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GRITtv: Dean Baker: Budget Cuts are Killing Jobs

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Dean Baker explains that cutting government spending is exactly the wrong way to go about fixing the economy right now–and that people advocating budget cuts are advocating throwing people out of work. Watch the full interview at http://grittv.org! Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Dean Baker explains that cutting government spending is exactly the wrong way to go about fixing the economy right now–and that people advocating budget cuts are advocating throwing people out of work.



Watch the full interview at http://grittv.org! Distributed by Tubemogul.



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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