CEPR in the News (Archive)

April - June 2010

• Interview with Mark Weisbrot on Economic Recovery
  Joy Cardin (Wisconsin Public Radio), June 30, 2010


• 55 Percent of U.S. Adults Have Felt Recession's Sting
  The Seattle Times, June 30, 2010


• Vacation: We Certainly Don't Do It Like the French
  Patt Morrison (89.3 KPCC-FM) , June 30, 2010


• Recession Cut into Employment for Half of Working Adults, Study Says
  The Washington Post, June 30, 2010


• Failure at the G-20
  The American Prospect, June 30, 2010


• The Harder They Should Fall
  The Boston Globe, June 29, 2010


• City Symbolizes Budget Crisis Facing Many Across US
  CNBC, June 29, 2010


• Dean Baker: Financial Reform or Lack Thereof?
  GRITtv, June 29, 2010


• Austerity Cometh?
  The Kudlow Report (CNBC), June 28, 2010


• Bank Overhaul Bill Has Plenty of Rules and Critics
  The Washington Post, June 28, 2010


• Oliver Stone, Tour Guide
  The New York Times, June 25, 2010


• Banks ‘Dodged a Bullet’ as Congress Dilutes Rules
  Bloomberg BusinessWeek, June 25, 2010


• How Financial Overhaul Affects Your Everyday Life
  The Associated Press, June 25, 2010


• New-Home Sales Plummet Nearly 33% in May from April
  The Los Angeles Times, June 24, 2010


• Betting Who's Right on Housing: Baker-Whitney vs Maki-Harris
  Bloomberg, June 24, 2010


• Should We Pay Retirees to Leave the Country?
  The Washington Independent, June 24, 2010


• Could Right To Rent Stop the Foreclosure Hurricane?
  The Nation, June 23, 2010


• Northeast Home Sales Derail National Increase
  Associated Press, June 23, 2010


• EU in a 'Catch-22 Situation' on Debt, US Economist Says
  Hürriyet Daily News, June 23, 2010


• Has Stimulus Become a Dirty Word?
  The Financial Post, June 23, 2010


• Modified Mortgages Faltering
  USA Today, June 22, 2010


• Cutting Non-violent Offenders Could Save Tax Dollars
  Workers Independent News, June 21, 2010


• Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker Oliver Stone Tackles Latin America’s Political Upheaval in "South of the Border", US Financial Crisis in Sequel to Iconic "Wall Street"
  Democracy Now!, June 21, 2010


• CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot and Bob McChesney Discuss 'South of the Border'
  Media Matters with Bob McChesney, June 20, 2010


• U.S. Once Again Cast as World's Consumer of Last Resort
  The Los Angeles Times, June 19, 2010


• Decades of High Unemployment Likely
  The REALnews network, June 18, 2010


• Lawmakers Expand Fed Disclosure, Drop New York Fed Chief Plan
  Bloomberg, June 18, 2010


• Deflation—Not Inflation—May Be Bigger Threat to Economy
  CNBC, June 18, 2010


• For Father’s Day, How About Buying Dad Health Insurance?
  Kansas City Star, June 18, 2010


• Debbie Wasserman Schultz Says Job Creation in 2010 on Pace to Eclipse Growth During George W. Bush's Entire Administration
  PolitiFact, June 18, 2010


• Fed Dodges Bullet as House Drops Audit Idea
  Reuters, June 15, 2010


• Report Highlights Prison Costs in NC Budget Debate
  Public News Service, June 14, 2010


• Donaldson: Postal Service Needs Makeover, Not To Be Shunted Aside as Obsolete
  The Portland Press Herald, June 14, 2010


• News Analysis: BP Spill Batters Bits and Pieces of U.S. Economy
  Xinhua News Agency, June 12, 2010


• Recession 2.0?
  CNN, June 12, 2010


• Minority Population Growth Demands Better Education, Groups Say
  Bloomberg BusinessWeek, June 11, 2010


• Slumping Retail Sales Raise Question: What Will Sustain Recovery?
  The Los Angeles Times, June 11, 2010


• Report: Reducing Incarceration Rate Could Save Billions
  The Washington Examiner, June 10, 2010


• Baking Up Answers
  Street Sense, June 09, 2010


• Signs of Economic Weakness May Further Imperil Stocks
  Chicago Tribune, June 09, 2010


• Why Letting Greece Default Would Be Cheaper than a Bailout
  The Christian Science Monitor, June 07, 2010


