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Flanders and Dean Baker on Ed Schultz talking Debt Ceilings
July 30, 2011
Baker & Flanders talk debt ceilings and credit ratings and who made Standard and Poors our financial managers anyway? On the Ed Show with Ed Schultz, MSNBC, July 27.
Dean Baker: Budget Cuts are the Real Job-Killers
February 17, 2011
"People who want to see the budget cut are people who are advocating throwing people out of work, it's that simple," says Dean Baker of the pressure from conservatives on Obama's budget--pressure, it appears, that Obama is conceding to as he brags that discretionary spending will be the lowest since Eisenhower's administration.
Dean Baker, Laila El-Haddad & Remi Kanazi, Wisconsin, and the Budget
February 16, 2011
"People who want to see the budget cut are people who are advocating throwing people out of work, it's that simple," says Dean Baker of the pressure from conservatives on Obama's budget--pressure, it appears, that Obama is conceding to as he brags that discretionary spending will be the lowest since Eisenhower's administration.
David Corn, Gara LaMarche, and Calling It Torture
November 17, 2010
The Tea Party congresspeople are surging into Washington, bringing to their new majority calls not only to overturn health care reform but to ban earmarks and to generally stall major legislation on the Democrats' agenda. Meanwhile, there seems to be little coming out from Obama and most of the Democrats on what is exactly on their agenda for the next two years.
Dean Baker: The Deficit is the Wrong Problem
November 16, 2010
“It's the wrong answer to not a problem," says Dean Baker of the report out last week from the leaders of Obama's deficit commission, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. The report, which recommends massive cuts across the budget, most significantly to Social Security and health care programs, has been roundly criticized by progressives for its targeting, but Dean notes that the biggest problem with it is that without the health care crisis we still have, we wouldn't have deficits in the first place.
Dean Baker, Laurie Penny, and the Coming Water Crisis
November 15, 2010
“It's the wrong answer to not a problem," says Dean Baker of the report out last week from the leaders of Obama's deficit commission, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. The report, which recommends massive cuts across the budget, most significantly to Social Security and health care programs, has been roundly criticized by progressives for its targeting, but Dean notes that the biggest problem with it is that without the health care crisis we still have, we wouldn't have deficits in the first place.
Dean Baker: Political Impasse Prolongs Grim Forecast For Job Creation
October 13, 2010
If Republicans succeed in taking over the Congress, many suggest cutting or eliminating minimum wage, slashing employee benefits, staving off union organizing. So what's a nation to do in the current political climate? We check in with GRITtv Economics correspondent, Dean Baker.
Dean Baker, Reverend Billy and Rethink Afghanistan
October 13, 2010
If Republicans succeed in taking over the Congress, many suggest cutting or eliminating minimum wage, slashing employee benefits, staving off union organizing. So what's a nation to do in the current political climate? We check in with GRITtv Economics correspondent, Dean Baker. Then, Reverend Billy, Savitri D and the Church of Life After Shopping Choir are continuing to spread their gospel across the country. Their Earth-a-lujah! Tour is heading to California but first Rev. Billy and Savitri D stop by GRITtv to talk about the recently rescued Chilean miners, as well as their recent work, including protesting mountain-top removal and facing down against bigotry and discrimination by government officials.
Dean Baker: Who Deserves Sympathy?
September 21, 2010
"Poverty is a one-day event, we get a report released and we're going to talk about poverty, but every day we hear what the stock market does," says Dean Baker, GRITtv economics correspondent. The problem with that kind of coverage, Baker notes, is that "many more people will experience poverty than will strike it rich in the stock market."
Dean Baker, Rebuilding the City, and Anne Elizabeth Moore
September 20, 2010
"Poverty is a one-day event, we get a report released and we're going to talk about poverty, but every day we hear what the stock market does," says Dean Baker, GRITtv economics correspondent. The problem with that kind of coverage, Baker notes, is that "many more people will experience poverty than will strike it rich in the stock market." Millions of Americans experience poverty not as a one-day affair, but as a constant, grinding force in their lives.

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