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The country in which most people live is experiencing an economic disaster. More than 25 million people are unemployed, underemployed, or have…
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.
Virtually everyone has had the experience of being forced to pay a late fee or a bank penalty because of some fine…
Two years ago, the top honchos at the Fed, Treasury and the Wall Street banks were running around like Chicken Little warning…
In a country with almost 15 million people out of work, it is amazing that any economists still have jobs. This one…
Many have noted the resemblance between the Federal Reserve Board and the Catholic Church. Both have long traditions of secret convocations: meetings…
The unemployment rate edged up to 9.6 percent in August as the economy shed 54,000 jobs. The decline was entirely attributable to…
Most people try to be respectful of those around them. They also try to be informed and intelligent about the world. This…
The middle class is getting whacked by the Great Recession. Fifteen million people are out of work, another 9 million workers can…
The Washington Post and most of the important people in Washington want the United States to be like Kazakhstan. Unfortunately, this is…
The 2.4 percent GDP growth figure reported for the second quarter caused many economists to once again be surprised about the state…