Dean Baker
Dr. Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and Co-Director of the
Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.
He previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic
Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell
University. He has written numerous books and articles, including
Social Security: The Phony Crisis (with Mark Weisbrot),
University of Chicago Press, 1999; The United States Since
1980, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2006; "Asset
Returns and Economic Growth," (with Brad DeLong and Paul
Krugman), Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
(forthcoming 2005); "Financing Drug Research: What Are the
Issues," Center for Economic and Policy Research,
2004; "Medicare Choice Plus: The Solution to the Long-Term
Deficit Problem," Center for Economic and Policy Research,
2004; The Benefits of Full Employment (with Jared
Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute, 2004; "Professional
Protectionists: The Gains From Free Trade in Highly Paid
Professional Services," Center for Economic and Policy
Research, 2003; "The Run-Up in Home Prices: Is It Real or
Is It Another Bubble," Center for Economic and Policy
Research, 2002. His book Getting Prices Right: The Battle Over the Consumer
Price Index (M.E. Sharpe, 1997) was a winner of a Choice
Book Award as one of the outstanding academic books of the
year. He also is the author of the weekly on-line
commentary on economic reporting, the Economic Reporting
Review (ERR), (www.cepr.net). He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank, the Joint
Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, and the OECD's
Trade Union Advisory Council. His columns have appeared in
many major media outlets including the Atlantic Monthly,
the Washington Post, and the London Financial Times. He is
frequently cited in economics reporting in major media
outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and
National Public Radio.
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Series
Books:The End Of Loser Liberalism, September 2011
Paperback / e-Book
Taking Economics Seriously, May 2010
Hardcover
False Profits, January 2010
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Plunder and Blunder, January 2009
Hardcover
Social Security: The Phony Crisis, September 2001
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