Dean Baker

Compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CPI is used to index Social Security payments and many other federal programs, as well as to adjust tax brackets. Today, the accuracy of the CPI is being hotly debated, particularly in light of the Boskin...

Compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CPI is used to index Social Security payments and many other federal programs, as well as to adjust tax brackets. Today, the accuracy of the CPI is being hotly debated, particularly in light of the Boskin...

In Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy, thirty-six prominent economists analyze the impact of the emerging global economy on our national sovereignty and standards of living. Does globalization cause inequality? Instability? Unemployment? Environmenal degradation? Or is it an engine of prosperity and wealth for the...

'Poetry that is classic and timeless.' 'Vital, intense and uncompromising - singular in clarity, artistry, and authenticity.' ''Work which illuminates as it informs - a reviving sense of discovery and perspective." 'Dark Earth - "Rabelais and Hieronymus Bosch look out of dark chinks in...

Plunder and Blunder chronicles the growth and collapse of the stock and housing bubbles, explains how policy changes since 1980 laid the groundwork for catastrophic - but completely predictable - market meltdowns, and offers prescriptions for avoiding these disasters in the future. Dean Baker...

In the face of an ever-diminishing interest by experienced readers, and an increasing populist passion for one of the oldest arts, poetry, this book describes why that interest should be revived in schools and individuals: illustrating the loss that accrues by not doing so,...

There has been an enormous upward redistribution of income in the United States in the last four decades. In his most recent book, Baker shows that this upward redistribution was not the result of globalization and the natural workings of the market. Rather, it...

In his new book, economist Dean Baker debunks the myth that conservatives favor the market over government intervention. In fact, conservatives rely on a range of "nanny state" policies that ensure the rich get richer while leaving most Americans worse off. It's time for...

Progressives need a fundamentally new approach to politics. They have been losing not just because conservatives have so much more money and power, but also because they have accepted the conservatives' framing of political debates. They have accepted a framing where conservatives want market...

Early poems of Dean Baker. Some previously published in worldwide academic and literary journals. https: //deanbakerpoetryandsongs.comhttps: //www.amazon.com/Dean-Baker/e/B00IC6PGQMAuthor: Dean BakerISBN-10: 1533084890ISBN-13: 9781533084897Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/16/2016Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23dAbout the AuthorDean J. Baker is an author of more...

This provocative book describes the sharp right turn the United States has taken following the election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980. The treatment details how the policies pursued by the Reagan administration were a break from both the policies pursued by prior...

This provocative book describes the sharp right turn the United States has taken following the election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980. The treatment details how the policies pursued by the Reagan administration were a break from both the policies pursued by prior...