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Dean Baker – The Long Downturn: Why it persists

What's the real deal with the American economy? Where do things stand? What's holding us back? What about the situation in North Carolina? One of America's leading economists, Dean Baker chats with us at NC Policy Watch to tackle these topics and more. Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He is frequently cited in economics reporting in major media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, CNBC and NPR. He writes...

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[69] Max Keiser on crypto-currencies & Dean Baker on aggregate demand

Erin welcomes The Keiser Report's Max Keiser talks about Bitcoin, Mt. Gox, and a second generation crypto-currency alternative, his very own Maxcoin! Although Mt. Gox is facing trouble, Keiser doesn't believe that Bitcoin is going to lose its long term value, and he further explains why he thinks crypto-currencies have more intrinsic value than fiat currency. Watch to see what he thinks of the US dollar, the British pound, and the effect crypto-currencies have on the banking world. After...

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Dean Baker on Inequality

Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He is frequently cited in economics reporting in major media outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, CNBC, and National Public Radio. He writes a weekly column for the Guardian Unlimited (UK), the Huffington Post, TruthOut, and his blog, Beat the Press, features commentary on economic reporting. His analyses have appeared in many major publications, including the Atlantic Monthly,...

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Getting Back to Full Employment with Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein

Busboys and Poets Books presented Dean Baker, Director of Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Jared Bernstein, former economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, to discuss new book, Getting Back to Full Employment While the media and politicians hype debt crises, the real American economic crisis is continuing, devastating, high unemployment. In addition to the millions who are unemployed, the weakness of the labor market has made it impossible for most workers to achieve real...

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