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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.
The moderates in the Senate of both parties are very proud of themselves for having negotiated a slimmed down version of the…
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy by Dean Baker,…
Hours worked in durable manufacturing fell at a 30.7 percent annual rate since October. The January employment report showed the economy…
Leaks in the media indicate that the banks are about to inhale another helping of taxpayer dollars. This round is likely to…
It is important that some version of President Obama’s stimulus package get approved by Congress as quickly as possible. The package will…
The anti-stimulus crowd is getting desperate. The possibility that a young charismatic new president will push through an ambitious package that begins…
There is much to celebrate this week. Topping the list of course is President Obama’s inauguration. There is good reason to believe…
TARP II, the second helping of $350 billion that is supposed to restore the health of our financial system, will soon be…
The classic definition of "chutzpah" is the kid who kills both of his parents and then begs for mercy because he is…