Dr Dean Baker is an economist who co-founded the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). He wrote the book Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. The book argues that trade deals, copyright laws, macroeconomic policy and other laws have funnelled money upwards across the global economy, costing everyday people trillions of dollars.
Dean's analysis is exactly the type of concrete and specific economics that I find so valuable and I emailed him on a whim asking him if he'd like to speak to me. To my delight and frankly surprise, he agreed! We had a really interesting discussion about all of this, I think the parts on health and on full employment were especially interesting.
You can get Dean's book free here:
https://deanbaker.net/books/rigged.htm
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