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The following selection of publications and news programs cited CEPR or featured interviews with our experts. You can also browse only radio and TV interviews in our Multimedia section.

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KPFK, 90.7 FM L.A: Interview With Mark Weisbrot on Honduras
November 2, 2009

KPFA, 94.1 FM CA: Crisis in Honduras
November 1, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot joins the program at 7:25)

Inter Press Service: Obama Scores Regional Points with Zelaya's Return
October 30, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Salon.com: What's So Bad About Paid Sick Days?
October 29, 2009 (John Schmitt)

Inter Press Service: IMF Has Long Way to Go – Even After "Istanbul Decisions"
October 29, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Miami Herald: Federal Reserve's Tough Stance on Banks May Signal New Era
October 22, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Reuters: Behind the Fed's Move to Regulate Wall Street Pay
October 22, 2009 (Dean Baker)

GQ: The Fifty Most Powerful People in D.C.
October / November, 2009 (Dean Baker)

CNBC: Time for Windfall Tax on TARP Banks?
October 20, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Huffington Post: Bush TARP Head: Obama Picking Up Where We Left Off
October 20, 2009 (Dean Baker)

AllBusiness: Feds Feed New Market for Easy Mortgages
October 19, 2009 (Dean Baker)

USA Today: FDIC Chief: Small Banks Can't Compete with Bailed-out Giants
October 19, 2009

Time: Is the U.S. Softening Its Opposition to the Honduras Coup?
October 16, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

SmallBiz: Does Small Business Have Enough Friends in D.C.?
October 16, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Fannie, Freddie and Citi: The Rise of the New Government-Sponsored Enterprise
October 15, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Inter Press Service: IMF Rebuts Critical Report on Lending
October 15, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Huffington Post: Where's the Reporting On the Fraud That Led to the Economic Collapse?
October 15, 2009 (Dean Baker)

CNN Money: Push on to Expand $8,000 Tax Credit
October 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Baltimore Chronicle: Reviewing Danny Schechter's "The Crime of Our Time"
October 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Washington Independent: Are We Facing a Jobless Recovery?
October 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

In These Times: How to Create New Jobs Now—and Why
October 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Nightly Business Report (PBS): The First Time Homebuyers Credit May Need an Extension
October 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Mother Jones: Bank Buster
November/December 2009 (Dean Baker)

Associated Press: Home Sweet Home Investment? Sure, in the Long Run
October 9, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Los Angeles Times: FHA May Be Setting Up Repeat of Housing Bubble, Lawmakers Worry
October 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Slate: The Obama Recession
October 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Baltic Times (Latvia): Currency Peg to Blame for Worsening Economy, Says Cordero
October 8-14, 2009 (Jose Cordero)

The National (U.A.E.): IMF Opens Lending Taps to Boost World Economy
October 7, 2009

Globe and Mail: A Tale of Two Recoveries
October 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

U.S. News & World Report: Can the Broken Job Market Be Fixed?
October 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Washington Independent: Lagging Economic Indicator Sets Up 2010 GOP Rhetoric
October 7, 2009 (John Schmitt)

Washington Times: Inside Politics
October 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

FOX Business: The Employment Numbers that Count
October 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Forbes: Where Americans Pay Most to Live
October 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Marketplace (American Public Media): Just Don't Call it Another Stimulus Plan
October 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Democracy Now!: A Hidden $34 Billion Bank Subsidy?
October 6, 2009 (Interview with Dean Baker)

AFP: IMF Loans Could Worsen Crisis: Think Tank
October 6, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Business Insider: New Report Crucifies IMF For Mismanaging The Crisis
October 6, 2009

Inter Press Service: IMF Loan Policies Worsening Crisis, NGOs Say
October 6, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Jamaica Gleaner: IMF Warning - US Think Tank Says Most Countries Worse Off After IMF Agreement
October 6, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot, Dan Beeton)

Bloomberg: Obama Weighs Spending to Stem Job Cuts Without Second Stimulus
October 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Telegraph (UK): Banks Brace for Latvia's Collapse
October 5, 2009

The Telegraph (UK): IMF Aid Conditions Risked Deepening Financial Crisis in Some Countries, Says CEPR Study
October 5, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

The Guardian (UK): IMF Policies Deepened Financial Crisis, Says CEPR
October 5, 2009

Indianapolis Star: Poverty Plagues the Disabled
October 5, 2009

NPR: Recession Lesson: Consumers Shift Toward Saving
October 5, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: The Cost of Saving These Whales
October 4, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Jobless Losing Streak Goes On
October 3, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: Jobless Report Is Worse Than Expected; Rate Rises to 9.8%
October 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Mother Jones: Chris Dodd's Extreme Makeover
October 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

SmartMoney: Unemployment at 9.8%: What Can Create Jobs?
October 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Bloomberg: Social Security Applications Almost Double Because of Recession
October 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Reuters: G20 Means G7 No Longer Only Game in Town on Forex
September 30, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Foreign Policy in Focus: Casino Capitalism as Usual
September 30, 2009

