Dean Baker
| Dean Baker | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 13, 1958 | 
| Academic background | |
| Education | Swarthmore College (BA) University of Denver (MA) University of Michigan (PhD) | 
| Doctoral advisor | W. H. Locke Anderson | 
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics macroeconomics Real estate economics Urban economics | 
| Institutions | Center for Economic and Policy Research Bucknell University | 
| Website | |
Dean Baker (born July 13, 1958) is an American macroeconomist who co-founded the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) with Mark Weisbrot. Baker has been credited as one of the first economists to have identified the 2007–08 United States housing bubble.