Dean Baker

Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He is the author of Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer.

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Why Trade Deficits Matter

Economists and politicians frequently overlook their role in whether Americans are working, and where.
- Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker
- December 8, 2016
Nine Misconceptions About Social Security

To take a voguish example: Privatize Social Security? Any money saved would be eaten up in Wall Street transaction costs, including million-dollar salaries
- Dean Baker
- July 1998 Issue

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