EUobserver.com: EU Development Bank Seeks Extra Money to Help Eastern Europe
September 29, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

EuroIntelligence.com: IMF Conditions on Ukraine, Latvia, Hungary Too Harsh
September 29, 2009

Huffinton Post: Derivatives: Bailed-Out Banks Still Making Billions Off Risky Bets
September 28, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Wall Street Journal: IMF Says It Battled Crisis Well
September 28, 2009

UPI: Brookings Economist Blasts First-Time Homebuyers Credit
September 28, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Grand Rapids Press (MI): Many First-Time Homeowners Hope to Beat Nov. 30 Deadline to Get Federal Tax Credit
September 27, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Providence Journal (RI): Housing Credit a Boon in R.I.
September 27, 2009

DNA (India): India Gets Pride of Place as G20 Supplants G8
September 26, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

The Guardian (UK): Regular Powwows as Hard Talk Over Curbing Reckless Bankers' Pay Goes Soft
September 25, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Inter Press Service: G20: IMF Finds a New Unpopularity
September 25, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Free Speech Radio News: Global Leaders Say G20 Should Steer World Economy
September 25, 2009 (Interview with Mark Weisbrot)

GlobalPost: Analysis: Curtain Closes on the G20, But Will it Close on "Money-making Games"?
September 25, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Baltic Times (Latvia): New Report Casts Doubt on IMF Program
September 24, 2009 (Jose Cordero)

Kiplinger Newsletter: Banks Getting Weaned Off Government Help
September 24, 2009 (Dean Baker)

FOX Business: Will the Economic Recovery Fizzle in 2010?
September 23, 2009 (John Schmitt)

Time: More Angry Investors Say, Throw the Boards Out
September 23, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Common Dreams: Zelaya's Midnight Ride
September 22, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

CNBC: Barnburner of a Recovery?
September 22, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Democracy Now!: Report From Honduras: Ousted President Manuel Zelaya Returns to Honduras In Defiance of Coup Government
September 22, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

WMNF 88.5 FM (FL): Zelaya Returns to Honduras
September 21, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Lansing State Journal (MI): Home Sweet First Home
September 21, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Reuters: Zelaya's Return Raises Stakes in Honduras Crisis
September 21, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Des Moines Register (IA): Will Tax Credit for First-Time Homebuyers Be Extended?
September 19, 2009 (Dean Baker)

USA Today: Incomes of Young in 8-Year Nose Dive
September 18, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: August Joblessness Hit 10% in 14 States and D.C.
September 18, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Nightly Business Report (PBS): FDIC & FHA are in Deep T-R-O-U-B-L-E
September 18, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Wall Street Journal: Panel Probing Crisis Adds to Role
September 18, 2009 (Dean Baker)

San Jose Mercury News (CA): Median Home Price $500,000 in August
September 18, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Business First of Columbus (OH): Backers Say Sick-Leave Plan Should Go Hand in Hand with Health-Care Reform
September 18, 2009

Washington Examiner: As Deadline Nears, First-Time Homebuyers and Congress Face End to Tax Credit
September 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

NorthJersey.com: Think Tanks Predict More Renters
September 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: The Great Disconnect
September 16, 2009 (Eileen Appelbaum)

The Scotsman: Between the Lines: Global Taxes Are Undoubtedly the Next Step – Just Not This One
September 15, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Admit It: A Robust Public Option Is Dead
September 15, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: Fight in Congress Looms on Tax Break for Home Buyers
September 15, 2009 (Dean Baker)

San Francisco Chronicle: Obama on Wall Street: History Cannot Repeat
September 15, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Korea Times: Tobin Tax Lives Again
September 15, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: AFL-CIO Hopeful in Return to the City
September 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Tribune (UK): Iniquitous Critics of Hugo Chávez
September 13, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

The Hill: GOP Questions White House's 'Fuzzy' Math with Stimulus Jobs
September 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Financial Times: A Confession from a Home Ownership Advocate
September 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Salt Lake Tribune: A Year after the Meltdown: Tough Questions, Choices
September 11, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Bloomberg: Hungary, Latvia, Ukraine Stifled by IMF Conditions, Study Says
September 11, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

U.S. News & World Report: Why Boomers Will Retire More Comfortably Than Their Parents
September 10, 2009

Brisbane Times (Australia): Too Much Talking, Not Enough Listening
September 9, 2009 (Ha-Joon Chang)

Inter Press Service: Have Your Own Policies, as Long as They’re Like Ours
September 9, 2009 (Deborah James)

