Dean Baker
Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. He is a regular Truthout columnist and a member of Truthout's board of advisers. Follow him on Twitter: @DeanBaker13.
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June 1, 2017Taxing stock trades by 0.34 percent could potentially raise more than $800 billion, or 0.4 percent of GDP, over 10 years. There's your funding for food stamps.
January 6, 2017The incoming president's trade agenda could focus on manufacturing jobs or enriching corporate America. The smart money is on corporations.
November 22, 2016When Trump's the one spending, Republicans in Congress are happy to sign the check.
October 27, 2016The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a protectionist pact for those at the top worried that free trade will undermine them as it did the middle and the bottom.
September 6, 2016The battle for workers is slowly but surely progressing with reasonable gains in the number of jobs, wages and benefits.
May 19, 2016He's wrong about the government being able to renegotiate debt like a business, but his talk on debt-to-GDP ratios may prove enlightening.
April 28, 2016Evidence suggests that a privatized system would make worse any problems veterans now face in getting care — and it is likely to cost more money.
March 29, 2016We do face a very real threat of protectionism, but Obama's the one pushing it.
February 19, 2016The newspaper provides a platform for wonks skeptical of Sanders' proposals, but does not hold Clinton to the same standard.
February 16, 2016The economist says that those looking for specific examples to prove that politicians take money for votes are missing the real way that money and influence works in politics.
