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
Report
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Jan. 1, 2003 | Smoothing the Waves of the Perfect Storm: Could Changes in Pension Funding Rules Ease the Burden for Pension Funds?
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Jan. 2, 2002 | Full employment: Don’t give it up without a fight
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March 20, 2001 | The Economic Case for Coroporate Responsibility to Workers
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Dec. 1, 1999 | The Macroeconomic Roots of High European Unemployment
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May 1, 1999 | Cleaning up the Kyoto Protocol: Emission permit trading would let developing nations reap profits from green policies
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Nov. 1, 1998 | Saving Social Security in three steps
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April 1, 1998 | America’s Golden Years—Ensuring prosperity in an aging society (EPI Issue Brief #125)
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Feb. 1, 1998 | The Public Investment Deficit: Two Decades of Neglect Threaten 21st Century Economy
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May 1, 1997 | The good-for-nothing budget: Clinton-GOP deal a boon to the wealthy, but not the economy
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Sept. 1, 1996 | Going for Broke: The Fiscal Implications of the Dole Tax Plan
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Aug. 1, 1996 | Been there, done that—didn’t work: The Dole economic plan
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July 1, 1996 | Privatizing Social Security: The Wall Street Fix
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Jan. 1, 1996 | The Economic Case for Corporate Responsibility to Workers
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Sept. 11, 1995 | The Illusory Rewards of a Capital Gains Tax Cut
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Sept. 1, 1995 | The Safety Of The Temple: Why Do Budget Cutters Spare the Federal Reserve?
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June 1, 1995 | Back to Investment
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June 1, 1995 | Revising the Consumer Price Index: Correcting Bias, or Biased Corrections?
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April 1, 1995 | Profits up, wages down: Worker losses yield big gains for business
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March 1, 1995 | Revising the Consumer Price Index: The Changing-the-Yardstick Approach to Deficit Reduction
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Jan. 1, 1995 | The Illusory Rewards of a Capital Gains Tax Cut
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Jan. 1, 1995 | Balanced Budget Amendment Imperils Long-Term Health of U.S. Economy
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June 1, 1993 | Employment Multipliers in the U.S. Economy
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June 1, 1993 | The Impact of the Clinton Health Care Plan on Jobs, Investment, Wages, Productivity, and Exports
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Jan. 1, 1993 | Rapid Deficit Reduction
Economic snapshot
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Sept. 12, 2001 | On net, the economy is in recession
Book
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Nov. 19, 2007 | Robbing the Cradle? A Critical Assessment of Generational Accounting
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Aug. 1, 2005 | Saving Social Security with stocks: The promises don’t add up
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April 7, 2003 | The benefits of full employment
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Dec. 1, 1998 | Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy
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June 1, 1998 | Defusing the Baby Boomer Time Bomb: Projections of Income in the 21st Century
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Feb. 1, 1998 | Getting Prices Right—EPI Book

Commentary
March 4, 2002 | A Deal Privitization Can’t Beat