Associated Press: Chavez Walks Venice Red Carpet with Oliver Stone
September 8, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Philadelphia Inquirer: Web Wealth: How Bailout Money is Being Spent
September 6, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Unemployment Rate Back on Losing Track
September 5, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Reuters: U.S. Cuts More Than $30 Million in Aid to Honduras
September 4, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Kansas City Star: Jobless Rate Hits 9.7%, the Highest Since 1983
September 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: States Cut Back and Layoffs Hit Even Recipients of Stimulus Aid
September 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: Teenage Jobless Rate Reaches Record High
September 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: In Unemployment Report, Signs of a Jobless Recovery
September 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Bloomberg: Rebecca Alvarez Gets a Reprieve From Unemployment
September 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Bloomberg: U.S. Payrolls Probably Fell, Posing Risk to Spending
September 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Christian Science Monitor: White House's New Stimulus Message: It's Working
September 3, 2009 (John Schmitt)

New York Times: Bernanke: Greenback’s New Father
September 3, 2009 (Dean Baker)

USA Today: Organized Labor Looks to Younger Workers for Renewal
September 3, 2009

FAIR: Right Ebbs, Left Gains as Media 'Experts'
September 3, 2009

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: Exiled Honduran President Hopes for U.S. Recognition of Coup
September 3, 2009

Bloomberg: U.S. Halts Aid to Honduras, Urges Return to Democracy
September 3, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Extra! (FAIR): Rerun in Honduras
September 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Dollars & Sense: Beyond the World Creditors' Cartel
September/October 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Huffington Post: Senator Kennedy's Most Important Vote
August 31, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Wall Street Journal: Better to Buy or Rent?
August 30, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Bloomberg: Pawlenty Says 'Ludicrous' to Claim Stimulus Pivoted Economy
August 28, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Houston Chronicle: Bernanke II
August 27, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Global Post: Need a Haircut? Sorry, Everyone is 'en Vacances'
August 27, 2009

Boston Globe: Banking on Bernanke
August 26, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Los Angeles Times: Housing Index Hints at Upturn in Home Prices
August 26, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Orlando Sentinel: Orange Fast Out of the Gate with Help for Housing
August 26, 2009 (Dean Baker)

USA Today: Slowly but Surely, Economy Shows Signs of Recovery
August 26, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Star (St. Lucia): Who’s Giving and Who’s Taking!
August 26, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

MarketWatch: Subdued Recovery in the Cards, White House and CBO Say
August 25, 2009 (Dean Baker)

WFIE (NBC, Evansville, IN): Obama Nominates Bernanke to Serve Another Term
August 25, 2009 (Dean Baker)

AFP: Swelling Deficit Poses Key Challenges to Obama Reform Plans
August 25, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Air America: When Will the Recession End? Try 2015!
August 25, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Forbes: Keeping Down with the Joneses
August 24, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Register Citizen (CT): Ralph Nader: The Ones Who Got it Right
August 24, 2009 (Dean Baker)

CBS Evening News: Housing Troubles Continue
August 22, 2009 (Dean Baker)

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS): Fed Chairman Upbeat on Prospects for Economy
August 21, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Inside Tucson Business: What Businesses Need to do to Meet Rising Employee Costs
August 21, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Reuters: Venezuela Economy Shrinks for First Time in 5 Years
August 20, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

CNBC: Did Ben Save the World?
August 20, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Orlando Sentinel: It'll Take a Lot of Digging to Get Out of This Hole
August 20, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Inc.: Is the U.S. Entrepreneurial Self-Image Skewed?
August 19, 2009 (John Schmitt)

The Guardian (UK): No Secrets to China's Success
August 18, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Los Angeles Times: Some Saw the Housing Bubble and Sold, Trick Now is Spotting the Bottom
August 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Listening Post (Aljazeera): Venezuela's Troubled Media
August 14, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Wall Street Journal: A President as Micromanager: How Much Detail Is Enough?
August 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Bloomberg TV: Dean Baker Interview on Foreclosures, Mortgages
August 12, 2009

BookTrade.info: Allen Lane/Penguin Press Acquires 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
August 10, 2009 (Ha-Joon Chang)

The New Yorker: Not Home Yet
August 10, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Marion Star (OH): Marion Home Sales Lagging
August 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Politico: Strength in Numbers
August 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: If The Economy Lost 247,000 Jobs, How Did The Unemployment Rate Go Down?
August 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Newsweek: Mirror Image
August 7, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Carroll County Times (MD): Weeks After Gates-Crowley, Tension Lingers
August 7, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Slate: Obama's Biggest Health Reform Blunder
August 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Sacramento Bee (CA): A New Way of Looking at Home Prices
August 6, 2009

Nightly Business Report (PBS): The Recession Continues to Wreck the Workforce
August 5, 2009 (Dean Baker)

El Dorado Hills Telegraph (CA): Plan Could Turn Struggling Homeowners into Renters
August 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Globe and Mail (Canada): End of U.S. Housing Slump? Not Exactly
August 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Tampa Tribune: Congress Urged to Pass Rental Plan
August 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Bangor Daily News (ME): Try Holding Our Leaders Accountable
August 4, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker)

