.substack.com/p/tariff-div...
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Nope, sorry, not if there's a First Amendment, the same one that protects anti-abortion protesters.
Trump says no more freedom of religion in America blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Nope, sorry, not if there's a First Amendment, the same one that protects anti-abortion protesters.
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But this is where media and people need to take responsibility.
@delong.social cites @deanbaker13.bsky.social's response to how voter misinformation drove voter behavior.
@delong.social cites @deanbaker13.bsky.social's response to how voter misinformation drove voter behavior.
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
But this is where media and people need to take responsibility.
@delong.social cites @deanbaker13.bsky.social's response to how voter misinformation drove voter behavior.
@delong.social cites @deanbaker13.bsky.social's response to how voter misinformation drove voter behavior.
Trump says no more freedom of religion in America blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Trump says no more freedom of religion in America blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion
As Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work.
www.usatoday.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Rip Van Trump sleeped through the last 20 years of debate on healthcare reform and now wants to target "money sucking" insurance companies cepr.net/publications...
Rip Van Winkle Comes to the White House: Trump Goes After “Money Sucking” Insurance Companies
Trump wants to get corporate profiteering out of health care? He probably doesn't really mean it, but let's consider the options.
cepr.net
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Rip Van Trump sleeped through the last 20 years of debate on healthcare reform and now wants to target "money sucking" insurance companies cepr.net/publications...
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Great piece by Greg Sargent on the Republicans' devastating defeat on Tuesday newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Trump Humiliation Worsens as Fresh Info Reveals Scale of GOP Losses
The results showed that Democrats don’t have to choose between attacking Trump and highlighting the economy. In fact, they are often inseparable.
newrepublic.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Great piece by Greg Sargent on the Republicans' devastating defeat on Tuesday newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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Come for labor market facts being ignored.
Stay for a mini-seminar on pundits & consultants getting economic reality wrong since the 1990s "Social Security is going broke" scare, which Dean played a big role in stopping.
Stay for a mini-seminar on pundits & consultants getting economic reality wrong since the 1990s "Social Security is going broke" scare, which Dean played a big role in stopping.
The talk of "affordability" and Tuesday's Republican shellacking ignored the fact that the labor market is deteriorating, especially for lower-paid workers cepr.net/publications...
The Cult of Affordability and the Labor Market
Politicians have seized "affordability," but does it overlook some more fundamental truths about the state of the labor market?
cepr.net
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Come for labor market facts being ignored.
Stay for a mini-seminar on pundits & consultants getting economic reality wrong since the 1990s "Social Security is going broke" scare, which Dean played a big role in stopping.
Stay for a mini-seminar on pundits & consultants getting economic reality wrong since the 1990s "Social Security is going broke" scare, which Dean played a big role in stopping.
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Trump seems to have been sleeping at the White House for longer than we realized. Rip Van Trump missed 20 years of debate on health care reform substack.com/home/post/p-...
Rip Van Winkle Comes to the White House: Trump Goes After “Money Sucking” Insurance Companies
There is an old child’s tale about Rip Van Winkle.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Trump seems to have been sleeping at the White House for longer than we realized. Rip Van Trump missed 20 years of debate on health care reform substack.com/home/post/p-...
It seems Trump was asleep in the Oval Office for longer than we realized. He missed 20 years of debate on healthcare reform cepr.net/publications...
Rip Van Winkle Comes to the White House: Trump Goes After “Money Sucking” Insurance Companies
Trump wants to get corporate profiteering out of health care? He probably doesn't really mean it, but let's consider the options.
cepr.net
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It seems Trump was asleep in the Oval Office for longer than we realized. He missed 20 years of debate on healthcare reform cepr.net/publications...
Trump seems to have been sleeping at the White House for longer than we realized. Rip Van Trump missed 20 years of debate on health care reform substack.com/home/post/p-...
Rip Van Winkle Comes to the White House: Trump Goes After “Money Sucking” Insurance Companies
There is an old child’s tale about Rip Van Winkle.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Trump seems to have been sleeping at the White House for longer than we realized. Rip Van Trump missed 20 years of debate on health care reform substack.com/home/post/p-...