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The Truth About The Predicted Hyper-Inflation

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This week we are getting the GDP growth data for the first quarter and it is expected to be very strong, reflecting once again that trickle down economics doesn’t work, and bottom up does. And this is the kind of information right wingers cannot abide. As the Right-Wing talk machine gears up for a full scale fear mongering assault on your soul about possible inflation... is it warranted? Regular guest Dean Baker, co-founder of The Center for Economic and Policy Research, is here to bring the clarity! 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

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This week we are getting the GDP growth data for the first quarter and it is expected to be very strong, reflecting once again that trickle down economics doesn’t work, and bottom up does. And this is the kind of information right wingers cannot abide. As the Right-Wing talk machine gears up for a full scale fear mongering assault on your soul about possible inflation... is it warranted? Regular guest Dean Baker, co-founder of The Center for Economic and Policy Research, is here to bring the clarity!

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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