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April - June 2009

FAIR Blog: A Look at Iranian Voting Turns Up Bad News for U.S. Democracy
June 30, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

FireDogLake: Americans for Financial Reform: Waste. Of. Time.
June 29, 2009

Inside South America: Ecuador: Correa's policies
June 29, 2009

FAIR Blog: Why I Couldn't Say What Dan Froomkin Said Reporters Should Do
June 26, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Report on Business (Globe and Mail): Reforms are Fine, but the Watchdogs Need to Show Their Teeth
June 24, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Media Matters for America: Beck Falsely Claimed "Bean Head" Paul Krugman "Missed" the Housing Bubble
June 24, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Free Exchange (The Economist): Is the Housing Bust Killing Consumption?
June 22, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Daily Kos: Econopocalypse Now: "Green Shoots" or "Yellow Weeds"?
June 22, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Daily Kos: The History and Mediocrity of Baucus' "Deal" with PhRMA
June 21, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Seeking Alpha: Two Pieces of Advice for the Financial Services Oversight Council
June 19, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Arena (Politico): Is the Fed Getting Too Much Power?
June 19, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Business Desk (PBS NewsHour): How Will the Regulatory Reforms Affect Consumers?
June 18, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Associated Content: Critical Social Trends for Retirees
June 18, 2009

Arena (Politico): Arena: What Obstacles Await Obama on Health Care?
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Free Exchange (The Economist): How Did that Bubble Get So Big?
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Philly Deal$ (Philadelphia Inquirer): Obama Bank Plan Not Enough: Report
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Economix (New York Times): Economists React: For New Financial Regulations, Devil’s in the Details
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Scratch Pad (Marketplace): Regulation Reaction
June 17, 2009

The Oval: (USA Today): Reaction to the President's Financial Regulation Plan
June 17, 2009

Real Time Economics (Wall Street Journal): Economists React: Regulatory Overhaul, Sensible or Burdensome?
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Balance of Power (Congressional Quarterly): Obama's Conception of Fed Power Smacks of Compromise
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

FAIR Blog: WaPo's Front-Page News Deficit
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Seeking Alpha: How the Homeowner Could Be Protected
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Daily Kos: Weekly Pulse: The Push for a Public Plan
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Beat (The Nation): All But 32 House Dems Back Bad Wars, Big Banks
June 16, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Seeking Alpha: Medicare and Social Security - Means of Deficit Reduction
June 16, 2009 (Dean Baker)

AFL-CIO Now Blog: Report: Paid Sick Leave Doesn’t Hurt Economy
June 13, 2009 (John Schmitt)

Arena (Politico): Exec Pay Reforms: Useful or Useless?
June 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Online Journal: Deflation, Not Inflation, is the Real Enemy
June 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Think Progress: National Association Of Manufacturers: Healthy Families Act Makes It Difficult ‘To Preserve And Create Jobs’
June 11, 2009

Multinational Monitor Editor's Blog: The IMF Accountability Moment
June 9, 2009

Pennsylvania Policy Blog: Summary of the National Jobs Picture
June 9, 2009 (David Rosnick)

Opposing Views: Women Workers Less Likely to Have Secure Retirement
June 9, 2009 (John Schmitt)

Think Progress: If We Had Let GM Go Bankrupt Last November, We Could Have Lost Another Million Jobs
June 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Media Matters for America: Hill Falsely Claims Employee Free Choice Act "Robs Workers" of Secret Ballot
June 8, 2009 (John Schmitt)

FireDogLake: Maxine Waters Will Vote “No” on the Supplemental — 12 Down, 27 To Go
June 8, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Firedoglake: Is Rahm Emanuel Demanding That Walt Minnick, Bobby Bright, and Parker Griffith Commit Political Suicide?
June 7, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Thomas Jefferson Street (U.S. News and World Report): Democrats Shouldn't Put IMF Bailout Over Troops
June 5, 2009

Editor's Cut (The Nation): Time for a New Round of Stimulus
June 5, 2009

The New Economy (Christian Science Monitor): US Jobless Rate Soars. Is It the New France?
June 5, 2009 (John Schmitt)

Campaign for America's Future: Bernanke Is Sending the Wrong Message
June 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Beltway Confidential (Washington Examiner): Morning Must Reads
June 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

