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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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Thursday, September 23, 2021 (2 comments) SHARE More Sharing The Non-ending of America's Longest War Some ending of America's (Memorial Worthy in the latest Defense authorization? Award worthy too?) Longest War! It looks like Afghanistan may become another over-the-horizon war instead, with a new base of operations in India.
Covid Debate?, From FlickrPhotos
Sunday, September 12, 2021 (21 comments) SHARE More Sharing The Incohenrence of the Left on Covid19 The Left is as incoherent as the Right in going after the unvaccinated. What exactly is their policy? What is their point? What do they want?
Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
India's rate of Covid infection has gyrated massively, and reporting is suspect too. Are vaccines working when so few are vaccinated? What about other cures like Ivermectin?, From FlickrPhotos
Sunday, August 22, 2021 (23 comments) SHARE More Sharing The First Casualty in the War on Covid is the Truth The debate over how to handle Covid-19 rages on, almost as much as the disease itself.
Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
European Government Debt Infographic.
Unlike many of these EU countries, the U.S. is sovereign and can never run out of money, except by choice., From CreativeCommonsPhoto
Monday, July 26, 2021 (30 comments) SHARE More Sharing Updated: Debt No More! How Biden can defeat Austerity Thugs by Using the Constitution and Debt-Free Money Trillion dollar coin, greenbacks, or something else? The president has not just the right, but the DUTY, to pay our debts, despite the unconstitutional debt-ceiling imposed by Congress. There is broad support from economists, the constitution and fairness.
Series: Banking (18 Articles, 53924 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312607 views), Obama (3 Articles, 65650 views) (View All Series)
Donald Trump is a very stable genius.  It was in the newspaper so it must be true!, From FlickrPhotos
Friday, July 2, 2021 (4 comments) SHARE More Sharing Donald Trump - Super (Stable) Genius! Trump is a Very Stable Genius. We know this because he told us. At the same time, he is one of the most altruistic people to have ever lived and one of the most progressive.
Mitch McConnell, Filibuster King, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
Sunday, February 28, 2021 SHARE More Sharing If we can't end the filibuster, at least modify it. The fate of the world might depend on it. There's no time to lose. The filibuster essentially erases the narrow margin of control Democrats have over the senate. Bias in the senate towards the red states, gerrymandering and vote suppression will see to it they never get another chance, unless the Democrats can deliver something to the working people of the country, not in 4 years, but in less than two.
Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Mitch McConnell wants to create a .power-sharing. arrangement with Chuck Schumer (D). Instead, V.P. Kamala Harris should preside., From FlickrPhotos
Friday, January 22, 2021 (8 comments) SHARE More Sharing Strip the Senate: Making V.P. Kamala Harris the Senate Majority Leader Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConell (R) is refusing to give up his title. Biden and Harris have to act aggressively to prevent this sabotage. They can not do what they usually do. Republicans fight to the death to retain power. Democrats just die. And out of power they rightfully should claim.
San Diego woman Ashli Babbitt shot and killed inside US Capitol, From YouTubeVideos
Thursday, January 14, 2021 SHARE More Sharing Revolution: It CAN Happen Here Here's why insurrection can happen here too, and it's instructive to read about the pre-Civil War era. Next week is going to be very trying for the country, and it may not end there.
Julian Assange, From FlickrPhotos
Monday, January 11, 2021 (1 comments) SHARE More Sharing Assange extradition denied but appealed in waning days of Trump Administration The following came to me as part of a subscribed series of updates from JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange - a group of journalists following and providing updates on Julian Assange's case proceedings. Assange continues to be one of the world's most prominent and persecuted political prisoners.
Chart: Jake Dobkin / Gothamist Source: NYC DOH Get the data Created with Datawrapper, From Uploaded
Monday, January 4, 2021 (28 comments) SHARE More Sharing Several reasons why Covid-19 stats are Overblown There are several reasons why Covid-19 stats are overblown, having to do with both diagnosis and susceptibility.
Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Trump is tearing apart democracy, American norms, and the Republic itself., From FlickrPhotos
Thursday, December 24, 2020 (4 comments) SHARE More Sharing The Sorry State of our Republic President Trump has almost unlimited power, and he's doing everything he can to retain it, even if it means undermining democracy and everything the American republic stands for.
Biden wins: Truth Prevails!, From FlickrPhotos
Friday, December 18, 2020 (4 comments) SHARE More Sharing It's not over: How Trump Might Still Be Inaugurated for a Second Term Democrats and their allies are dismissing the challenges to the Election at their peril. Behind the scenes Trump's allies are working furiously on new cases, selecting alternate electors or a Congressional override on January 6 (both of which have precedent). Conservative reporter Bill Still features a Michigan City Councilman (unnamed) who walks through all the steps still open to the Republicans.
The (mostly) former member of the formerly obscure Defense Policy Board, From Uploaded
Monday, November 30, 2020 (3 comments) SHARE More Sharing Is Trump Planning A Military Coup to Retain Power? Trump will do anything to retain power, including destroying democracy itself. Herein, the latest coup attempt, cited by Cenk Uygur and laid out in Trump's own words and actions.
Libertarian Presidential Candidate Jo Jorgensen, From FlickrPhotos
Saturday, November 14, 2020 (3 comments) SHARE More Sharing Did Jo Jorgensen cost Trump the Election? Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian candidate for president, garnered enough votes in two battleground states, and possibly a third, TBD, to have possibly swung the election to Biden. The major parties ignore the lesson at their peril, especially if more states adopt ranked choice voting, like Maine.
Prediction of the future?, From FlickrPhotos
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 (8 comments) SHARE More Sharing Big Tech Social Media is in Over its Head About Censoring Policies The free and open internet is under attack like never before. Under the cover of election-obsessed coverage, the Congress is holding hearings on how to make social media conform to standards that itself can never agree upon.
There is a Money Tree, but it's being guarded by private interests., From MyPhotos
Friday, October 16, 2020 (97 comments) SHARE More Sharing How to fix the economy, forever It's time for a global economic reset, but not along the lines of those in power. The money is here, literally beneath our feet and in powers the government has always had. We need to demand it for the common good.
Friday, October 9, 2020 (3 comments) SHARE More Sharing If elected, Biden should appoint a temporary 10th Justice to the Supreme Court Future president Biden should pack the supreme court, but do it temporarily. It is right, not just because of balance, but to right an injustice resulting from republican led from 2016.
Julian Assange, by Mahn Kloix, From FlickrPhotos
Monday, September 21, 2020 (1 comments) SHARE More Sharing Julian Assange extradition trial - update - week 2 With so many important things to focus on these days, it may be hard to remember that a ground-breaking journalist is fighting for his freedom, and possibly his life. The American charges against a foreign journalist in a foreign court, are unprecedented and severe. If Assange is extradited, he faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of a very miserable life in an American super-max prison.
Thursday, September 3, 2020 (3 comments) SHARE More Sharing Pregnant Australian Woman Arrested for organizing a Covid anti-lockdown Protest March Freedom of speech and protest are gone in Australia, at least when it comes to Covid-19. One woman's videotaped arrest for a pre-crime of organizing an anti-lockdown rally, is causing a viral storm of a different kind.
Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Uncovering the Deep State: Fox TV unsurprisingly had a series about it. Was it killed by the actual Deep State, or did it just have poor ratings?, From GoogleImages
Friday, August 28, 2020 (43 comments) SHARE More Sharing What is the Deep State? What is this thing called the Deep State? The term is recent, but the people who represent it are not. It needs to be understood and appreciated for how deep it runs.

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