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Link to full segment: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/30/christmas_presents_for_bankers Democracy Now! Tuesday, December 30, 2009 As 2009 comes to a close, we take a look at the state of the U.S. economy with economist dean Baker and the Reverend Jesse Jackson. After throwing the economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression and bringing the whole sector to the edge of collapse, the financial industry has used its political power to succor itself back to life, Baker writes....

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Matthew Dean Baker is an 8 year old Tae Kwon Do black Belt (1st dan) who is earning his first stripe. This video is of him breaking the boards to complete his earlier test. Matthew is a student of Young Kim's TKD Studio, has won the gold at the Nationals in Sparring and hopes to be an instructor one day.

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Grit TV with Laura Flanders brings participatory democracy onto your computer screen and into your living room, bridging the gap between audience and advocates. Watch any show, at any time: http://grittv.org

Dean Baker of the Center for Economic Policy Research appeared on Fox Business' Cavuto yesterday to call for an audit of the Federal Reserve. Join the fight to audit the FED, SHOW US THE MONEY! http://www.CampaignforLiberty.com Riding for (political) Honesty, Michael Maresco http://www.LibertyRider.com Kokesh? http://www.DraftKokesh.com

Economist Dean Baker and Change to Win's Greg Denier on the G20 summit, the labor movement, and whether a new economic order is possible. Watch Full Shows: http://grittv.org

CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker discussed and signed copies of his new book, Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy. For the second time this decade, the U.S. economy is sinking into a recession due to the collapse of a financial bubble. The most recent calamity will lead to a downturn deeper and longer than the stock market crash of 2001. Plunder and Blunder chronicles the growth and collapse of the stock and housing bubbles and explains how policy blunders and greed...

Mr. Baker discusses the growth and "predictable" collapse of the housing and stock market bubbles and is critical of both the Reagan and Clinton administrations. He details the mistakes of Alan Greenspan and Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. He offers suggestions for preventing additional financial crises and advocates massive government spending to combat the recession.