"ALL [NEWS REPORTERS] TALK ABOUT ...IS HOW DO YOU GET THE DEBT DOWN." "THE BATTLE SHOULD BE: HOW DO YOU REEMPLOY 25 MILLION PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED, OR OUT OF THE WORKFORCE ALTOGETHER?" -- DEAN BAKER

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GOP Budget Ends Medicare

Dean Baker: Media is failing to report how radical Republican budget is


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Bio

Dean Baker is co-director of The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). He is the author of several books including, The United States Since 1980; Social Security: The Phony Crisis (with Mark Weisbrot); and The Benefits of Full Employment (with Jared Bernstein). He appears frequently on TV and radio programs, including CNN, CBS News, PBS NewsHour, and National Public Radio.