Dean Baker

Areas of expertise
Macroeconomics • Budget and taxes• Social Security • Inflation and interest rates • Trade

Biography
Dean Baker formerly was an assistant professor of economics at Bucknell University. He is currently a co-director of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington, D.C.

Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Michigan (1988)
M.A. Economics, University of Denver (1983)
B.A. History, Swarthmore College (1981)

Publications by Dean Baker

Robbing the Cradle? A Critical Assessment of Generational Accounting

November 19, 2007 | By Dean Baker | Book

Saving Social Security with stocks: The promises don’t add up

August 1, 2005 | By Dean Baker | Book

The benefits of full employment

April 7, 2003 | By Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker | Book

Smoothing the Waves of the Perfect Storm: Could Changes in Pension Funding Rules Ease the Burden for Pension Funds?

January 1, 2003 | By Christian E. Weller and Dean Baker | Report

A Deal Privitization Can’t Beat

March 4, 2002 | By Dean Baker | Commentary

Full employment: Don’t give it up without a fight

January 2, 2002 | By Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker | Report

On net, the economy is in recession

September 12, 2001 | By Dean Baker | Economic snapshot

The Economic Case for Coroporate Responsibility to Workers

March 20, 2001 | By Dean Baker, Eileen Appelbaum, and Peter Berg | Report

The Macroeconomic Roots of High European Unemployment

December 1, 1999 | By Dean Baker and John Schmitt | Report

Cleaning up the Kyoto Protocol: Emission permit trading would let developing nations reap profits from green policies

May 1, 1999 | By Dean Baker and James P. Barrett | Report