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The idea of industrial policy has taken on almost a mystical quality for many progressives. The idea is that it is somehow new and…
Dean Baker
Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC.
Dean previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. He has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank, the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, and the OECD's Trade Union Advisory Council.
I remember talking to a progressive group a bit more than a decade ago, arguing for the merits of a financial transactions…
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With the data we have seen from the last few months, it’s fair to say that no one has a very good…
I just read this NYT column by Bryan Stryker, on how Democrats can win back the working class. I have no idea how its…