CEPR in the Blogs (Archive)

January - March 2011

• Why the 'Growth Through Austerity Deficit Reduction' Theory Will Fail
  Seeking Alpha, March 29, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder - Let Them Eat Cake
  Crooks and Liars, March 29, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• We Aren't Greece -- But We Could Be Japan if Flawed Logic Persists
  The Huffington Post, March 28, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• The Euro Straitjacket
  The Conscience of a Liberal (The New York Times), March 27, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Dean Baker: The U.S. Cannot Turn into Greece (Although It Might, Someday, far in the Future, After Generations of Failed Policies, Turn into Zimbabwe)
  Brad Delong's Grasping Reality with All Ten Tentacles, March 27, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• This Is What Passes For Liberal At The Washington Post
  County Fair (Media Matters for America), March 23, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Meow! Pete Peterson’s NYT, WaPo Pawns Pushing Previously-Debunked Catfood Lies
  Firedoglake, March 23, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Economists: No Home-Price Recovery This Year
  Developments (The Wall Street Journal), March 22, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Paul Ryan Says CBO Model of Economy Self-Destructs Due to Rising Deficits in 2037
  PolitiFact, March 21, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Food, Fuel and the Fed
  Stefan Karlsson (The Christian Science Monitor), March 21, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Is Haiti Poor? Its People Respond
  The Huffington Post, March 20, 2011 (Mark Weisbrot)


• The Limits Of Means-Testing
  The Daily Dish (The Atlantic), March 16, 2011 (CEPR)


• 8.9 Percent Jobless Rate Not ‘Normal’ nor Structural
  AFL-CIO Now Blog, March 15, 2011 (John Schmitt)


• Matthew Yglesias Reads Simon Johnson’s TARP Testimony
  Brad Delong's Grasping Reality with All Ten Tentacles, March 13, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Weighing the Week Ahead: Time to Head for the Exits?
  Seeking Alpha, March 13, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Anti-Obama or Anti-Spending?
  The Arena (POLITICO), March 11, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Poll Finds ‘Half-Full’ Housing Outlook
  Developments (The Wall Street Journal), March 10, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• The Meaning of Entrepreneurship
  Alphaville (Financial Times), March 08, 2011 (John Schmitt)


• Wish You Had A Pension?
  Benzinga, March 08, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• High Unemployment? It’s Poor Sales, Stupid
  BusinessNewsDaily, March 04, 2011 (Sairah Husain)


• Are Two-Week Budgets the New Normal?
  The Arena (POLITICO), March 03, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Critiquing the Currrent State of Economics Reporting
  Talking Biz News, March 03, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• How Big a Problem Are State Pensions?
  The Daily Dish (The Atlantic), March 03, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Small Business Survey Belies 'Structural' Unemployment Claims
  The Lookout (Yahoo! News), March 03, 2011 (Sairah Husain)


• How to Think About the Public Pension Mess
  How the World Works (Salon), March 03, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Matt Miller Blasts Deficit, Debt Implications of Paul Ryan's Budget Proposal
  PolitiFact, March 03, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Wisconsin Points to Need for Great American Pension Revival
  Prism Money (Reuters), March 03, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• The Financial Industry Is Too Big To Fail: Here's Why
  Business Insider, March 02, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• How Big Is the Pension Funding Gap?
  Economix (The New York Times), March 02, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Further Further Reading
  Alphaville (The Financial Times), March 02, 2011 (Dean Baker, Sairah Husain)


• Are State Pensions Underfunded? And If So, What Should We Do About It?
  Ezra Klein (The Washington Post), March 02, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• What if We're Not Really Talking About the Budget?
  Still Small Voice (The Hartford Courant), March 01, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Why States Shouldn't Adopt Defined-Contribution Pensions
  Felix Salmon (Reuters), March 01, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Secondary Sources: Government Shutdown, Wages and Salaries, Saving Rate
  Real-Time Economics (The Wall Street Journal), March 01, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• What You Need to Know About State Pension Systems
  Ezra Klein (The Washington Post), March 01, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• The Roundup for March 1, 2011
  Firedoglake, March 01, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• The Imaginary Public Sector Pension Fund Crisis
  How The World Works (Salon), March 01, 2011 (Dean Baker)
• Chart of the Day: The Real Pension Story
  Kevin Drum (Mother Jones), February 28, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Reconciliation
  Ezra Klein (The Washington Post), February 28, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Boehner: 'Better Start Praying' on Budget?
  The Arena (POLITICO), February 28, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• The Truth About Pensions
  The Conscience of a Liberal (The New York Times), February 27, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Small Is Beautiful
  The Conscience of a Liberal (The New York Times), February 25, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Does Union-Busting Affect Women More Than Men?
  Shine (Yahoo!), February 25, 2011 (John Schmitt)