Tampa Tribune: Renting Foreclosed Homes Helps Communities, Study Says
August 3, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Associated Press: Welcome to the Bottom: Housing Begins Slow Rebound
August 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Washington Post: Establishing a Distressed Homeowner's 'Right to Rent'
August 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Time: Federal Help for Boat Dealers: All at Sea
August 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Business Times: Wall Street Mixed on GDP Report
August 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Listening Post (Aljazeera): Covering the Honduran Coup
July 31, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

New York Times: U.S. Economic Contraction Slowed in Quarter
July 31, 2009 (Dean Baker)

CNNMoney.com: Stimulus Has Yet to Really Boost GDP
July 31, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Diane Rehm Show (NPR): The State of the Economy
July 30, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Long Island Business Review: Foreclosure's Heartbreak Song Could Get a Happy Ending After All
July 30, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Empire (Aljazeera): Viva la Evolucion
July 29, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Los Angeles Times: Home Prices May be Stabilizing, Market Tracker Shows
July 29, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Baltimore Sun: Lenders Into Landlords?
July 29, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Philadelphia Inquirer: Key Legislator Weighs in on Obama's Financial Agenda
July 29, 2009 (Dean Baker)

News-Press (FL): Study Shows It's Cheaper to Rent Than It is to Own
July 28, 2009 (Dean Baker)

GRIT TV: Some Economic Forecasters Are Better Than Others
July 28, 2009 (Interview with Dean Baker)

FoxBusiness.com: Better Numbers to Come -- That's a Promise
July 28, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Reuters: Recession Cuts Pollution but Also Green Investment
July 27, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Philadelphia Inquirer: The American Debate: Why Obama Can't Pull an LBJ on Health Care Reform
July 26, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Caribbean Net News: Honduras Coup Reveals Fragility of Latin American Democracy
July 24, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Des Moines Register (IA): Economists Question Impact of I-JOBS Plan
July 24, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Capital Times (WI): Republicans for Fiscal Irresponsibility
July 23, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Morning Edition (NPR): Minimum Wage Hike Spurs Optimism and Debate
July 23, 2009 (Eileen Appelbaum)

Inter Press Service: Poll Supports Govt Intervention in Crisis
July 22, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Associated Press: For Some, Scales Tip Toward Buying A Home
July 21, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Hill: U.S. Firms Worry They'll Be Hurt
July 21, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Times (UK): Annual Holiday Entitlement: Who Gets What?
July 21, 2009

Tampa Tribune: Plan Would Let Homeowners Rent Their Home After Foreclosing
July 20, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Talk Back! (WBAI FM, NY): The Honduras Coup (Mark Weisbrot joins the show at 01:04:16)
July 20, 2009

CNBC.com: All Is Not Lost In Foreclosure Fight
July 20, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Associated Press: Analysis: Geithner Becomes a Traveling U.S. Bond Salesman
July 19, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: When, Oh When, Will HELP be WANTED
July 18, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Stabroek News (Guyana): Corbin’s Statement on Honduras a ‘Topsy-Turvy Political Rationalization’
July 17, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Bloomberg: Obama Stimulus Fails to Reboot Economy as No Multiplier Effect
July 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Minnesota Public Radio: Tough Times for Small Businesses
July 17, 2009 (Interview with Dean Baker)

CNN: America in Debt (Interview with Mark Weisbrot)
July 16, 2009

Associated Press: AMA Endorses House Democrats' Health Care Bill
July 16, 2009 (Dean Baker)

U.S. News & World Report: Would a Second Stimulus Create Jobs?
July 16, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Atlantic: Renting Instead of Foreclosing
July 15, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Reuters: Obama Mulls Rental Option for Homeowners: Sources
July 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Hill: W.H. Advisers Draw Criticism From Liberals
July 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Brattleboro Reformer (VT): More Stimulus Needed
July 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Most Favor Health Care Reform in New Poll
July 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: SEC Chair Floats Ratings Agency Crackdown
July 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

USA Today: Stimulus Spending Finally Starts to Trickle Down
July 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Media Matters with Bob McChesney (WILL AM580, IL): Interview With Mark Weisbrot on Latin America
July 12, 2009

Washington Independent: Republicans Test 2010 Message: Cancel the Stimulus
July 10, 2009 (Dean Baker)

On Point (NPR): Stimulus, Part Two?
July 9, 2009 (Interview with Dean Baker)

GritTV with Laura Flanders: The Real Cost of Healthcare Reform
July 9, 2009 (Interview with Dean Baker)

Reuters: US Suspends Military Aid to Honduras Before Talks
July 9, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Health Care Jobs Still a Bright Spot
July 9, 2009 (Dean Baker)

OneWorld: Haiti's Billion Dollar Debt Cancelled
July 9, 2009

Newsweek: Are You Feeling 'Stimuluted' Yet?
July 9, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Globe and Mail (Reuters): Honduras Rivals Ready for Dialogue on Coup Crisis
July 8, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Bloomberg: U.S. Housing Market Is Cursed by Brain Freeze
July 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Uprising Radio: Despite Optimism, US Economy Plunges To New Depths
July 8, 2009 (Interview with Dean Baker)

