CEPR in the Blogs (Archive)

April - June 2010

• CEPR's Budget Calculator
  Matthew Yglesias (Think Progress), June 30, 2010 (CEPR)


• How Will Byrd's Death and Bank Tax Affect Financial Reform?
  Arena Digest (POLITICO.com), June 30, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• A Progressive Budget Calculator
  Ezra Klein (The Washington Post), June 29, 2010 (CEPR)


• The Three Biggest Lies About the Economy
  Brett Arends' ROI (MarketWatch), June 29, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Irish Austerity and the U.S.
  Michael Tomasky (The Guardian Unlimited), June 29, 2010 (CEPR)


• Larry Rohter Responds on South of the Border
  FAIR Blog, June 29, 2010 (Mark Weisbrot)


• In Deficit "Town Meetings," People Reject America Speaks' Stacked Deck
  The Huffington Post, June 27, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Interview with Dean Baker
  ACEMAXX-ANALYTICS, June 24, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• America "Speaks" on Saturday, but There's an Anti-Social Security Script
  The Huffington Post, June 23, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Breitbart Loves Him Some Alan Simpson
  Firedoglake, June 21, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• How to Impress the Bond Markets
  Economist's View, June 21, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Praising the 'Sound Policies' That Sank Estonia's Economy
  FAIR Blog, June 18, 2010 (Mark Weisbrot)


• Opportunity Knocks, but America Probably Won't Answer
  Ezra Klein (The Washington Post), June 17, 2010 (CEPR)


• George Osborne - The Barkeeper Turns Bouncer Too
  The Source (The Wall Street Journal), June 17, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Has Obama Turned a Corner in Fighting the Spill?
  Arena Digest (POLITICO.com), June 17, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Research Desk Answers: How to Raise $100 Billion From a Financial Transactions Tax
  Ezra Klein (The Washington Post), June 16, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• What Do You Want to Hear Obama Say?
  Arena Digest (POLITICO.com), June 15, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Will the United States Experience a 'Jobless Recovery'?
  The Business Desk (PBS NewsHour), June 14, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Census Shows U.S. Moving Towards "Minority Majority"
  Politic365, June 14, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Can a GOP Challenge to Obama Be Built Around the Deficit/Debt?
  Arena Digest (POLITICO.com), June 14, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• The High Cost of Incarceration
  Sustained Outrage (The Charleston Gazette), June 14, 2010 (CEPR)


• The U.S. Prison-Industrial Complex Has Us in its Costly Grip
  America's Finest (Sign on San Diego), June 11, 2010 (CEPR)


• The Trib's Attack On Unemployment Benefits
  Progress Illinois, June 09, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Chart Of The Day
  The Daily Dish, June 09, 2010 (CEPR)


• Cassandra Redeemed
  Economix (The New York Times), June 09, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Three Charts to Break Your Heart
  Reason.com, June 09, 2010 (CEPR)


• Saving Money by Slashing Prison Spending
  Economix (The New York Times), June 08, 2010 (CEPR)


• Baker: Turn Fannie, Freddie Into Government-Owned Corporations
  Developments (Wall Street Journal), June 08, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• 'Greece is the New France' Watch
  Right Now (The Washington Post), June 08, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Why the FHA Isn't Out of the Woods Yet
  Developments (Wall Street Journal), June 07, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• David Broder Can’t Understand Why Government Can’t Support Education
  Firedoglake, June 06, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• US Jobs Report: Good, Bad and Ugly News on Unemployment
  Richard Adams (The Guardian Unlimited), June 04, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Economists React: ‘Recoveries Don’t Move in Straight Lines’
  Real Time Economics (Wall Street Journal), June 04, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• A Fresh Look at Rent vs. Buy
  Investing (Wall Street Journal), June 03, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Dispatch from South of the Border
  The Huffington Post, June 02, 2010 (Mark Weisbrot)


• Where Public Workers Run the Show
  Economix (The New York Times), June 01, 2010 (CEPR)


• How Monica Lewinsky Is Like the Gulf Oil Blowout
  Firedoglake, June 01, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• What Would You Have Asked President Barack Obama During His News Conference?
  Arena Digest (POLITICO.com), May 28, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Bond Markets and Social Security
  Arena Digest (POLITICO.com), May 22, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Dean Baker and Alan Blinder Face Off On Social Security Cuts
  FireDogLake, May 22, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Secondary Sources: Construction, Keynes, European Crisis
  Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Media Kissing Ass on Derivatives Reform
  Firedoglake, May 15, 2010 (CEPR)


• Could Congress Block Antiworker IMF "Bailouts" in Europe?
  Robert Naiman (The Huffington Post), May 14, 2010 (Mark Weisbrot)


