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Dean Baker

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Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, an independent, left-of-center, economic research organization based in Washington, DC. He is the author of Taking Economics Seriously, The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Rich, Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy,  The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive and False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy.

Dean Baker on KCRW

Bernie Sanders has promised to break up the country’s biggest financial institutions during his first year in office.

Can Bernie Sanders Break Up the Big Banks?

Bernie Sanders has promised to break up the country’s biggest financial institutions during his first year in office.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Wall Street, the banks, business and organized labor are all waiting to see if Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates tomorrow.

The Federal Reserve, the Economy and You

Wall Street, the banks, business and organized labor are all waiting to see if Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates tomorrow.

from To the Point

Public workers may not be getting the retirement pay they've traditionally been guaranteed by contracts, laws and state constitutions.

Are Government Workers Facing a Broken Promise?

Public workers may not be getting the retirement pay they've traditionally been guaranteed by contracts, laws and state constitutions.

from To the Point

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from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

We’re not talking about the hamberders.

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Ambassador Wendy Sherman admits she “lost it,” and broke down in “tears of anger and frustration” as lead negotiator for the Iran Nuclear Deal.

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Everyone is talking about Tuesday’s State of the Union, including us.

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Listen to America change… one person at a time. For these six people, the politics of the Trump era have changed everyday life.

from Left, Right & Center

American-born journalist Jason Rezaian spent a year and a half in one of Iran’s toughest prisons. He was accused of espionage.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Not ‘witch hunt.’

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