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Dean Baker
Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and co-author of Social Security: The Phony Crisis (University of Chicago Press, 2000).
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Productivity: Is The Boom Over?
While it may sound like an obscure detail for economics nerds, the Department of Labor's latest data on productivity… more
web only economy, labor
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Victory in the Medicare Drug War?
In 2000, both George Bush and Al Gore promised a Medicare drug benefit if they got elected. Millions of… more
vol. 30, iss. 03 medical & health
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Numbers Before Politics
Since last autumn’s Republican victory, progressives have engaged in considerable soul searching. The most basic question has been: Why… more
vol. 29, iss. 12 economy, media
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Cutting Our Benefits
Bush begins second term by attacking Social Security more
vol. 29, iss. 03 economy
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The Bush Budget
More for the military and more deficits more
vol. 28, iss. 08 administration, congress, economy