FAIR Blog: Wall St. Cheerleaders 'Abandon Economic Reporting'
June 3, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Conscience of a Liberal (New York Times): The Stagflation Myth
June 3, 2009 (Dean Baker)

TAPPED (American Prospect): The White House Keeps Chrysler and GM Rolling
June 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Media Matters for America: Hour 1: Rush Says GOP Isn't Bailing On Him, Just Allowing Newt & Him to Do All The Heavy Lifting
June 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

TAPPED (American Prospect): Bad GDP News from the Past - A Third Stimulus in the Future?
May 29, 2009

Economix (New York Times): Stimulist
May 28, 2009

Congress Blog (The Hill): New Funds Approved for IMF Would Worsen Global Economic Downturn
May 26th, 2009 (by Deborah James)

National Center for Policy Analysis: Free Trade in Health Care
May 22, 2009 (Dean Baker)

FireDogLake: Alan Grayson Says “Audit the Fed”
May 21, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New Jersey News Room: New Jerseyans are Wealthy, but People Here Know Better
May 20, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Brad DeLong): U.S. and Western European Unemployment: Now Equally Bad
May 20, 2009

Matthew Yglesias (Think Progress): US, EU Unemployment Rates Converging
May 20, 2009

Seeking Alpha: Sick-Days Economics
May 20, 2009

The Progressive Pulse (NC Policy Watch): Exceptional, Just Not In a Good Way
May 20, 2009

The Atlantic: How Socialist Europe Is Crushing the United States
May 20, 2009

The Debate Room (BusinessWeek): Government: Stay out of the Economy
May 20, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Hearing (Washington Post): Preventing the Next Crisis: The Case for Boring Banks
May 19, 2009 (Dean Baker)

TAPPED (American Prospect): Think Take Round-Up: Vacation Edition
May 19, 2009

Blog Watch (Kaiser Network): Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
May 19, 2009

Workforce Management: DeLauro Says Paid Sick Days Bill Won’t Disrupt PTO Plans
May 19, 2009

AFL-CIO Now Blog: New Bill Would Aid Many of the 57 Million U.S. Workers Without Paid Sick Leave
May 18, 2009

Neuron Culture: Deficit I Mean Health Care Reform: Eye-Popping Chart Dept.
May 18, 2009

AFL-CIO Now Blog: Women Workers Less Likely to Have Secure Retirement
May 18, 2009

Ezra Klein (Washington Post): Contagion Nation
May 18, 2009

Ezra Klein (Washington Post): Health Care Cost Fallacies
May 18, 2009

Examiner.com: Are Mandatory Vacations on the Way?
May 18, 2009

Congress Blog (The Hill): Fight Brewing Over IMF Funding
May 15, 2009 (by Mark Weisbrot)

Progressive States Network: Research Roundup
May 13, 2009

FAIR Blog: Social Security Scaremongering, Washington Post Style
May 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Congress Blog (The Hill): The Big Question, May 12: Healthcare
May 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Politics Blog (Detroit News): The Chrysler Plan
May 10, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Gulliver (The Economist): Easter and Air Travel
May 9, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Economix (New York Times): Fulfilling the 'Adverse Scenario'
May 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Mojo Blog (Mother Jones): Obama's Bank Stress Tests and the April Jobs Report
May 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Ezra Klein (American Prospect): Dean Baker is Not Impressed with the Stress Tests
May 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Matthew Yglesias (Think Progress): Are the Stress Tests Not Stressful Enough?
May 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Atantic Magazine: Stress Test "Adverse Scenario" Looks a Lot Like Reality
May 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Arena (Politico): Stress Test Results
May 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Gimme Shelter (Akron Leader, OH): Equity Lost: Many Boomers to Rely on Social Security, Medicare
May 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Arena (Politico): What is it About the Word "Empathy"?
May 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Blog From Bolivia: Is the United States Funding Violent Opposition Groups in Bolivia?
May 6, 2009 (Dan Beeton)

FAIR Blog: Press Ignorance Competes with Distortions on Bolivia
May 6, 2009 (Dan Beeton)

AFL-CIO Now Blog: Employee Free Choice Web Roundup
May 1, 2009

Council on Hemisphereic Affairs: Chávez and Morales Take On Sweeping Measures at Land Reform
April 29, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot, Luis Sandoval)

