Real-World Economics Review

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.

Mr. Baker testified before the Committee on Education and Labor at a hearing examining how to strengthen worker retirement security on February 24, 2009.

Economist Dean Baker discusses foreclosure crisis with Rep. Marcy Kaptur and Nathan Havey on Fighting for our Homes. See the full discussion at FightingForOurHomes.com. Dean Baker says the government has been most interested in helping the banks that got us into this crisis in the first place. Have you been affected by the housing crisis? Do you know anyone who has? We're asking you to record your story, or the story of a friend, family member, or neighbor, and send it to us in a video or...

Your Daily Politics Blog: In the second part of my interview with economist Dean Baker, we talk about the fact that a significant portion of the banking industry is already insolvent and that a much larger portion will be broke before the end of the year. Any discussion of nationalization -- or any denial that we're nationalizing the banks -- needs to start with the premise that if you're not going to let the banks declare bankruptcy then you're nationalizing them at some level. Who takes...

Your Daily Politics Blog: Tired of the dumbed-down public debate about the stimulus package? Progressive economist Dean Baker offers a bracing take on the underlying housing bubble, why the stimulus package is a good start but not enough to kick start the economy, and why things are likely to get worse before they get better.

GRITtv Daily Newsmaker, February 03, 2009: Dean Baker, Teresa Ghilarducci

http://ourfuture.org asks Dean Baker, economist with the Center for Economic and Policy Research, how to respond to the movement to cut federal spending on entitlements and public infrastructure, and why progressives should not be afraid to argue for a larger public role in ensuring a sustained, broad-based prosperity.

Economist Dean Baker shares his thoughts on the bailout panic during a public panel held at the Institute for Policy Studies on September 30, 2008. Dr. Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC, and a columnist for The Washington Post and Atlantic Monthly.

Interview with Dean Baker, economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of "The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer"