Dean Baker
Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and Co-Director
of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington,
DC. He previously worked as a senior economist at the
Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell
University. He has written numerous books and articles relating
to US economic policy and the macroeconomy. His book Getting
Prices Right: The Battle Over the Consumer Price Index (M.E.
Sharpe, 1997) was a winner of a Choice Book Award as one of
the outstanding academic books of the year. He has worked as
a consultant for the World Bank, the Joint Economic Committee
of the U.S. Congress, and the OECD's Trade Union Advisory Council.
His columns have appeared in many major media outlets including
the Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post,
and the London Financial Times. Baker received
his Ph.D in economics from the University of Michigan.