• 1 in 5 N.M. Workers on Government Payroll
  The Santa Fe New Mexican, June 07, 2010


• Oliver Stone Promotes New Film "South of the Border" in South America
  Latin America News Dispatch, June 04, 2010


• Prevent Layoffs with WorkShare Laws
  Bloomberg Businessweek, June 04, 2010


• This Week at the Movies
  Buenos Aires Herald, June 03, 2010


• Oliver Stone and Film "South of the Border" Greeted by Thousands of Bolivians
  MercoPress, June 03, 2010


• R.I. Has 6th-Least Government Employees
  Providence Business News, June 03, 2010


• Paying America's Debt, With Your AmEx
  Newsweek, June 03, 2010


• Wonkbook: Criminal Spill; Chronic Unemployment; New Health Fight
  Washington Post, June 02, 2010


• Oliver Stone takes ‘South of the Border’ to Bolivia
  The Hollywood Reporter, June 02, 2010


• Our No Vacation Nation
  CBS, May 30, 2010


• Bush: War Boosts The U.S. Economy
  Huffington Post, May 28, 2010


• Oliver Stone Says He Was 'Tough' on Chavez
  Hardtalk (BBC), May 27, 2010


• Stone to Speak at the National Press Club
  UPI, May 26, 2010


• Honduras: Lost or 'Re-founded'?
  Huffington Post, May 26, 2010


• Long-Term Unemployment: No Help for the 99ers
  CommonDreams.org, May 25, 2010


• Latest Economic Worries: Made In Korea
  CNNMoney.com, May 25, 2010


• Greek-Style Medicine May Be Worse Than the Disease
  CTV.ca, May 24, 2010


• Europe Today: The Euro
  BBC, May 20, 2010


• SED Set to Sidestep Yuan Strength
  China Daily, May 20, 2010


• Push-Pull: John Schmitt on Immigration and Labor
  The Drucker Institute, May 17, 2010


• In 3 Years, Greece Will Be Back to Crisis: Mark Weisbrot
  Daily News & Analysis (India), May 15, 2010


• Anxious Wall Street Must Learn From Flash Crash
  The Guardian Unlimited, May 14, 2010


• New York Attorney General Leads Investigation Into Wall Street Banks
  Marketplace (American Public Media), May 13, 2010


• Government Workers: Leeches on Public Purse or Underpaid and Underappreciated?
  Working (In These Times), May 13, 2010


• Unemployed ... and Obsolete?
  The Takeaway, May 13, 2010


• Housing Optimists Are
  Yahoo! Finance, May 12, 2010


• How is the Aid Money To Haiti Being Spent?
  CBS News, May 12, 2010


• Where Is Haiti Relief Money Going?
  CBS Evening News, May 12, 2010


• In Job Market Shift, Some Workers Are Left Behind
  The New York Times, May 12, 2010


• Senate Votes for Audit of Fed Loans
  USA Today, May 12, 2010


• Dean Baker on Bernanke's Renomination
  New York Times, May 12, 2010


• Greek Cabinet Agrees Radical Pension Reform
  The Sydney Morning Herald, May 11, 2010


• "The People Of Greece Are Fighting For The Whole Of Europe"
  Democracy Now!, May 11, 2010


• "The People Of Greece Are Fighting For The Whole Of Europe"
  Democracy Now!, May 11, 2010


• Interview with Mark Weisbrot on Greece
  At Issue with Ben Merens (Wisconsin Public Radio), May 11, 2010


• A ‘Disastrous’ Republican Proposal to Redo Fannie and Freddie
  The Washington Independent, May 11, 2010


• Interview with Mark Weisbrot on Greece
  At Issue with Ben Merens (Wisconsin Public Radio), May 11, 2010


• A Rich New Poverty Measure
  The New York Times, May 10, 2010


• The Impact of Greece's Downturn
  Riz Khan (Al Jazeera), May 10, 2010


• The Bailout's Costs Are Big – But Falling
  The Christian Science Monitor, May 10, 2010


• Interview with Deborah James
  The Jeff Farias Show, May 10, 2010


• Dean Baker: Deficits, Loans and Losses
  GRITtv, May 10, 2010


• IMF Has One Cure for Debt Crises – Public Spending Cuts with Tax Rises
  The Guardian Unlimited, May 09, 2010


• Scandals Sap American Market Credibility
  Rachel Maddow (MSNBC), May 07, 2010


• A Literal Greek Economic Tragedy
  It's the Economy (KGNU 88.5 FM, Boulder, CO), May 06, 2010


