On the financial sector bailout and elite contempt for the public Excerpts from comments at the Institute for Policy Studies September 30, 2008
Economist Dean Baker shares his thoughts on the bailout panic during a public panel held at the Institute for Policy Studies on Sept 30, 2008. Dr. Baker is the Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He is the author of several books, including The United States Since 1980, Social Security: The Phony Crisis (with Mark Weisbrot); and The Benefits of Full Employment (with Jared Bernstein). He appears frequently on TV and radio. programs, including CNN, CBS News, PBS NewsHour, and National Public Radio and is a columnist for The Washington Post and Atlantic Monthly. From American News Project.
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Seminar 1: The Basics of Good Economics Center for Economic and Policy Research September 15, 2005
First of ten lectures on economic growth, labor markets, the housing bubble, intellectual property and more by economists Dean Baker, Heather Boushey, John Schmitt and Mark Weisbrot. From CEPR.