• Is Big Pharma Strangling Biotech Startups in Their Cradles?
  The Atlantic, February 24, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• How Wall Street and Wisconsin Officials Blew Up the State’s Pension Fund
  Financial Folly (BNET), February 23, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Dean Baker: The Origins and Severity of the Public Pension Crisis
  Grasping Reality with a Sharp Beak, February 23, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Attack on Main Street
  Left in Alabama, February 23, 2011 (John Schmitt)


• Criticisms and Responses on College Costs
  Economix (The New York Times), February 22, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• GOP Rep. Bill Huzeinga: Raising Retirement Age No Problem Because 'I'm Gonna Be Okay'
  Daily Kos, February 22, 2011 (CEPR)


• Barack Obama Says His Budget Will Bring Deficit to Lowest Level Since Eisenhower
  PolitFact, February 22, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Will 'Union Busting' Spread Beyond Wisconsin?
  The Arena (POLITICO), February 22, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Eugene V. Debs Day at the Indiana Statehouse: A History Lesson for Mitch Daniels
  Firedoglake, February 21, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Wall Street Villains Escape While Wis.’s Walker Beats Up Schoolteachers
  AFL-CIO Now Blog, February 18, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Egypt, Wisconsin, and the Future of Our Democracy
  The Huffington Post, February 18, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Hey State, Municipal Workers: Focus Rage on Those Who Lost Your Money
  Watchdog, February 17, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Is Our Country Broke?
  The Fine Print (OMB Watch), February 16, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Financial Governance and the Crisis: New Developments on the Horizon
  TripleCrisis, February 16, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Irrational Exuberance: The Trouble With Hysteria Over Public Pension Shortfalls
  Working (In These Times), February 16, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• The Myths of Offshoring - The Imperative of Manufacturing
  The Huffington Post, February 15, 2011 (CEPR)


• The Lies About Pensions: Shortfalls and Solutions
  Working Life, February 15, 2011 (CEPR)


• Haiti Stumbles Toward Second Round of Flawed Elections
  Crossover Dreams (The Huffington Post), February 14, 2011 (CEPR)


• Obama's 2012 Budget: Why Federal Spending Needs to Be Raised, Not Cut
  DailyFinance, February 14, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Haiti: Is Empathy the Road to Truth and Understanding?
  The Huffington Post, February 11, 2011 (Mark Weisbrot)


• Judging Treasury’s Housing Report
  Felix Salmon (Reuters), February 11, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Social Security is Not the Problem
  Politics Blog (The Detroit News), February 11, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Obama Says Companies Have Nearly $2 Trillion Sitting on Their Balance Sheets
  PolitiFact, February 10, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Dean Baker: Wall Street Journal Finds Evidence that Employers Cannot Find Qualified Staff for Top Management Positions
  Grasping Reality with Eight Tentacles, February 09, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Bionic Gramps
  Hullabaloo, February 08, 2011 (CEPR)


• Political News Roundup: How to Make Chicago the Less Windy City
  The 312 (Chicago Magazine), February 08, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Is Poverty Up or Not?
  Economix (The New York Times), February 07, 2011 (Shawn Fremstad)


• Weighing the Week Ahead: So Where Are the Jobs?
  Seeking Alpha, February 07, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Show Them The Money! Who Wins And Who Loses Under Toomey Debt Limit Plan
  TPMDC, February 07, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Dean Baker: Debts Should Be Honored, Except for Working People
  AFL-CIO Now Blog, February 06, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Democracy There, Democracy Here
  The Notion (The Nation), February 04, 2011 (Mark Weisbrot)


• Making Sense of the Monthly Jobs Numbers
  The Lookout (Yahoo! News), February 04, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Tough Loving the NYTimes #2: Japan's 'Generational Roadblock'
  The Huffington Post, February 04, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Jobs Crisis in Real World... Just Not in D.C.
  The Huffington Post, February 03, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• McCaskill Leads Democratic Rush Toward Austerity
  Firedoglake, February 02, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Wonkbook: Simpson-Bowles Making a Comeback?
  Ezra Klein (The Washington Post), February 02, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• WaPo Focus on Structural Factors in Jobs Crisis May Be Off
  The Lookout (Yahoo! News), February 02, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Blame Game: Don’t Fault Workers for Stubborn Unemployment
  Financial Folly (BNET), February 02, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Can Exports Save the Economy?
  The Curious Capitalist (TIME), February 02, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look
  The Huffington Post, January 30, 2011 (CEPR)


