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TTIP 101 Briefing Part 2: Dean Baker, CEPR

TTIP 101 Briefing Part 1- Melinda St. Louis, Public Citizen The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) held an introductory briefing about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on March 17, also featuring Melinda St. Louis, Public Citizen, Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO & Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. TTIP is a potential bilateral, far-reaching free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. Negotiations have been ongoing...

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Dean Baker: Win, Lose, or Draw? The TPP and You

Renowned economist and author Dean Baker gave this talk about the implications of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) for our jobs, our communities, and the nation at large. Like any agreement, the TPP (if ratified by Congress) will create winners and losers. Weighing in at more than 2,700 pages, the 12-country pact isn't as much about "free trade" as it is about how -- and in whose in interest -- decisions about our economy, labor standards and the environment will be made. Baker is an...

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Dean Baker on the US jobs report and the economy

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: DECEMBER 7, 2015 Boom Bust’s Ameera David sits down with Dean Baker – co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research – to talk about the latest US jobs report, the US economy and the Fed. Dean also explains why fiscal policy is off the table, such that monetary policy is “the only game in town.” Check us out on Facebook -- and feel free to ask us questions: http://www.facebook.com/BoomBustRT https://www.facebook.com/harrison.writedowns...

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[490] Finland’s basic income and Dean Baker on jobs

Oil prices fell to their lowest in seven years on Monday after OPEC failed to agree to lower production targets at its Friday policy meeting. Ameera David weighs in. Then, Ameera sits down with Dean Baker – co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research – to talk about the last US jobs report, the US economy and the Fed. After the break, Bianca Facchinei takes a look at the rise in underdog political parties winning elections in Latin America and Europe. Afterwards, Ameera and RT...

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