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Dean Baker: Deficit, the Biggest Distraction

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The deadline to raise the country’s debt limit is now only little more than a month away. President Obama has hosted Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell at the White House, in separate meetings. Can he get them to come to an agreement, and maybe put some tax cuts on the table? Center for Economic and ...

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The deadline to raise the country’s debt limit is now only little more than a month away. President Obama has hosted Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell at the White House, in separate meetings. Can he get them to come to an agreement, and maybe put some tax cuts on the table? Center for Economic and Policy Research’s Dean Baker discusses.


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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