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Economist Dean Baker gives his take on media coverage of the economy

CSPAN, 04-14-2012. Dean Baker discusses adjusting macro economic policy.

CNBC, 3/30/2012. Dean Baker discusses raising the tax rate on the wealthy.

Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center on Economic and Policy Research and author of the book "The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive," discusses the fundamental changes that progressives need to make when approaching policy and politics with Jared Bernstein.

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.

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)

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....

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...