• Study: State Workers Earn Less Than Private-Sector Counterparts
  The State Worker (The Sacramento Bee), May 14, 2010 (CEPR)


• Blanche Lincoln Derivatives Provision “Biggest Battle in Bank Reform,” Robert Reich Says
  Firedoglake, May 12, 2010 (CEPR)


• The Twilight of the Welfare State?
  Room for Debate (The New York Times), May 12, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Dirty War Raging in Honduras?
  True/Slant, May 11, 2010 (Dan Beeton)


• Long-Term Unemployment: The Bad News In The Jobs Report
  Arthur Delaney (The Huffington Post), May 07, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Ignoring the Elephant in the Bailout
  Fair Game (The New York Times), May 07, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Should We 'Audit the Fed'?
  Washington Post, May 06, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Credit Derivatives as Weapons of Economic Mass Destruction
  Grasping Reality with Both Hands, May 01, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Live-Blogging the FCC Workshop: New Platforms, Strategies for Public Media
  MediaShift (PBS.org), April 30, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Dire Visions of Economic Catastrophe in Europe
  The Atlantic Wire, April 29, 2010 (Mark Weisbrot)


• Hating on Ratings
  Kevin Drum (Mother Jones), April 27, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Larry Summers: “Mistakes Were Made,” But Not By Me
  Center for Media and Democracy, April 27, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Wall Street Reform: Senate Readies For A Test Of Political Sincerity
  The Huffington Post, April 23, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Obama on Wall Street
  Arena Digest (POLITICO.com), April 23, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Breaking: Rent Still Too Damn High
  Gothamist, April 22, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Is 15 a Better Rent-Ratio Cutoff?
  Economix (The New York Times), April 21, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• The Big Fix (Hold on to your Wallets)
  Robert L. Borosage (The Huffington Post), April 21, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• The Sanders Standard for Serious Bank Reform
  The Beat (The Nation), April 20, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• The Best Way To Pass Financial Reform Is To Be Even Tougher On Wall Street
  True/Slant, April 20, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Stressed-Out Americans Need Job Flexibility - But Will Bosses Ever See the Light?
  Working (In These Times), April 20, 2010 (John Schmitt)


• Questions for Bernanke, Geithner, and Fuld at the Lehman Hearing
  The Rundown (PBS Newshour), April 19, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• White House and Congress Should Back A Financial Speculation Tax
  Jonathan Kantrowitz (Hearst Newspapers), April 16, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• The Audacity of Nope?
  Arena (POLITICO.com), April 16, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• It’s About Power, Not “Reform”
  Firedoglake, April 15, 2010 (CEPR)


• Another Top Fed Official Calls For U.S. To Break Up Megabanks
  Shahien Nasiripour (The Huffington Post), April 15, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Will the Senate Clear the Financial Market Minefield?
  SAFER (The Huffington Post), April 14, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Will Modification Efforts Diminish (or Just Delay) Price Declines?
  Developments (Wall Street Journal), April 14, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Is it Time to Pull the Plug on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission?
  Center for Media and Democracy, April 14, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• China’s Labor Landscape: Debating Currency, Demanding Change
  Working (In These Times), April 09, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• What We Could Learn From Europe
  The Enterprise Blog (AEI), April 06, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• No More Help for the Labor Market?
  TAPPED (The American Prospect), April 06, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• FT: IMF Giddy With ‘Glee’ Over Greece’s Devastation
  True/Slant, April 06, 2010 (Mark Weisbrot)


• Ameliorating Job Losses Could Help Lead to More Sustainable Life Styles?
  Get Energy Smart! Now!, April 05, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• The Housing Blowup: Did You See It Coming?
  Developments (Wall Street Journal), April 05, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Reconciliation
  Ezra Klein (The Washington Post), April 05, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Alan Greenspan: Still Not A Mensch
  Conscience of a Liberal (NY Times), April 04, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• False Profits by Dean Baker
  Crooked Timber, April 03, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Encouraging Employment Data...Sort Of
  FiveThirtyEight, April 02, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• The Big Question: What do the Jobs Numbers Mean for GOP, Dems?
  Congress Blog (The Hill), April 02, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Growing Interest in the Debt Debate
  Derek Thomspon (The Atlantic), April 02, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• NPR Targeting Social Security
  Firedoglake, April 02, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• White House Boosts ‘Flexible’ Workplace, As 15 Million Still Seek ANY Workplace
  Working (In These Times), April 01, 2010 (Dean Baker)


• Driving the Conversation: In Fed We Trust?
  Arena (POLITICO.com), April 01, 2010 (Dean Baker)