Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Trump’s Trade War With China Is Waged to Make the Rich Richer The trade war is forcing working-class people to pay high tariffs to advance the goals of the rich. By Dean Baker , Truthout May 20, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor In US and UK, the Working and Middle Classes Are Under Attack Capitalism's dysfunctionality for the mass of the people is coming to a head amid growing political turmoil. By Richard D. Wolff , Truthout May 1, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Pete Buttigieg Trivializes the Impact of Trade on US Job Losses The Democratic presidential candidate has been telling audiences a very big lie. By Dean Baker , Truthout April 22, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor As US Economy Weakens, Economists Struggle to Predict Next Recession Many of the people who completely missed the last crisis are trying to get out front and tell us about the next one. By Dean Baker , Truthout April 1, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Donald Trump Deserves an “F” on Trade It might be easy to win a trade war, as Trump claimed, but evidently not for him. By Dean Baker , Truthout March 11, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Enough “Free Trade.” We Need Solidarity Economies and Reparations. Another way is possible. By Geoff Gilbert , Truthout January 20, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor “Free Trade” Is Today’s Imperialism by the 1 Percent Building alternatives to free trade must become an essential component of a more progressive US foreign policy. By Geoff Gilbert , Truthout January 13, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Trade: It’s Still About Class, Not Country Advocates of Trump's trade policy either don't understand it or are choosing to ignore its elitist nature. By Dean Baker , Truthout December 10, 2018 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Trump’s Trade Czar Peter Navarro Is an Architect of Imperial Disaster The practice of geopolitics is as old as empire itself. By Alfred W. McCoy , TomDispatch December 3, 2018 Truthout
Economy & Labor Trump’s Tariffs on Chinese Imports Are Actually a Tax on the US Middle Class Trump is effectively proposing one of the largest tax increases on the middle class in memory. By Dean Baker , Truthout September 24, 2018 Truthout