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The deficit hawk crew, famous for missing the $8 trillion housing bubble that wrecked the economy, is now on the warpath pressing…
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.
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Those who like banks that are too big to fail will love the latest financial reform proposals circulating in the US Congress.…
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In spite of the best efforts of the insurance industry and their followers in Congress and the media, it is still very…
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On Monday, the Independent reported that a number of countries are conspiring to dump the dollar as the primary oil trade currency,…