Dean
Baker
Dean Baker is co-founder and senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a think tank in Washington DC.
Dean Baker
Dean Baker is co-founder and senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a think tank in Washington DC. His areas of research include housing and macroeconomics, intellectual property, Social Security, Medicare and European labor markets. He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. His blog, “Beat the Press,” provides commentary on economic reporting. He received his B.A. from Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan.