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Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker Discuss Pilot Program of Own-to-Rent

Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities discusses a new pilot program that will allow homeowners at risk of defaulting on their loans to transition into a rental arrangement. Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research -- and a proponent of the idea for years, speaks with Jared about the merits of the program.

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Baker Doubts One Bank Regulator Prevents Another Crisis: Video

Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, talks with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton and Lori Rothman about U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd's proposed legislation creating a single U.S. bank regulator and stripping supervision from the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (Source: Bloomberg)

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MacGuineas, Baker Discuss Obama’s Budget Proposal: Video

Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talk with Bloomberg Television about President Obama's budget proposal. Obamas $3.8 trillion fiscal 2011 budget puts an emphasis on job creation with $100 billion in additional stimulus spending, along with higher taxes for the wealthy in an attempt to narrow the deficit. (This is an excerpt of the full interview....

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Dean Baker Calls Dodd Bill a Step in Right Direction: Video

March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Dean Baker, co-director of the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research, talks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar about Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's plan to overhaul financial rules and the role of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York president. The Fed Bank of New York president, who supervises five of the seven largest U.S. banks, would be subject to White House appointment and lawmakers approval under the proposed...

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Baker Calls Greenspan’s Defense of Fed’s Record `Silly’: Video

April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller and Carol Massar about former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony on his leadership of the central bank. "The Federal Reserve, often in partnership with the other federal banking agencies, was quite active in pursuing consumer protections for mortgage borrowers," Greenspan said in Washington. "Regulations and guidelines, however, do require...

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Baker Says Regulatory Overhaul Won’t `Change the System’: Video

April 21 (Bloomberg) -- Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller and Carol Massar about the outlook for legislation overhauling U.S. financial regulation. Democrats and Republicans are continuing negotiations over the measure, including whether to drop a $50 billion industry-supported fund the government would use to break apart failed systemically important firms. (Source: Bloomberg)

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