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Containing CEO Pay: A Case of Government Efficiency
Dean Baker writes: "The public is outraged over the enormous paychecks that are now standard for people who run large corporations. Compensation packages routinely run into the tens of millions of dollars,... ...
Big Media Runs to the Nanny State
Dean Baker Weighs in on the battle between big media and the Internet: "It is important to recognize that this lawsuit is not just a battle between two huge companies (YouTube is now owned by Google).... ...
The Housing Bubble Starts to Burst
Dean Baker writes: "While the collapse of the housing bubble was both predictable and inevitable, it is not pretty. Tens of millions of people will be hurt as they see much of the equity in their homes... ...
Trade, Drugs and CEOs
"The plight of the middle class is the hip topic in Washington these days as politicians try to display concern for the demographic group that provides them with most of their votes. Several Congressional... ...
Edwards Steps out Front on Health Care
Dean Baker writes: "For the people who will vote in the Democratic primaries next year, the Iraq War will rightly be the central issue. On this topic, it is worth noting that we already have a president... ...
Bring Back the Old George W. Bush
Dean Baker writes: "While bipartisan progress would be encouraging, it is very difficult to see any evidence of compromise from President Bush in key areas of public policy. In fact, in almost every important... ...
The Social Security WMD Story
Dean Baker writes: "We all remember President Bush's false claims about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. These claims were the basis for getting the country into the Iraq War, a disaster with... ...
The War and Student Loans
Dean Baker writes: "As President Bush prepares for his 'surge' in Iraq, it is worth thinking about the growing cost of the war. While finances should never come first when talking about a war that has... ...
Hooked on Drug Money
Dean Baker writes: "It's payback time, as the lobbyists say in Washington. One of the key planks in the Democrats' election platform was changing the Medicare drug benefit by allowing Medicare to negotiate... ...
Iraq War Lie Detector Test
Dean Baker writes: "There has been no shortage of deceptions surrounding the prosecution of the Iraq war, beginning with the original justification - Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Unfortunately,... ...