Inside South America: Can You Believe the IMF Numbers?
April 29, 2009

MinnPost.com: A Rage on Wall Street
April 28, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Seminal: EFCA: Making Green Jobs, Good Jobs
April 28, 2009 (Dean Baker)

UN Dispatch: No Pot of Gold at the End of the IMF Rainbow
April 27, 2009

L.A. Land (Los Angeles Times): Tulip Bulbs, Anyone?
April 27, 2009 (Dean Baker)

FAIR Blog: The Post Stands Up for the Poor Rich
April 27, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Wonk Room (Think Progress): Washington Post Uses Front Page To Fearmonger Against Obama’s Tax Policy
April 27, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Progressive Pulse: Closing in on 10%
April 27, 2009 (Dean Baker, John Schmitt)

Cheap Talk: Against Pharmaceutical Patents
April 25, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Pragmatos: Baker vs NPR Again
April 25, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Congress Blog (The Hill): The Big Question: 'Party of No'?
April 24, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Media Matters for America: 100 Days of Myths and Falsehoods
April 24, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Telegraph Blogs (UK): British Eye on America 42: Hamas Glitch
April 24, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

NJ Voices (Jersey Journal): Economic Policy Forum tonight in Montclair
April 23, 2009 (Dean Baker)

FAIR Blog: Empty Economic Rhetoric at the NYT
April 22, 2009 (Dean Baker)

AFL-CIO Now Blog: Grassroots Actions Build Momentum for Employee Free Choice Act
April 21, 2009 (John Schmitt)

Arena (Politico): Arena: Is This a Good or Bad Year for Immigration Reform?
April 21, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Market Movers: The Blue Get Bluer
April 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Paul Krugman (NY Times): Reconsidering a Miracle
April 16, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Arena (Politico): Is Obama a Polarizing President?
April 16, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Arena (Politico): The Administration's Policy Shift on Cuba: Too Far, Too Little, Just Right?
April 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Wealth of Nations (Newsweek): Is the Financial Sector Too Big?
April 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Market Oracle: The Economic Crisis: No, This Will Not Be a Normal Cyclical Recovery
April 11, 2009

Examiner.com: Tax Day Protests Against the War Economy and Paying for War
April 11, 2009 (Dean Baker)

TAPPED (American Prospect): Treasury Needs to Get Ahead of the Ball
April 10, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Arena (Politico): On the Conservative Critique of Obama's European Visit
April 9, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Think Progress: Caller to C-SPAN: ‘Why do you keep bringing these neocons on?’
April 9, 2009

Progress Illinois: The Trib's Terrible EFCA Editorial
April 9, 2009

Mortgage Insider (Orange County Register, FL): Economy to Get Limited Boost from Lower Mortgage Rates
April 9, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Ezra Klein (American Prospect): The Death of Circuit City
April 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Arena (Politico): Arena: Grade the President's Trip
April 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

AFL-CIO Now Blog: Unions Increase Wages of Service Workers
April 7, 2009 (John Schmitt)

State of Change (The Nation): Unemployment Spike a Wake-Up Call for Obama
April 3, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Congress Blog (The Hill): The Big Question: England vs. China
April 3, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Mojo Blog (Mother Jones): Explaining the March Jobs Report: Pace of Job Loss Setting Records
April 3, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Feministe: Unions, Women and Fair Labor Practices: Why the Employee Free Choice Act is a Feminist Issue
April 3, 2009

Deal Book (New York Times): Bank Regulators Brace for Fallout from Stress Tests
April 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Wonk Room (Think Progress): GOP Budget Deficit Projections Don’t Account For $3 Trillion In Budget-Busting Tax Cuts
April 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Political Animal (Washington Monthly): The Right Won't Let the Tax Fairy Go
April 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Daily Howler: HONESTY! Ohhh Jeeez!
April 2, 2009 (Dean Baker, Mark Weisbrot)

Idea of the Day (New York Times): Let’s Hear It for Smoot and Hawley
April 1, 2009 (Ha-Joon Chang)

FAIR Blog: Debunking the WaPo's 'Jihad Against Social Security'
April 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Arena (Politico): On Obama in Europe
April 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)