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Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a former blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection.

His anthology of updated Opednews articles "America is Not Broke" was published by Tayen Lane Publishing (March, 2015) and may be found here:
http://www.americaisnotbroke.net/

Scott is a former and current President of Common Ground-NY (http://commongroundnyc.org/), a Geoist/Georgist activist group. He has written dozens of articles for Common Ground's national publication, GroundSwell, and has advocated for the Georgist Land Value Tax to public and political audiences.

A complete list of his publications can be found here:

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He is also New York State Coordinator and Senior Advisor for the Public Banking Institute

Click Here, which seeks to promote Public Banking. The PBI is chaired by another OEN blogger, Ellen Brown. Scott has appeared on TV/Radio and in in-person Presentations to explain the principles of Georgism, Greenbacking, and State Banking. These may also be found on his personal blog: http://newthinking.blogspot.com/

Scott has a dozen progressive petitions on Change.org which may be found here:
http://chn.ge/10nUAmJ

Scott was an I.T. Manager for a major New York university for over two decades where he earned a Certificate for Frontline Leadership.

He had a video game published in Compute! Magazine: Click Here

Scott is a graduate and adjunct faculty of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City.

Scott is a modern-day Renaissance Man with interests in economics, science and all future-forward topics.
He has been called an "adept syncretist" by Kirkus Discoveries for his novel, NeitherWorld - a two-volume opus blending Native American myth, archaeological detail, government conspiracy, with a sci-fi flair http://amzn.to/10nUoDV

Scott grew up in New York City and Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University and was a member of the Psychology honor society PSI CHI.

Today he is an avid bicyclist and ride co-leader in a prominent bike advocacy organization.
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369 Articles, 1484 Quick Links, 3962 Comments, 41 Diaries, 3 Petitions, 33 Series, 7 Polls

7 Polls

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(4 comments)        Friday, March 11, 2016
Ranked Choice Voting for President   SHARE More Sharing What is your order of preference for president among these 3 choices (listed alphabetically here): Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump? If we had Ranked Choice Voting, you could vote for more than one candidate for president, and your second and third choices etc. would be counted if your first choice failed to win a majority on the first round. The results might be surprising.
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(6 comments)        Friday, September 6, 2013
Should America Attack Syria?   SHARE More Sharing Opednews is a mainly progressive site, so the answer to this poll may not surprise many people, but then again, maybe they will. So, the question is: Should the United States attack Syria?
(137 comments)        Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Is it time to create stricter Gun Control Laws?   SHARE More Sharing In the wake of the horrible Arizona shooting that claimed 6 lives and 13 other injuries, including brain-injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D), is it time to finally restrict gun ownership?
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(24 comments)        Friday, February 5, 2010
Would you do something wrong but legal, if you knew it could make you very, very rich?   SHARE More Sharing If you could do something you knew was wrong, but legal, for a couple of years, and at the end of that time you would have 10-20 million dollars, would you do it?
(6 comments)        Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Is the current Healthcare bill just passed by the Senate better than nothing?   SHARE More Sharing The healthcare bill just passed by the Senate is probably very close to the final bill. Congress promises a bill on the President's desk by Christmas Day. Should it be passed?
(14 comments)        Monday, November 9, 2009
Is the current Healthcare bill just passed by Congress better than nothing?   SHARE More Sharing Is the current house Healthcare Reform Bill better than nothing?
(47 comments)        Monday, April 13, 2009
Grade President Obama   SHARE More Sharing Class of America: Grade Your President!

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