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GRITtv: Dean Baker: Deficits, Loans and Losses

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The big economic news this morning was that 16 countries that use the euro and the International Monetary Fund have agreed to create a nearly trillion rescue fund to support the euro and keep the problems in Greece from spreading. Here in the U.S., the Dow might be climbing, but people are still struggling ...

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The big economic news this morning was that 16 countries that use the euro and the International Monetary Fund have agreed to create a nearly $1 trillion rescue fund to support the euro and keep the problems in Greece from spreading. Here in the U.S., the Dow might be climbing, but people are still struggling to find employment and recovery, Dean Baker reminds us, is still a long way off. Meanwhile, the people who created the crisis are trying to use the deficits they caused to force cuts in social spending–here and around the world.



Baker joins us via Skype from Washington, D.C. to discuss the situation in Europe, the U.S.’s involvement, Fannie Mae, and whether there’s any hope for real change in the economy.



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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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