CEPR in the News: April - June 2012

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April - June 2012


Mexico's Elections: Back to the Future?
Inside Story (Al Jazeera), June 30, 2012


Mexicans Poised to Choose New President
Fox News Latino, June 30, 2012


Latin America: How the US Has Allied with the Forces of Reaction
Common Dreams, June 29, 2012


Living Room, for June 29, 2012 - 12:00pm
KPFA, June 29, 2012


Mexico's Precarious Economy Will Seal PAN's Defeat, Report Says
Fox News Latino (EFE), June 28, 2012


Running Out of Time, and Money
The News International, June 28, 2012


Knight: Public worker layoffs hurt recovery
PekinTimes.com, June 28, 2012


Drugs and Violence Underscore U.S. Influence in Honduras
Inter Press Service, June 28, 2012


Automation vs. Jobs
TMCnet.com, June 28, 2012


Ha-Joon Chang on the Eurozone Crisis and Growth
Social Europe Journal, June 27, 2012


Mark Weisbrot Interview on Paraguay Coup
Sojourner Truth (KPFK 90.7FM, Los Angeles, CA), June 27, 2012


Rising Home Sales Support Case for Housing Recovery
The Wall Street Journal, June 27, 2012


No Danger of Housing Market Collapse: RBA
Business Spectator , June 27, 2012


RBA Insists No Imminent Housing Sector Meltdown in Australia
International Business Times, June 26, 2012


No Risk of Housing Bust: RBA
The Age, June 26, 2012


An appeal to Ecuador to grant Julian Assange political asylum
Comment Is Free (The Guardian), June 26, 2012


Are There Alternatives to a Euro Zone Recession?
Business News Network (Canada), June 25, 2012


Land Inequality in Paraguay Plays Role in Fernando Lugo’s Removal from Presidency (Mark joins the program at 16:30)
Free Speech Radio News, June 25, 2012


Mismeasuring Poverty
The American Prospect, June 25, 2012


Recovery Teeters on Fiscal Precipice
The Detroit News, June 25, 2012


Alex Main Interview on the Coup in Paraguay
Strategy Session (KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles, CA), June 25, 2012


Left Gov'ts Condemn Paraguay Coup
Green Left Weekly, June 24, 2012


Is Income Inequality a Danger Sign for Economy?
Austin American Statesman, June 23, 2012


State’s Work-Share Costs Could Drop by $36M Per Year
Gazette.net (Maryland Community News Online), June 22, 2012


Should Health Care Cover Pre-Existing Conditions?
CNN, June 22, 2012


After Years Of Outsourcing, Small U.S. Manufacturers Bring Jobs Back To America
The Huffington Post, June 22, 2012


Wikileaks’ Julian Assange Seeking Asylum from Ecuador
Sojourner Truth (KPFK 90.7FM, Los Angeles, CA), June 21, 2012


Knight: Fracking Is Unsafe and Must Be Addressed
PekinTimes.com, June 21, 2012


5 Scenarios for the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Health Care
Entrepreneur, June 21, 2012


GOP Ramps Up Campaign to Challenge Democratic Legislators
Warwick Beacon, June 21, 2012


Bill Knight: Trimming is an issue
East Peoria Times Courier, June 20, 2012


'The People Need Robin Hood': Nurses Union Leads Nationwide Campaign to Force Wall Street to Pay Its Fair Share
AlterNet, June 19, 2012


Swing States' Job Claims Promoting Mitt Romney Ignore Reality, Economists Say
The Huffington Post, June 19, 2012


Public Worker Layoffs, Public Works Obstacles Both Hurt U.S. Recovery
ReviewAtlas.com, June 19, 2012


Liberals Working for the Right
OpEdNews, June 19, 2012


Emerging From the Crisis: How Latvia Did It
Globe and Mail, June 19, 2012


Obama Response to Jobs Crisis Still Too Weak
BeyondChron, June 18, 2012


Edna Loehman: Sanfacon Stronger on Fracking
TimesCall.com, June 18, 2012


David Brooks And The Meaning Of Greece
Forbes, June 17, 2012


Rather Than Slashing Social Security How About Lifting the Cap?
Gilmer Mirror, June 17, 2012


The Great Retirement Squeeze—Pension Cuts Mean Poverty for Future Elders
La Prensa San Diego, June 15, 2012


Letters: Debating a Minimum Wage Increase
News Day, June 15, 2012


Obama calls Romney ‘out of touch’ in attack ad [VIDEO]
The Daily Caller, June 14, 2012


