The Gary Null Show

Guests: Dr. Dean Baker and Professor Pte Navarro Dr. Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He is frequently cited in economics reporting in major media outlets, including the New York Times,Washington Post, CNN, CNBC, and National Public Radio. He writes a weekly column for the Guardian Unlimited (UK), and his blog, Beat the Press, features commentary on economic reporting. In the past, Dean was a senior economist for the Economic Policy Institute and a professor at Bucknell University. He has also served as a consultant for the World Bank, the Congressional Joint Economic Committee and the OECD’s Trade Union Advisory Council. Dean has written several books, his latest being False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Energy, which chronicles the failure of top regulators and our political system that led to trillions of dollars loss in wealth, housing and our current recession. Prof. Peter Navarro is a professor of economics and public policy at the University of California at Irvine. He has received his doctorate in economics from Harvard, and has worked as a policy analyst for the Department of Energy and taught at several universities. His recent research has been to investigate the increasing role of China’s domination in the global economy and its trends as a rising military and technological powerhouse. His research has recently been published in a new book –“Death By China: Confronting the Dragon” which defines much of the darker side of China’s global strategic directions that are not be covered by the corporate media and our politicians.