Former DNC Chair Howard Dean will become a regular contributor for the business news network CNBC. Dean started this week as a guest host on the station.
Dean worked on Wall Street
after graduating college and has family ties to the financial sector. He was an early critic of the business practices that contributed to the current recession. "I like CNBC because I can offer
them a different perspective that they would find useful," says Dean.
Currently CNBC has been under pressure to change its format and has been criticized for failing to report or foresee
today's economic crisis. Dean is seen as possibly a refreshing presence, particularly for progressive economists. However, the decision to sign him was made before the recent criticism, so his
hiring can't be viewed as a direct result of public pressure.
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