UPDATE 1-U.S. Foreclosures Up for 1st Time in 27 Months
Reuters, June 14, 2012


EU Think Tanks: Thinking Us Through the Crisis?
EurActiv.com, June 14, 2012


Is the US Covering Up a Drug-War Massacre?
The Fix, June 14, 2012


Eurozone Crisis...What's the End Game?
The Big Picture (RT), June 13, 2012


Hong Kong Employers Fight Paternity Leave Plan
AFP, June 13, 2012


The Great Retirement Squeeze—Pension Cuts Mean Poverty for Future Elders
New American Media, June 13, 2012


Comparing the Recent Huge Drop in Household Wealth to Past Recessions (CHART)
Talking Points Memo, June 13, 2012


Criminal Pasts Haunt Desperate Job Seekers
The Arizona Republic, June 13, 2012


Obama Supporters Hit Back Against 'Job-Killer' Claims
RTT News, June 13, 2012


Recession 2013: This Report Shows We're Already Headed There
Money Morning, June 13, 2012


Mexico's G20 Summit: In the Eye of the Storm
Foreign Policy in Focus, June 13, 2012


Mark Weisbrot Interview with Takes on the World
KZYX & Z, 90.7, 91.5, Mendocino Co. Public Radio, June 13, 2012


Tenn., Miss. Senate Republicans Hope to Solve Congress' Financial Problems
The Commercial Appeal, June 12, 2012


So You Think You Can Be a Hair Braider?
New York Times, June 12, 2012


Where's My Paycheck and My Democracy?
Truthout, June 12, 2012


Workers Lose While Bosses Gain as Downturn Drags On
MSN Money (Bloomberg), June 11, 2012


Long-Term Unemployment Crisis Rolls On
CNNMoney, June 11, 2012


Long-Term Unemployment Crisis Rolls On
KVIA.com, June 11, 2012


‘Budget Cuts for Europe Like Pouring Gas on Fire’
RT, June 08, 2012


Should Fed Intervene in Spanish Bond Market?
The Real News Network, June 08, 2012


New Book Says The 1% Aren’t Rich Enough
Atlanta Black Star, June 08, 2012


Expanded Family Leave Mandate Passes Assembly
Orange County Register, June 08, 2012


Workers Lost Ground During Recession As Bosses Gained
Bloomberg, June 08, 2012


Laboratory, Honduras
The Dominion, June 08, 2012


What Drives U.S. Policy in Central America?
Inside Story (Al Jazeera), June 08, 2012


Estonia and Latvia: Europe's Champions of Austerity?
The Guardian, June 08, 2012


Raise the Income Cap to Fix Social Security
KUOW 94.9 FM (Puget Sound, WA), June 07, 2012


Is Ecuador's Economic Policy a Non Neo-Liberal Alternative?
The Real News Network, June 07, 2012


Welfare Offers Rich Pickings for the Wealthy
Conversation, June 06, 2012


The Neo Liberal Shadow at the End of the Tunnel
Democratic Voice of Burma, June 05, 2012


Dear Bank of America, We’re Not Leaving Our Homes
Yes!, June 05, 2012


Honduras: The Bloodiest Nation in the World
International Business Times, June 01, 2012


Public Sector Cuts Dragging Down US's Already Fragile Economic Recovery
The Guardian, May 31, 2012


The Jamaicanization of Europe
The Huffington Post, May 29, 2012


New ILO Leadership Could Push For Better Economic Policies
The Huffington Post, May 29, 2012


Dissenting Vote
Frontline, May 29, 2012


The Case For and Against Private Equity
Forum, KQED FM, May 29, 2012


Jamaica’s Phillips: Country Must Put Debt on Downward Trajectory
Caribbean Journal, May 26, 2012


The Second Great Depression
The Observer, May 26, 2012


Job Crisis Affects Old As Well As Young Workers
The Economic Times (Times of India), May 25, 2012


What Greece Can Learn from Argentina
The Gulf Times, May 23, 2012


Facebook's Botched IPO: Winners and Losers
The Week, May 23, 2012


Boomers and Millennials: Who's Got It Worse in the Workplace?
Bloomberg Businessweek, May 22, 2012


American Capitalism on Trial
Orlando Sentinel, May 21, 2012


Cost of Losing Athens Can't Be Calculated
Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2012


Work Sharing Could Limit Layoffs if Ohio Legislature Approves Bill
Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 19, 2012


Bernie Sanders Offers Plan To Cut Prescription Drug Prices
The Huffington Post, May 19, 2012


"Right-To-Work" And Labor's Wrongs
The Indypendent, May 19, 2012


Dean Baker Explains The Media's Obsession With The Deficit
Media Matters Radio, May 19, 2012


Rick Wilson: Work sharing beats layoffs
Charleston Gazette, May 19, 2012


Romney Misreads Morgan Mess
Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2012


This Week in Poverty: A Little Help for the Long-Term Unemployed?
The Nation, May 18, 2012


