The Chicago White Sox Sunday Defeat Sent Stock Market Tumbling: It Wasn’t the Debt Downgrade

By: Dean Baker Thursday August 11, 2011 8:20 am

Time to beat up on really really bad news reporting. The stock market doesn’t tell people why it does what it does. We have commentators who bloviate on what they think caused the market to rise or fall, but they don’t really know and they could be completely wrong.

Dean Baker and Alan Blinder Face Off on Social Security Cuts

By: Jane Hamsher Saturday May 22, 2010 12:45 pm

The Masters of the Universe are at it again, coralling the experts to promote policy which benefits them and not the public. Watch your wallets and especially your Social Security.

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