Dean Baker
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Dean Baker (born July 13, 1958) is an American macroeconomist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He previously was a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor of economics at Bucknell University. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. His B.A. is from Swarthmore College. He blogs for The American Prospect.
He is the author of a number of books including:
- Baker, Dean (2007). The United States Since 1980. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521677554.
- Baker, Dean (2006). The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer. Washington, D.C.: Center for Economic and Policy Research. ISBN 1411693957.
- Baker, Dean; Mark Weisbrot (1999). Social Security: The Phony Crisis. University of Chicago. ISBN 9780226035444.
- Baker, Dean (1997). Getting Prices Right: The Battle Over the Consumer Price Index. New York: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 9780765602213. (winner of the 1998 Choice Book Award)
He also authors the weblog Beat The Press, where he regularly critiques economic reporting.
