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The central bankers of the world gathered last weekend for their annual meeting at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This was an opportunity to…
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.
Many members of Congress and other political leaders have been bellowing against speculators who they blame for the high price of oil…
Many of the ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will require major changes in behavior and/or impose serious costs. However, there is…
Senator McCain and the Republicans in Congress are calling Senator Obama and the Democrats environmental wimps for refusing to allow the oil…
Last week Congress finally passed its long-debated housing bill. In addition to securing the multimillion-dollar salaries of the top executives of Fannie…
Billionaire investment banker Peter Peterson is back on the warpath. He just established a new foundation with a $1 billion endowment, the…
McCain proposed offshore drilling in environmentally sensitive areas, attempting to show he cares about lowering gas prices for everyday Americans. Despite the…
Plummeting house prices will leave millions of homeowners dependent almost exclusively on Social Security in their retirement. Washington, DC- As Senators…
Senator McCain was in Colombia last week touting his support for the trade agreement that the Bush administration had negotiated with the…
By far the most important domestic policy issue facing the next president will be fixing the health care system. The United States…