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How to Cut the Roots of the Economic Crisis: A Discussion With Dean Baker

On Saturday, April 18, the public is invited to a free discussion about our deepening economic crisis and what can be done to resolve it.

Guest speaker Dr. Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. De Paul University Professor of Public Service H. Woods Bowman will moderate the discussion, which will be at De Paul University’s Art Museum. Dr. Bowman is the ethics columnist for the Nonprofit Quarterly and the editor of ARNOVA Extracts.

Dr. Baker was the first economist to point out the bubble in the U.S. housing market back in 2002. In May 2003, he wrote the In These Times cover story, “Bursting Bubbles: Why the Economy Will go From Bad to Worse.” He was also one of the few economists who correctly predicted that the collapse of this bubble would lead to a recession.

Dr. Baker frequently contributes to major media outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, CNBC and National Public Radio. His blog, Beat the Press, features commentary on economic reporting.

Dean Baker is well-versed on speaking about an array of issues, including: economic crisis, recovery, education, energy/environment, federal budget/taxes, housing, labor market/wages and healthcare.

His most recent books Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy and The United States Since 1980 were published in 2009 and 2007, respectively.

The program is sponsored by The Lincoln Park Neighbors United for Peace (LPNUFP); Logan Square Neighbors for Justice and Peace, and Chicagoans Against War and Injustice (CAWI). All three groups were formed during the buildup to the Iraq War, which they opposed from the beginning. For more information, contact Ted Pearson at (312) 927.2689 or lpnu@netlumina.com, or visit the CAWI web site.

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