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Dean Baker

Dean Baker is Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author most recently of Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. His other books include Getting Back to Full Employment, The Conservative Nanny State, and Taking Economics Seriously. Baker’s commentary on economics reporting can be found at Beat the Press.

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The Wealth Tax Distraction

A wealth tax distracts from the causes of inequality: pre-tax income.

Dean Baker

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Is Globalization to Blame?

The loss of jobs that accompanied globalization could have been avoided.

Dean Baker

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Dean Baker responds

Economic gains go to the wealthiest.

Dean Baker

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Dean Baker Response to Curbing the New Corporate Power

The best place to start is to level the playing field.

Dean Baker

Class & Inequality

Don't Believe the Hype—We're Not Even Close to Full Employment

Millions of prime age workers did not just suddenly decide to retire. They left the labor force because of weak labor demand.

Dean Baker

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Response to Finance and Manufacturing

We must keep our eyes on the trade deficit.

Dean Baker

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The Loss of Housing Wealth

Underwater homeowners deserve help, but that won’t reverse the downturn.

Dean Baker

Class & Inequality, Politics

The Wrong Crisis

The FCIC forgets the housing bubble

Dean Baker

Class & Inequality, Politics

The Deficit Commission’s Parallel Universe

The failings of the Simpson-Bowles report

Dean Baker

Class & Inequality

Taking Economics Seriously

There is nothing wrong with economics, Dean Baker contends, but economists routinely ignore their own principles when it comes to economic policy. What would policy look like if we took basic principles of mainstream economics seriously and applied them consistently?

Dean Baker

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The Rules — Forum Response

Progressives undermine their cause.

Dean Baker

Class & Inequality, Law & Justice

The Big Bank Theory

How government helps financial giants get richer

Dean Baker

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