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Let's be clear. Republicans become deficit hawks only when there is a Democrat in the White House. When Republicans are in the White House, as in the 20 years of deficits in the 20 years of the Reagan,...
View ArticleImmigration?
How did we get from a discussion of macro constituents to a misunderstanding of Deans immigration analysis? To even imply he has a political angle is extremely misleading. His immigration analysis,...
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I've been reading Dean's blog for quite some time, and what I see Dean doing is not very often advocating for one particular policy idea but instead for sensible analysis of the real-world data to be...
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Silicon Valley and Corp. Ag say they want more "immigration reform"to keep wages down. I believe them. This not the immigrants fault, it is the policy makers fault and the companies who can't stand to...
View ArticleWage Growth by Occupation
Dean, What's the best source for reviewing historical wage growth trends, specifically at the occupational level? I know the BLS discourages using OES data as a time-series. Thanks! - Ryan
View Articleemigration versus immigration
How about just reduce the trade deficit (capital emigration) instead of worrying about labor immigration? Troll, why the focus on labor? If you were truly fair and balanced, you would also consider the...
View ArticleUpside down thinking about deficits is the key
"We could of course boost the economy with more government spending, but politicians don't like strawberry ice cream or budget deficits." I would put it slightly differently: We could at any time boost...
View ArticleImmigration
@ Peter K. "Plus, more immigrants mean more Democrat voters who are more likely to vote in politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Obama who will try to deal with the real problems." Thanks for your...
View Articleimmigration
Thank you? My mistake. You dishonestly ignore all of my other points. You're not interested in dialogue or debate. You are pathologically obsessed with brown skin people. I will never ever make that...
View ArticleSarcasm on: We should be blaming centrist and apathetic voters only!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/12/energized-partisans-are-driving-polarization-but-so-are-apathetic-centrists/ Blame the victims: [the plurality of 39%] " ... mixed-preference...
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@ Peter K. "You're not interested in dialogue or debate. You are pathologically obsessed with brown skin people. I will never ever make that point again in public if it gives comfort to people like...
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Peeps may need to read more archival Dean Baker to get up to speed. :o) He's been accused of being anti immigration!...
View Articlewhy even GOP Texas is actually pro-immigration
Trolley, here in Texas, the immigrant population is a vital part of the state economy. Also, capital will take cheap quality labor wherever it can get it (except for medical providers and lawyers),...
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Watermelon punch, You are right. Dean has had some thoughtful, pro-American worker things to say about immigration. To wit: "Where Noah and I may part ways is that I would not like to see large numbers...
View ArticleTrolley, if you provided links, your selective Dean Baker quotes'd represent...
Watermelonpunch uses links, which you should also. For example, if you read the post you linked to, and the op-editorial it links to, you would see what Baker is saying when he writes that,...
View ArticleMore of Dean Baker's writings on immigration
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/ezra-klein-srikes-out-big-on-immigration-and-demographics In the comment section you will see a follow-on comment: "written by Dean, February 02, 2013...
View ArticleLink to the Median wealth figure of my previous posting
Middle Class Political Economist: U.S. Trails at Least 15 OECD Countries in Median Wealth http://www.middleclasspoliticaleconomist.com/2012/07/us-trails-at-least-15-oecd-countries-in.html - John Wright
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John Wright, Thank you for the links. I had been assuming that Dean would follow the party line on immigration because so many partisan hacks do so. (I was assuming he would refuse to go where this...
View Articlethe skills gap so called
Dean is right to challenge the notion of the skills gap. Having said that i'm not sure sighting the absense of rising wages is the most effective counter arguement. Anyone who has a real job knows that...
View ArticleThank you, Dean, for bringing this up
I have a theory about immigration that slightly counters this, but to what degree I don't know. I believe if you bring in new resident workers/consumers, that their debt profile is generally very...
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