They say everyone has a book inside them; well Rick Bateman has a whole library bursting to get out. Told in amusing style, through letters, emails and diary entries, Rick quits his lucrative sales job to devote his daylight hours to writing The Great Novel. Literally bursting with ideas, he then begins penning his masterpieces of fiction on his new and expensively purchased laptop, personifying the phrase 'all the gear but no idea' and duly submitting his efforts to a raft of agents optim...

A unique collection of poetry and prose poems with a lyrical bent so intense you will find the book almost reading you, in your reflections and re-reading. Subtle nuances and direct metaphors that elicit insights to such an extent that the poet seems to be speaking to each reader personally.From Dean J. Baker, author of the poetry collections The Mythologies Of Love, and The Lost Neighborhood, and the satiric stories of childhood in Baker's Bad Boys.

Mad Poet Press is very ashamed to present The True Stories of Baker's Bad Boys. Satiric stories of a demented childhood. Adventures you enjoyed as a child even if you were caught, and things you wish you had done if you weren't caught. This is what your children are likely doing now - they aren't innocent. After all, were you?From poet Dean Baker, author of Silence Louder Than A Train, The Mythologies Of Love, and The Lost Neighborhood.

R is for: Relationships…Redundancy…Reunions…Romance…RedemptionSchool reunions can be tough, nobody wants to look like a failure. But when you lose your girlfriend (to an odious, but very good looking kick-boxer) and then your IT job (With the world's worst Stationary supplier) in quick succession, a school reunion is the last thing you need.Press-ganged by his flatmates, Craig and Melissa, and with the sage-like advice of 'Dirty' Barry (A guy whose chat-up line is Go ahead, m...

A unique collection of poetry and prose poems with a lyrical bent so intense you will find the book almost reading you, in your reflections and re-reading. Subtle nuances and direct metaphors that elicit insights to such an extent that the poet seems to be speaking to each reader personally.From Dean J. Baker, author of the poetry collections Silence Louder Than A Train, and The Lost Neighborhood, and the satiric stories of childhood in Baker's Bad Boys.

A leading economist's exploration of what our economic arrangements might look like if we applied basic principles without ideological blinders.There is nothing wrong with economics, Dean Baker contends, but economists routinely ignore their own principles when it comes to economic policy. What would policy look like if we took basic principles of mainstream economics seriously and applied them consistently? In the debate over regulation, for example, Baker—one of ...

School reunions can be tough, nobody wants to look like a failure. But when you lose your girlfriend (to an odious, but very good looking kick-boxer) and then your IT job (With the world’s worst Stationary supplier) in quick succession, a school reunion is the last thing you need.  Press-ganged by his flatmates, Craig and Melissa, and with the sage-like advice of ‘Dirty’ Barry (A guy whose chat-up line is Go ahead, make my day!), Evan takes the plunge into the world of onl...

Dean Baker, codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research recounts the strategies used by the country’s top economic policymakers to conceal their failure to recognize the housing bubble or take steps to rein it in before it grew to unprecedented levels, resulting in the loss of millions of jobs, homes, and the life savings of tens of millions of people. He quashes dire warnings of looming rampant inflation and spiraling debt with solid historic evidence to the contrary—evidenc...

Compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CPI is used to index Social Security payments and many other federal programs, as well as to adjust tax brackets. Today, the accuracy of the CPI is being hotly debated, particularly in light of the Boskin Commission report that concluded in December 1996 that the CPI overstates inflation by 1.1%. If accepted and applied in the formulation of economic policy, the report would have major implications for balancing the federal budget. It would h...

They say everyone has a book inside them; well Rick Bateman has a whole library bursting to get out! Told in amusing style, through letters, emails and diary entries, Rick quits his lucrative sales job to devote his daylight hours to writing The Great Novel. But as the weeks go by and the rejection letters start flooding in, Rick's ideas become ever more desperate, ridiculous and increasingly plagiaristic. Losing the Plot asks the questions: Does persistence overcom...

Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, which offered an overarching philosophy against the role of government and in favor of markets. This volume, produced by the Institute for Policy Studies, which since 1963 has been the nation's leading progressive policy organization, offers a set of specific policy proposals for the incoming national administration on every major domest...

Escaped Serial Killers, Murderous Vampires, Twisted Torturers, Supernatural Spectres, Scary Snowmen and Crazed doctors abound in this selection of horror shorts.Plumbing the depths of human depravity, unearths horrors both real and imagined...Each tale has a unique story but all share a common theme...unimaginable terror!So strap in, dim the lights, and prepare for a jump-scare!