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The latest data on housing sales showed that the inventory of unsold homes climbed to 4.4 million in May, yet another record.…
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.
Editor’s note: this is adapted from Dean Baker’s new book, The United States since 1980 (The World Since 1980). U.S. politics took…
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