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The GDP As We Know It Is Meaningless In A Post-Pandemic Economy. Macroeconomist Dean Baker Joins.

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Follow on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/actdottv Julianna welcomes back recurring guest Dean Baker, macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, to discuss how when we talk about a post-pandemic economy, it’s important to know what we’re measuring. Too often, the raw numbers don’t take into account the important ways we evaluate well-being. Dean talks about how to look at the health of the economy beyond what contributes to the GDP and debt. Dean Baker co-founded The Center for Economic and Policy Research in 1999. His areas of research include housing and macroeconomics, intellectual property, Social Security, Medicare and European labor markets. He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy

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Julianna welcomes back recurring guest Dean Baker, macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, to discuss how when we talk about a post-pandemic economy, it’s important to know what we’re measuring. Too often, the raw numbers don’t take into account the important ways we evaluate well-being. Dean talks about how to look at the health of the economy beyond what contributes to the GDP and debt.

Dean Baker co-founded The Center for Economic and Policy Research in 1999. His areas of research include housing and macroeconomics, intellectual property, Social Security, Medicare and European labor markets. He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. His blog, "Beat the Press," provides commentary on economic reporting.

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Dean Baker
Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. He is a regular Truthout columnist and a member of Truthout's Board of Advisers.

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