Knoxville News Sentinel (TN): Local Lenders Forgo Fed Program for their Own Plans
July 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Politico: Democrats Stuck in Stimulus Jam
July 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Boston Globe: Lenders Avoid Redoing Loans, Fed Concludes
July 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Slate: Stimulus II
July 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Symbolic Blather: Washington's Congenital Disease
July 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Miami Herald: Costa Rican President to Mediate Honduras Crisis
July 7, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

CNNMoney.com: Stimulus: Progress or Broken Promise?
July 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

USA Today: U.S. Debt Shrinking at Glacial Pace
July 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Nightly Business Report (PBS): The Role of Work Furlough in the Economic Recovery
July 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

AFP: A Week After Honduras Coup
July 5, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Huffington Post: Biden Ignores Warnings Of Krugman, Stiglitz, Roubini And Others
July 5, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Progressive: Jobs Report Sign of Deeper Economic Trouble
July 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Reuters: Unity Helps Volatile Latin America Handle Crisis
July 3, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

New York Times: Joblessness Hits 9.5%, Deflating Recovery Hopes
July 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

McClatchy Newspapers: U.S. Taking Cautious Approach to Honduras Political Crisis
July 2, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Dakota Midday (South Dakota Public Broadcasting): Honduran Coup
July 2, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot joins the program at 15:15)

Kansas City Star: As Employers Cut Payrolls, Average Workweek and Average Wage Decline
July 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

MarketWatch: Recession Hits Men Harder
July 2, 2009 (Eileen Appelbaum)

Huffington Post: Dependence Grows As Independence Day Nears
July 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Committee Dems Release Cheaper, Better Public Health Care Bill
July 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Alternet: Chamber of Commerce Launches $100 Million Campaign to Protect Wall Street's Power at Our Expense
July 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

NPR.org: Q&A: Rising Unemployment Clouds Outlook
July 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Spokesman-Review (WA): Militant Leader Abandons Deal
July 1, 2009

Reuters: U.S. Stimulus a Small Patch for Big Economic Hole
July 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Westside Gazette (FL): Government Benefits at All Time High
July 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Associated Press: $1.2 Billion in Debts Canceled to Help Haiti
June 30, 2009 (Dan Beeton)

Reuters: Honduras Coup Holds Few Risks for Latin Leftists
June 30, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Mother Jones: Congress's $1.2 Million a Day Drug Habit—and Pharma's Phony "Gift" to Health Care Reform
June 30, 2009 (Dean Baker)

City Limits (NY): Ecuadorians in NYC Mull a Migration Home
June 29, 2009

Markets Media Online: The Dividend Difference
June 29, 2009

Al-Jazeera: World Leaders Condemn Honduran Coup
June 29, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Russia Today: “Zelaya May Be Returned Soon”
June 29, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

BBC World: Interview With Mark Weisbrot on the Coup in Honduras
June 28, 2009

Huffington Post: Pecora Whirling
June 28, 2009 (Dean Baker)

KVBC (NBC, Las Vegas): What the Unemployment Rate Doesn't Tell Us
June 25, 2009 (John Schmitt, Dean Baker)

Reuters: New Fed Powers Not Matched with Accountability
June 25, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Hill: Employee Free Choice Act: A Second Stimulus
June 24, 2009

Associated Press: Meltdown 101: Where do Home Prices Really Stand?
June 24, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Progressive: At Press Conference, Obama Retreats on Health Care, Economy
June 24, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Capital Times (WI): Tammy Baldwin vs. the Political Lockstep
June 24, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Xinhua: What is Driving Oil and Gas Prices?
June 24, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Inter Press Service: World Bank, IMF Heads Skip Summit on Global Crisis
June 23, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: 238 Members of Congress Disagree with Obama: The Fed Needs More Accountability
June 22, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Sacramento Bee (CA): Bailed-Out Bank's Deals Raise Concerns
June 21, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Associated Press: More Transparency Needed from Fed
June 20, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Watertown Daily Times (NY): Federal Dependents
June 19, 2009 (Dean Baker)

MSNBC: Financial Reform Still in the Early Innings
June 18, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Reuters: Swine Flu Outbreak at Miami Immigration Center to be Discussed on AFGE Radio Show
June 18, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Miami Herald: Obama Rolls Out Sweeping Financial Regulation Package
June 17, 2009

Forbes: Congress' Chance To Change The IMF
June 17, 2009

CNBC: Financial Reform Stirs Debate: How Much Power to Give Fed?
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Guardian: Obama Launches Overhaul of US Financial Regulation
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Hill: Financial Overhaul Plan Draws Many Critics
June 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Hill: Norquist, GOP Pin Hopes on Spending
June 16, 2009

Flashpoints (KPFA FM): The U.S. Congress Passes a $106 Billion War Spending Bill
June 16, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot joins the program at 39:55)

Free Speech Radio News: IMF Obligations Get in the Way of US War Spending Bill
June 16, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Reuters: Obama Officials Lobby Lawmakers to Approve IMF Money
June 15, 2009

NJBIZ: Bill to Allow Mandatory Paid Time Off Faces Opposition from Business
June 15, 2009

Your Money (CNN): Who Picks Up America's Spending Tab?
June 13, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Dissident Voice: Will There be Zimbabwe-Type Hyperinflation in the USA?
June 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Workforce Management: SHRM, Democrats Tangle Over Paid-Sick-Days Bill
June 11, 2009

The Motley Fool: The Most Dangerous Way to Invest Today
June 11, 2009 (Dean Baker, David Rosnick)

Huffington Post: The IMF Accountability Moment
June 10, 2009

Las Vegas Review: Home Sales Up, Prices Down
June 10, 2009

CSPAN: Morning Hour, House Proceeding
June 9, 2009

The Hill: Frank Defends Intervention to Save GM Facility in his District
June 9, 2009 (John Schmitt)

Radio Free Europe: China, Russia Line Up To Buy IMF's First Bonds
June 9, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

CNBC: Four More for Ben?
June 8, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Wall Street Journal: Obama's Speeches Setting a High Bar for Results
June 8, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Huffington Post: Simon Johnson: Via IMF, Our Tax Money Will Bail Out Eurobanks
June 8, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

The Hill: Bad Jobs Data Spur Obama on Stimulus
June 8, 2009 (John Schmitt)

St. Petersburg Times: Sick Times Means a Healthier Economy
June 7, 2009

Deutsche Presse Agentur: Boosting US Funds for IMF Proves a Hard Sell for Obama
June 6, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

USA Today: Mortgage Crisis Robbing Seniors of Golden Years
June 5, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Fox Business: Congress Reaction to Job Numbers
June 5, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

UPI: AARP Says Recession Hitting Retirees Hard
June 5, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Realtor Magazine: Housing Crisis Tarnishes Golden Years
June 5, 2009

Greenwich Time: Rep's Case Against Sick Leave is Superficial
June 4, 2009

USA Today: Benefit Spending Soars to New Highs
June 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

USA Today: Former Treasury Secretary Summers Adapts His Style
June 3, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Charlotte Observer: Don't Take Educational Opportunity Away in N.C.
June 3, 2009

Campus Progress: Righting Past Wrongs
June 1, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

New Zealand Herald: 100,000 Jobs May Go as GM Falls
June 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Observer (UK): President's GM Aid Plan Under Fire
May 31, 2009 (Dean Baker)

San Diego Union-Tribune: Foreclosures Increasing for Prime Loans
May 29, 2009 (Dean Baker)

MarketWatch: Ill and on the Job
May 29, 2009

Christian Science Monitor: Why the IMF Should Lighten Up on the World’s Poorest Nations
May 29, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Inter Press Service: NGOs Oppose Nearly 100-Billion-Dollar Pledge to IMF
May 29, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

MarketWatch: Geithner Goes to Beijing to Manage Bad Marriage
May 29, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Portside With Burt Cohen (WSCA FM): 3rd World Economy and $108 Billion for IMF
May 28, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Mother Jones: The Banking Crisis Revisited
May 27, 2009 (Dean Baker)

CNN Money: When it Makes Sense to Rent
May 26, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Nation: The Greatest Swindle Ever Sold
May 26, 2009 (Dean Baker)

PBS Nightly Business Report: Reviving the Economy: Signs of Stimulus?
May 25, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Financial: New Funds for IMF Approved by U.S. Senate Would Worsen Global Economic Downturn, Economists Say
May 23, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

New York Times: U.S. Jobless Rate May Soon Top Europe’s
May 22, 2009 (John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, Shawn Fremstad)

Financial Times: U.S. Health Reforms Focus on Cost Control
May 22, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Politico: Alan Grayson to Introduce Paid Vacation Act
May 21, 2009

Daily Record (NJ): Doc: We All Need to Take Time Off
May 21, 2009 (John Schmitt)

Huffington Post: Rosa DeLauro: Swine Flu "Looming Large" Behind Sick Leave Bill
May 20, 2009

Detroit Metro Times: Two Steps Left
May 20, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Inter Press Service: Banks in Recovery as Home Foreclosures Hit Record
May 20, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Paid Vacation Bill Goes To The Hill
May 19, 2009 (John Schmitt)

Uprising Radio: New Efforts to Expand American Vacation and Sick Leave
May 19, 2009

Huffington Post: U.S. Sick Leave Policy Makes Nation More Vulnerable To Swine Flu
May 19, 2009

FOX Business: TARP's Evolving Legacy
May 18, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Boston Globe: Geithner Gains Currency
May 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Real News Network: Borrowing Into Submission?
May 16, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Charleston Gazette: Study Shows Workers Gain From Unionization
May 16, 2009 (John Schmitt)

