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TNR Live: The Great Re-Boot – A Roundtable Discussion with Dean Baker

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The June issue of The New Republic included a feature by Dean Baker, “Building An Economy That Works Again – A Practical Blueprint for Reform in the Wake of the Coronavirus Shutdown”. TNR talks with Baker about the inevitable contraction of our economy and politically feasible policies he puts forth in his article that we could undertake to build a prosperous and equitable economic future. Featuring: Dean Baker – Senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and a visiting professor at the University of Utah. His most recent book is Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of Modern Economy were Structured to make the Rich Richer Chris Lehmann – Editor, The New Republic Kate Aronoff – Staff writer, The New Republic

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The June issue of The New Republic included a feature by Dean Baker, “Building An Economy That Works Again – A Practical Blueprint for Reform in the Wake of the Coronavirus Shutdown”.



TNR talks with Baker about the inevitable contraction of our economy and politically feasible policies he puts forth in his article that we could undertake to build a prosperous and equitable economic future.



Featuring:

Dean Baker – Senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and a visiting professor at the University of Utah. His most recent book is Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of Modern Economy were Structured to make the Rich Richer



Chris Lehmann – Editor, The New Republic



Kate Aronoff – Staff writer, The New Republic
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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