{"id":145,"date":"2025-10-02T03:36:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/baker-dean\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:36:59","slug":"baker-dean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/baker-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Baker Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"middle content\">\n<div class=\"column left\" id=\"columnleft\">\n<section class=\"block article author\">\n<div class=\"headline\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDean Baker<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/baker-dean\/143608-2-eng-gb\/baker-dean_author.jpg\" alt=\"Baker Dean\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOrganisation:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCenter for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWebsite:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPersonal profile at CEPR<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economics and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He is the author of &quot;The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive&quot;, &quot;Taking Economics Seriously&quot;, and &quot;False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy&quot;, amongst other books. He also has a blog, &quot;Beat the Press&quot;, where he discusses the media&#8217;s coverage of economic issues.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"content column wide left author content view\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Baker Dean\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/employment\/job-gains-from-ttip-would-be-minimal\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/employment\/job-gains-from-ttip-would-be-minimal\/771588-1-eng-gb\/job-gains-from-ttip-would-be-minimal_column.jpg\" alt=\"Job gains from TTIP would be minimal\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/employment\/job-gains-from-ttip-would-be-minimal\/\">Job gains from TTIP would be minimal<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/baker-dean\/\">Dean Baker<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t22 September 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe impact of the TTIP on employment in Europe and the US would be minimal, or even negative.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/employment\/job-gains-from-ttip-would-be-minimal\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/spurring-economic-transition\/the-false-tradeoff-between-growth-and-inclusion\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/spurring-economic-transition\/the-false-tradeoff-between-growth-and-inclusion\/434397-4-eng-gb\/the-false-tradeoff-between-growth-and-inclusion_column.jpg\" alt=\"The false tradeoff between growth and inclusion\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/spurring-economic-transition\/the-false-tradeoff-between-growth-and-inclusion\/\">The false tradeoff between growth and inclusion<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/baker-dean\/\">Dean Baker<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t15 May 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThere is a common tendency to view growth and equity as competing goals, including by many of those who have strong concerns about the latter. This is unfortunate since it is likely to lead to bad policy and horrible politics.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/spurring-economic-transition\/the-false-tradeoff-between-growth-and-inclusion\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/bellagio-initiative\/the-problem-is-not-measurement-the-problem-is-accountability\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/166839-1-eng-gb\/the-problem-is-not-measurement-the-problem-is-accountability_column.jpg\" alt=\"The problem is not measurement, the problem is accountability\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/bellagio-initiative\/the-problem-is-not-measurement-the-problem-is-accountability\/\">The problem is not measurement, the problem is accountability<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/baker-dean\/\">Dean Baker<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 September 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe fundamental problem of economists is their lack of accountability, says co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Dean Baker.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/bellagio-initiative\/the-problem-is-not-measurement-the-problem-is-accountability\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/from-aid-to-global-justice\/less-pretension-more-ambition\/dean-baker-ending-patent-and-copyright-protection-in-the-developing-world-aid-that-gives-back\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Dean Baker: Ending patent and copyright protection in the developing world \u2013 aid that gives back\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/from-aid-to-global-justice\/less-pretension-more-ambition\/dean-baker-ending-patent-and-copyright-protection-in-the-developing-world-aid-that-gives-back\/\">Dean Baker: Ending patent and copyright protection in the developing world \u2013 aid that gives back<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/baker-dean\/\">Dean Baker<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t14 February 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tMost debates on aid to the developing world focus on ways for wealthy countries to give money to poor people in developing countries. This is a worthwhile debate, however before we decide where best to give money, we might start by stopping taking&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/from-aid-to-global-justice\/less-pretension-more-ambition\/dean-baker-ending-patent-and-copyright-protection-in-the-developing-world-aid-that-gives-back\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"navigator\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean Baker Organisation: Center for Economic and Policy Research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_3.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-145","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Baker Dean \/ Authors - The Broker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economics and Policy Research in Washington, DC.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/baker-dean\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baker Dean \/ Authors - The Broker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economics and Policy Research in Washington, DC.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/baker-dean\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Homepage - Broker Online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Baker Dean \/ Authors - The Broker","description":"Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economics and Policy Research in Washington, DC.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/baker-dean\/","og_type":"article","og_title":"Baker Dean \/ Authors - The Broker","og_description":"Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economics and Policy Research in Washington, DC.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/baker-dean\/","og_site_name":"Homepage - Broker Online","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}