GRITtv: Dean Baker: Some Economists Are Better Forecasters Than Others

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Run time: 09:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lcmX507Twk   Posted on YouTube: July 27, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: July 28, 2009 By DU Member: GRITtv Views on DU: 287

 
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the author of Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy, on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s media blitz. Is it more than just PR? Baker also discusses a new CEPR report, The Gains From Right to Rent, and why Blue Dog Democrats are standing in the way of healthcare reform. Maybe it has something to do with the donations they've been getting from the insurance industry.

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