Plain Dealer (OH): How About a Bailout for Social Security?
May 16, 2009

New York Times: Bill Would Guarantee Up to 7 Paid Sick Days
May 15, 2009

Inter Press Service: IMF Using Global Crisis to "Re-Launch" Itself
May 15, 2009 (Deborah James)

Mother Jones: Next Up: The Battle Over Wall Street Reform
May 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Buffalo News: U.S. Plan is to fix, not Run, Companies
May 10, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Job Losses Slow in April, but the Toll is Still Heavy
May 9, 2009 (Dean Baker)

American Prospect: A Stalled Counterrevolution
May 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: U.S. Jobless Rate Hits 8.9%, but Pace of Losses Eases
May 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Timothy Geithner's Bailout Dollar Recycling May Be Illegal
May 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

PBS NewsHour: 'Stress Tests' Put Credibility of Banks, Regulators Back in Spotlight
May 7, 2009 (Interview with Dean Baker)

Marketplace (American Public Media): Let Some Big Banks Fail!
May 7, 2009 (Interview with Dean Baker)

CNBC: Should Government Fire Bank CEOs?
May 7, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

The Young Turks: Dean Baker Discusses the Financial Crisis
May 5, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Foreclosure: In The Midst Of Crisis, No Reliable Data
May 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Six Steps To Dis-Empowering Wall Street
May 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Hill: Bernanke Confident Ahead of Stress Tests
May 5, 2009 (Dean Baker)

CNBC: Stress Test Results Won't End The Uncertainty Over Banks
May 5, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Creditors May Have Pushed For Chrysler Bankruptcy To Rake In Bailout Cash
May 5, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Lancaster Eagle-Gazette (PA): Dreams of a Multi-Polar World? Be Careful What You Wish For
May 5, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Indianapolis Star: Plunder and Blunder
May 4, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Roll Call: EFCA is a Priority for Many Civil Rights Leaders
April 30, 2009

The Australian: The Monthly's Success Up to Me: Magazine Publisher
April 30, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Washington Post: U.S. in Control: Its Goal to Fix, Not Run Firms
April 29, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Observer (Uganda): It’s Time for Home-Grown Policies
April 29, 2009 (Ha-Joon Chang)

Alternet: We Need to Make Good Jobs Out of "Green Jobs"
April 29, 2009 (Dean Baker)

NPR: Thoroughly Modern Marx
April 29, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Savannah Morning News (GA): Savannah's Housing Not Affordable for Many, Study Shows
April 29, 2009 (Dean Baker)

CNBC: Optimism About US Economy May Be Wishful Thinking: Panel
April 28, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Progressive: The Meaning of Arlen Specter's Party Switch
April 28, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Observer (UK): Can the IMF Now Feed the World?
April 26, 2009
(Mark Weisbrot)

The Telegraph (UK): US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Says He is "Encouraged" by Slowdown in Recession
April 25, 2009
(Mark Weisbrot)

Daytona Beach News-Journal: Renters Find Affordable Housing Scarce
April 25, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Columbus Dispatch (OH): Avoiding Cuts at All Costs
April 25, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Marketplace (American Public Media): Scrutinizing the Role of the IMF
April 24, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

The Post (Zambia): ‘IMF still prescribing harmful policies’
April 24, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Inter Press Service: Struggle to Solve Crisis Moves to IMF, World Bank
April 24, 2009

Washington Times: IMF Eases Limits on Loans
April 24, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

BBC: The International Monetary Fund Returns
April 24, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

San Diego Union-Tribune: Default Notices Hit Record in County
April 23, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Peninsula Clarion (AK): Labor, Business Spar Over Free Choice Act
April 23, 2009 (John Schmitt)

News & Observer (NC): House Panel Airs Bad Loans Bill
April 23, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Politico: Arena: Climate Change Legislation?
April 23, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Deutsche Presse-Agentur: IMF Set for Huge Expansion as World Finance Ministers Meet
April 23, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Politico: Before King, Obama's Base was Laid
April 23, 2009
(John Schmitt)

The Morning Show (KPFA, 94.1 FM CA): April 22, 2009
April 22, 2009 (Dean Baker)

VOA: IMF Enters Spring Meetings Full of G20 Cash
April 22, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

CNN Money: Worst-Case Scenario Survival Guide
April 20, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Financial Times: US Cannot Rely on Inventory Cycle to Lead Way to Recovery
April 20, 2009 (Eileen Appelbaum)

Between the Lines: Obstacles Stand in Way of Thaw in U.S. - Cuban and Venezuelan Relations
April 20, 2009 (Interview with Mark Weisbrot)

Asheville Citizen-Times (NC): Study: Rental Housing Is ‘Out of Reach' for Many
April 19, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Louisville Courier-Journal (KY): Renters Struggling in Tough Economy
April 19, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Dallas Morning News: Sure You Want to Be a Homeowner?
April 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Minnesota Public Radio: Obama Voices Cautious Optimism on the Economy
April 17, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Xinhua: Port of Spain Braces for Americas Summit
April 17, 20009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Foster's Daily Democrat (NH): Report: Home Foreclosures Put Pressure on Availability of Affordable Rental Units
April 16, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Salon.com: The Prophets of Doom
April 16, 2009 (Dean Baker)

