Dean Baker

GOP Candidates Go Anti-Corporate for Anti-Romney Ads

Newt Gingrich’s ad campaign against front-runner Mitt Romney has been all about attacking his record at the private equity firm Bain Capital. Most recently, a pro-Gingrich super-PAC released a 28 minute film called “When Mitt Romney Came to Town” which portrays Romney as a “corporate raider” whose policies ran four companies into the ground for […]

Would Training Libya’s Rebels Create Another Afghanistan?

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Who’s to blame for the financial crisis? Alan Greenspan, Goldman Sachs and former Citi execs all say ‘not I’