• Research May Exonerate Fed for Housing Bubble
  Reuters, May 05, 2010


• Are Homeowners Really Skipping Out on Their Mortgages to Spend at the Mall?
  The Minnesota Independent, May 04, 2010


• Greece Still Has a Choice
  The Guardian Unlimited, May 02, 2010


• Obama Says U.S. Economic Heartbeat 'Growing Stronger'
  The Sydney Morning Herald, May 01, 2010


• Tier 5: Congress Sends Mixed Signals About Adding More Weeks Of Unemployment Benefits
  The Huffington Post, April 30, 2010


• The Wailing Wall
  Bloomberg Businessweek, April 29, 2010


• Expiring Federal Tax Credit Sets Off Rush to Buy Homes
  The Los Angeles Times, April 29, 2010


• PoliPointPress offers progressive books on current affairs, politics, and sustainability
  Washington Examiner, April 29, 2010


• Identifying the US's Fiscal Problems
  Financial Times, April 27, 2010


• Return of the Death Squads
  In These Times, April 27, 2010


• Washington Has Always Helped Set Rules for Wall Street
  CNN, April 26, 2010


• China's Clout in World Bank Grows
  AFP, April 26, 2010


• Global Implications of U.S. Banking Reform
  Public Radio International, April 23, 2010


• A Housing Crisis for the Working Poor
  Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 23, 2010


• G-20 Chiefs to Press Finance Reform
  Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2010


• Getting Harder to Pay the Rent
  Times Herald-Record, April 22, 2010


• Rosy Reports: Home Sales Jump, Jobless Claims Fall
  AP, April 22, 2010


• Exchange Rates Are Important Determinant Of Latin America's Economic Performance
  Eurasia Review, April 22, 2010


• Dean Baker: Taxing Financial Speculation is Fair Way to Go
  The Cap Times, April 21, 2010


• Dean Baker, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and the SEC
  GRITtv, April 21, 2010


• IMF Tightening Control
  Inter Press Service, April 21, 2010


• IMF Bank Tax Proposal Shows Idea May Have Legs
  MarketWatch, April 21, 2010


• Many Americans Struggling with Rising Rental Housing Costs
  Miami Herald, April 21, 2010


• Baker Says Regulatory Overhaul Won't `Change the System'
  Bloomberg TV, April 21, 2010


• Common Ground on Bank Tax Unlikely
  The Korea Herald, April 20, 2010


• Haiti-U.S.: Washington Aid Policy May Be Shifting
  IRIN News, April 19, 2010


• Dean Baker: Economist Who Saw it Coming
  The Cap Times, April 18, 2010


• U.S. Taxes to Rise - but When, How Much?
  Xinhua News Agency, April 17, 2010


• The Bailout is a Bargain? Think Again
  New York Times, April 16, 2010


• Going Postal in the Digital Age
  CBS News, April 16, 2010


• Foreclosures Rise in Spite of Aid Program's Efforts
  USA Today, April 15, 2010


• Unemployment Benefits Can Help People Land the Right Job
  MarketWatch, April 15, 2010


• Tea Parties Protest Government Spending
  CNBC, April 15, 2010


• Economic Doubts Linger Despite Sales, Profit Growth
  NPR, April 14, 2010


• Unemployment Climbs Among Black Men Even as Nationwide Jobless Rates Level Off
  The Grand Rapids Press, April 14, 2010


• The Euro - In Danger of Collapse?
  The Analyst, April 13, 2010


• Nation's Soaring Deficit Calls for Painful Choices
  USA Today, April 13, 2010


• Health Care Reform: Portland Dancer Barely Makes Subsidized Insurance Payments
  The Oregonian, April 12, 2010


• NY Home Mortgage Rates May Hit 6% by Year's End
  New York Post, April 11, 2010


• What 10% Mortgage Rates Do To Housing
  24/7 Wall St., April 11, 2010


• Privatize Fannie & Freddie?
  Power Lunch (CNBC), April 09, 2010


• Jobless Numbers Show No Evidence of a Post-Racial America
  The Washington Independent, April 06, 2010


• UK's 50% Tax Rate Goes Into Effect
  CNBC, April 06, 2010


• Bank Scam with Economist Dean Baker of CEPR
  The Young Turks, April 06, 2010


• CrossTalk on the IMF
  CrossTalk (RT), April 05, 2010


• Job Prospects Grim for Youth, Especially Black Teens
  NPR, April 02, 2010


• A Surprise from the Manufacturing Sector
  SmartMoney, April 01, 2010