CQ Politics: Time to Re-read the Economic Tea Leaves
April 16, 2009
(Dean Baker)

The Diane Rehm Show (NPR): State of the U.S. Economy
April 15, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Politico: Arena: One Change in the American Tax System
April 15, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Metro Times (MI): Hard Times
April 15, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Progressive: Obama's Speech on the Economy Falls Flat
April 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

CNBC: Abolishing the Income Tax?
April 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Forbes: U.S. Cities Where It's Hardest To Get By
April 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Connecticut Post: Rents Unaffordable, Especially in Fairfield County
April 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Time Magazine: Goldman's Profits: Gambling with Taxpayer Money?
April 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

CNBC: Affordability Not Improving for Renters Nationwide
April 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

St. Petersburg Times (FL): Cuba Likely to Dominate Obama's Attention at Summit of the Americas
April 14, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Daily News (CA): Roommates Become a Necessity for Some
April 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Hour (CT): Stamford-Norwalk Region Most Expensive for Renters in Country
April 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Democracy Now!: Noam Chomsky on the Global Economic Crisis, Health Care, US Foreign Policy and Resistance to American Empire
April 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Talk of the Nation (NPR): Bailout Bonds: Should Small Investors Buy In?
April 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Wisconsin State Journal: Jobless Spike Should Scare Obama
April 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Uprising Radio (KPFK, 90.7 FM L.A.): Is Social Security Under Threat Again?
April 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Work with Marty Nemko (KALW, CA): Will Obamanomics Work?
April 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Los Angeles Times: HUD's Dollar Homes Falls Short of Mission
April 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Daily Herald (WA): Property in Mexico Remains a Safe Investment
April 12, 2009

UPI: HUD Program Benefits Investors, Others
April 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

San Francisco Chronicle: Economists Split Over Timing of Recovery
April 10, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Wall Street Journal: Obama for Change (In Your Mortgage)
April 9, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Beverly Hills Times: Tax The Speculators
April 9, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Laura Flanders Show (Grit TV): Inland Empire: Warehouse Workers Organize in California
April 9, 2009 (Dean Baker)

San Francisco Chronicle: Why Workers Need the Employee Free Choice Act
April 9, 2009

Houston Chronicle: Unionization Substantially Raises Wages of Pennsylvania Service-Sector Workers
April 8, 2009

Business Standard (India): The Perfidious Myths of Free Trade
April 8, 2009 (Ha-Joon Chang)

Huffington Post: Geithner Bank Plan Faces New Wave Of Criticism
April 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC, 93.9 FM): Road to Recovery?
April 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: How Unions' Grass-Roots Organizing, Pragmatism Can Pass Pro-Labor Bill
April 8, 2009 (John Schmitt)

CNBC: Breaking the Banks
April 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Salon.com: A Message War the Republicans Won
April 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Whoops: Economic Forecast Wrong Within Weeks
April 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Associated Press: Some Business Make Layoffs the Last Option
April 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New Statesman (UK): How Global Influence Has Shifted
April 6, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

The Day (CT): Better Wages, Benefits Will Come With Free Choice Act
April 5, 2009

Sacremento Bee: Billionaire Buffett Benefits from Bailout He Promoted
April 5, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Newsday: Economic Bust Takes Wind out of Baby Boomers' Sails
April 4, 2009 (David Rosnick)

TNG Real Estate Radio Show (KTIE 590 AM, CA): Interview with David Rosnick
April 4, 2009

New York Times: No End in Sight to Job Losses; 663,000 More Cut in March
April 3, 2009 (Dean Baker)

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

Counterspin (FAIR): Mark Weisbrot on the G20
April 3, 2009

BBC: Martha Kearney's Week
April 3, 2009 (Ha-Joon Chang)

Seattle Times: Employee Free Choice Act is Overdue
April 3, 2009

Mmegi (Botswana): IMF Policies Have Failed - Experts
April 2, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot, Ha-Joon Chang)

Washington Independent: Fannie, Freddie Quietly Lift Moratorium on Foreclosures
April 2, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Laura Flanders Show (Grit TV): Labor and Capital at the G-20, The Good Negro, and Have Anti-War Voices Gone Silent?
April 1, 2009 Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: Bank Rescue 2.0: Treasury Could Dump Toxic Assets Online
April 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Huffington Post: GOP Budget Plan Assumes Americans Would Choose Higher Tax Rate
April 1, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Forum With Michael Krasny (KQED FM 88.5): Great Expectations -- The G20 Meeting
April 1, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Public Service Review: What Can Be Done to Avoid Protectionism in the Credit Crunch?
April 1, 2009 (Ha-Joon Chang)

 

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