• New Social Security Calculator Helps Set Retirement Income Goals
  AFL-CIO Now Blog, January 29, 2011 (CEPR)


• How Much You Will - or Won't - Collect from Social Security
  Life Inc. (The Today Show), January 27, 2011 (CEPR)


• Should States Be Allowed to Declare Bankruptcy?
  The Arena (POLITICO), January 27, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Washington Post Cuts and Pastes Republican's Take On Financial Crisis Commission
  Media Matters for America, January 27, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Memo to FCIC: More Transparency, Please
  Mojo (Mother Jones), January 27, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Mixed Bag for Family Leave
  The Juggle (Wall Street Journal), January 26, 2011 (Eileen Appelbaum)


• Budget Deficit to Hit $1.5 Trillion
  The Daily Beast , January 26, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Report Suggests Financial Speculation Tax to Lower Budget Deficit
  On the Money (The Hill), January 24, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• The Antidote to Deficit Hysteria – the Financial Transactions Tax
  Firedoglake, January 24, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• N.C. Keeps Nation's Lowest Unionization Rate
  Raleigh News & Observer, January 23, 2011 (John Schmitt)


• Report: Unions Are Big Advantage for Asian American/Pacific Islander Workers
  AFL-CIO Now Blog, January 22, 2011 (Nicole Woo)


• Mike Pence Says Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation Bill "Will Kill Jobs"
  PolitiFact, January 21, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Why Europe’s Periphery Should Restructure Their Bonds
  Felix Salmon (Reuters), January 18, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• How to Help Haiti One Year After Earthquake
  Congress Blog (The Hill), January 12, 2011 (CEPR)


• Haiti Response, One Year After Earthquake
  Laura Rozen (Politico), January 12, 2011 (Dan Beeton)


• Digging a Deep Hole: Rare Earths Debacle Puts U.S. Trade Policy Under Scrutiny
  Remapping Debate, January 11, 2011 (Eileen Appelbaum)


• Do Law Schools Give Students a Raw Deal?
  The Atlantic Wire, January 11, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• How Much is a Law Degree Worth?
  Felix Salmon (Reuters), January 10, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Unemployment Rate Falls as More Drop Out of Labor Force
  Democracy Now!, January 10, 2011 (CEPR)


• Obama Pragmatic in Casting a New Team on the Economy
  On The Money (The Hill), January 08, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• The Employment Report is Weaker than Expected
  Maximum Utility (CBS Money Watch), January 07, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• There’s a Better Alternative to Cutting Social Security
  Seeking Alpha, January 07, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Learning From Shattered Haiti's Year of Struggle
  The Huffington Post, January 07, 2011 (Mark Weisbrot)


• Brighter Days for Job Market?
  Politico, January 07, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Housing Decline Points to Doldrums Ahead -- at Best
  OpenLeft, January 07, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Gene Sperling Expected to be Tapped for Top Economic Post
  Democracy Now!, January 06, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• What If They Had A Depression And Nobody Noticed?
  The Conscience of a Liberal (The New York Times), January 06, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• House Constitution Reading Political Theater or a Teachable Moment
  Politico, January 06, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• I Don't Dare Look at the Washington Post...
  Grasping Reality with Eight Tentacles, January 06, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• How Progressive is Gene Sperling?
  Kevin Drum (Mother Jones), January 06, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• A "Pledge of Resistance" to Defend Social Security (and Defund the Empire)
  The Huffington Post, January 05, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Japan's Population Ages: Will It Put its Elderly Back to Work?
  Stefan Karlsson (The Christian Science Monitor), January 05, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Gov. Daniels Wants To Raise The Retirement Age Because Young People ‘Will Live To Be More Than 100′
  ThinkProgress, January 05, 2011 (CEPR)


• Letter Calls on Economists to Adopt Code of Ethics
  Economix (The New York Times), January 04, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• How Likely is a Government Shutdown
  Politico, January 04, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Health Care Repeal Gaining Momentum?
  Politico, January 04, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Reducing Unemployment in the New Year
  The Huffington Post, January 03, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Taking Aim at Public Workers
  Economix (The New York Times), January 03, 2011 (Dean Baker)


• Will Tea Party Forgive Debt Vote?
  Politico, January 03, 2011 (Dean Baker)