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Reports

State Savings with an Efficient Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

March 2013, Dean Baker and Nicole Woo

Reducing Waste With an Efficient Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

February 2013, Dean Baker

Issues in Trade and Protectionism
November 2009, Dean Baker

The Benefits and Savings of Publicly-Funded Clinical Trials of Prescription Drugs
March 2008, Dean Baker

Celebrating Pork: The Dubious Success of the Medicare Drug Benefit
March 2007, Dean Baker

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Op-Eds & Columns

Political Corruption and the "Free Trade" Racket

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, April 29, 2013

Indian Drug Ruling Strikes a Blow for Free Enterprise

Dean Baker
Truthout, April 8, 2013

Debt-to-GDP Nonsense

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, February 18, 2013

Prospects for 2013

Dean Baker
New Left Project, January 2, 2013

Cracking Down on China Means Cracking Down on Mitt Romney

Dean Baker
Al Jazeera English, October 1, 2012

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Events

Remembering Aaron Swartz: A Call for CFAA Reform Now

Copyrights: Do They Have a Future in the Internet Age?

Press Releases

Armed With Powerful New Data, Progressive Groups Launch Grassroots Campaign to Enable Medicare Drug-Price Negotiations

February 14, 2013

New Report Looks at Economic Growth Rebound for Low- and Middle-Income Countries Over the Last Decade
April 14, 2011

WTO Talks Collapse Amidst Developing Countries' Reluctance to Sacrifice Food Security
July 29, 2008 En español

New Book Explains Right Turn in US Politics Since 1980
April 3, 2007

Statement: Economic Arguments Surrounding CAFTA Remain Misunderstood
Statement by Mark Weisbrot, July 14, 2005

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Testimony

New Strategies for Supporting Public and Noncommercial Media
April 30, 2010, Dean Baker's Statement at the Federal Communications Commission’s Future of Media Workshop

Other Resources

CEPR Economics Seminar Series
Audio and video files of ten CEPR lectures on economic issues

Bad Samaritans:
The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang
Bloomsbury Press (2007)

Flat World, Big Gaps:
Economic Liberalization, Globalization, Poverty And Inequality
with a chapter by Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, and David Rosnick, and a chapter co-authored by Heather Boushey
(forthcoming in May 2007)

The Conservative Nanny State:
How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer
a free e-book by Dean Baker
(2006)

Latest Press Hits

Upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership Looks Like Corporate Takeover
Huffington Post, May 15, 2013

Peruvians Petition their President to Stick Up for their Digital Rights
Tech President, May 13, 2013

Health Activist Report: Big Pharma CEOs Made $1.6 Billion In Last Decade
The Haar Report (Hartford Courant), May 08, 2013

Big Pharma CEOs Rake in $1.57 Billion in Pay
Huffington Post, May 08, 2013

Ask Brill Anything: “$77 For A Box Of Gauze Pads”
The Dish , April 23, 2013