Greece Compared with Argentina — Again
Buenos Aires Herald, May 18, 2012


When 'Greed is Good' and 'Inequality is Even Better'
PressTV, May 18, 2012


CFOs Lobby Congress on Dividend Tax
The Kudlow Report (CNBC), May 17, 2012


Why 2012 Is Reality TV at Nightfall, Not Morning in America
National Journal, May 16, 2012


The 2012 Campaign Has a Face and It Is Sad
The Atlantic Wire, May 16, 2012


Economist: Copyright Is An Antiquated Relic That Has No Place In The Digital Age
Tech Dirt, May 16, 2012


Too Often, a New Baby Brings Big Debt
The Nation, May 15, 2012


Unemployment: Addressing a Worsening 'Human Disaster' in U.S.
PBS NewsHour, May 14, 2012


Gas-Rich States Lose Fracking Lottery
Reuters, May 14, 2012


The Creditors' Budget
The Gleaner (Jamaica), May 13, 2012


Healthcare Jobs Fuel Revival in Pittsburgh
Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2012


Jamaica Caught in Debt Trap
Jamaica Observer, May 11, 2012


Crawford Disappointed With Budget Cuts
Go Jamaica, May 11, 2012


Austerity and Democracy
Dominican Today, May 11, 2012


City Spy: Fincham Still Sore From Queen Kicking
London Evening Standard, May 10, 2012


IMF Policies Could Strangle Jamaica's Future - Report
The Gleaner (Jamaica), May 10, 2012


Austerity, the Euro Crisis and the U.S.
The Real News, May 09, 2012


IMF Demands Could Keep Jamaica in "Debt Trap" - Report
Go Jamaica, May 09, 2012


Group: Jamaica Swamped By Interest on Debt
Bloomberg Businessweek (AP), May 09, 2012


What French and Greek Election Results Mean for European Economic Unity
The Diane Rehm Show (NPR), May 08, 2012


Greek Vote Poses New Challenge for IMF Rescue
AFP, May 08, 2012


IMF Policies Crippling Jamaican Economy
Inter-Press Service, May 08, 2012


David Brooks, “Structuralist”
Salon, May 08, 2012


Jamaica's Debt Interest Payments Were World’s Highest in 2011: Report
Caribbean Journal, May 07, 2012


U.S. Economy is Key to Re-Election of Barack Obama
The Guardian, May 06, 2012


Wage, Labor Moves Would Expand the Middle Class: Harold Meyerson
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 06, 2012


Weak Job Growth Feeds Concerns of Slowdown
Los Angeles Times, May 05, 2012


Barack Obama Debuts Stump Speech
PolitiFact, May 05, 2012


Ecuador: Turning a Corner
Mining Journal, May 04, 2012


Did Mitt Romney Set The Unemployment Bar Impossibly High?
TPM, May 04, 2012


Labor Force Participation Is Lower Than It Has Been In 30 Years — Why It Matters And Why It Doesn’t
TPMDC, May 04, 2012


The 10 Most Fascinating Things I Read This Week
The Motley Fool, May 04, 2012


Romney Pal Writes an Ode to Inequality
TIME, May 04, 2012


America's Long-Term Unemployed: 'For Those Looking for Work, It's Very Bleak'
The Guardian, May 03, 2012


40 Years Of Workers Left Behind
TMPDC, May 02, 2012


The Recovery Is Really Good at Creating Bad Jobs
The Nation, May 02, 2012


Is the U.S. Still in Recession?
The Kudlow Report (CNBC), May 02, 2012


Draw at Doha
Asia Times Online, May 01, 2012


Ha-Joon Chang and John Lanchester: 'The Opportunity to Change After the Financial Crisis Has So Far Been Squandered'
Comment is Free (The Guardian), May 01, 2012


The Purpose of Spectacular Wealth, According to a Spectacularly Wealthy Guy
New York Times Magazine, May 01, 2012


Keep Loan Rate Low
Buffalo News, May 01, 2012


Economists Clash on Jobs Fracking to Bring to NY
Reuters , April 30, 2012


Mark Weisbrot on Argentina Re-nationalizing Oil
CounterSpin (FAIR), April 27, 2012


How to Cut Social Security Mercifully
CNNMoney (Fortune), April 27, 2012


Resist Attempt to Curb UNCTAD’s Role: Activists
The Gulf Times, April 26, 2012


Developed Countries Refuse to Accept Roots of Crises: Forum
The Peninsula (Qatar), April 26, 2012


What's Behind America's 'Great Divergence'
NPR, April 26, 2012


Developed Countries Under Fire
Gulf Times, April 26, 2012


Argentina YPF Takeover Feeds Investor Worries
MarketWatch, April 25, 2012


The Other America, 2012: Confronting the Poverty Epidemic
The Nation, April 25, 2012


Social Security Is Not Broke: Seven And A Half Things To Know
The Huffington Post, April 24, 2012


