Dean Baker

senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research

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Dean Baker on KCRW

The consumer price index has risen by 8.3% since last August. It comes as the cost of important essentials such as food, medical care, and rent increases.

High food prices are here to stay with rising inflation

The consumer price index has risen by 8.3% since last August. It comes as the cost of important essentials such as food, medical care, and rent increases.

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Gas prices, inflation, and interest rates are climbing, but more than two-thirds of U.S.

Despite inflation, millennial can still buy a house (just not in LA)

Gas prices, inflation, and interest rates are climbing, but more than two-thirds of U.S.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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.

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