Beat the Press with Dean Baker
The Real News, April 23, 2012


Research Shows the U.S. is a Low Wage Country
CBS MoneyWatch, April 23, 2012


Viewpoints: The War Over Women
Kaiser Health News, April 23, 2012


Interview with Mark Weisbrot on the IMF (Mark joins the program at 30:10)
Wake Up Call (WBAI 99.5FM, New York, NY), April 23, 2012


Increase New York’s Minimum Wage to $8.50 an Hour
New York Daily News, April 22, 2012


Latin America Unravels the Populist Putdown
North American Congress on Latin America, April 20, 2012


Interview with Mark Weisbrot
Sojourner Truth (KPFK 90.7FM, Los Angeles, CA), April 20, 2012


Ignoring Critics, Argentina To Nationalize Oil Firm
NPR, April 19, 2012


Interview with Alexander Main on the Summit of Americas
Sojourner Truth (KPFK 90.7FM, Los Angeles, CA) , April 18, 2012


How to Grow the Middle Class
The Washington Post, April 18, 2012


The Real News From the Summit of the Americas
The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC 93.9 FM, New York), April 18, 2012


Interview with Dean Baker on Obama's Policies and the Effect on the Economy
Joy Cardin (WPR), April 18, 2012


Union Vote by Bridge Tenders Lifts Hopes of Organized Labor
The Orlando Sentinel, April 18, 2012


Wage Boost Could Help Lift Economy
Asheville Citizen-Times, April 18, 2012


Jim Yong Kim New World Bank Leader
News.com.au, April 17, 2012


Can Jim Yong Kim Make a Difference at the World Bank?
The Real News, April 17, 2012


U.S. Isolated at Summit of Americas
The Real News, April 17, 2012


Who Says Women Don't Care About Wages?
CNN Opinion, April 17, 2012


Romney Budget Attack Based Flawed View Of The Economy
TPMDC, April 17, 2012


U.S. Senate Rejects 'Buffett Rule'
Patt Morrison (89.3 FM KPCC, Los Angeles), April 17, 2012


Club Med
The New Yorker, April 16, 2012


U.S. Choice Jim Yong Kim is New World Bank Chief
BBC News, April 16, 2012


U.S. Has Highest Share Working In Low-Wage Jobs, OECD Says
The Huffington Post, April 16, 2012


Raise the Minimum Wage
Bloomberg, April 16, 2012


Interview with Deborah James on World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (Deborah joins the program at 32:00)
Talk Back (WBAI 99.5 FM, New York, NY), April 16, 2012


Interview with Mark Weisbrot on World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (Mark joins the program at 22:00)
Flashpoints (KPFA 94.1 FM, Berkeley, CA), April 16, 2012


Interview with Alex Main on the Summit of the Americas (Alex joins the program at 56:40)
Counterpoint (WPKN 89.5, Bridgeport CT), April 16, 2012


Debate with Dean Baker and Ryan Ellis of Americans for Tax Reform
Take Action News with David Shuster, April 16, 2012


Interview with Dean Baker on the Housing Market
RTTNews, April 16, 2012


Will the World Bank Change Direction?
Al Jazeera English, April 14, 2012


Rewriting the Rules of the Global Economy - Creating Economics That Improve People's Lives
Truthout, April 14, 2012


Interview with Alexander Main on the Summit of the Americas
Sojourner Truth (KPFK 90.7FM, Los Angeles, CA), April 13, 2012


Drug Crime, Development Top Agenda for Summit of Americas
VOA News, April 11, 2012


Washington Post Misleads Readers On Deficits And Entitlements Twice In One Week
The Huffington Post, April 11, 2012


Taxing Wall Street Speculation
The American Prospect, April 11, 2012


DeMarco Says Principal Writedowns May Save FHFA $1.7 Billion
Bloomberg, April 10, 2012


America, Fast and Slow: The Economy's Love Affair With Efficiency
The Atlantic, April 10, 2012


Duncan Hunter Wants Government To Recognize 'True' Unemployment Rate
The Huffington Post, April 10, 2012


Will the Jobs Act Increase Investment Fraud? Sure: So What?
Forbes, April 06, 2012


Slower Job Gains Stir Doubts About Recovery, Obama Reelection Bid
The Los Angeles Times, April 06, 2012


A Fertility Implosion and an Aging Population
To The Point (KCRW 89.9FM Santa Monica, CA), April 06, 2012


Cost Of Preventive Exams Varies As Much As 700%, Report Finds
Kaiser Health News, April 06, 2012


Healthcare Deficit Calculator Coughs Up Grim Results Without Reform
Health Imaging, April 06, 2012


Obama JOBS Act Leaves Labor Fuming In Democratic Feud
Dean Baker, April 05, 2012


Deficits Depend on Containing Health Costs
United Press International, April 05, 2012


The 'Recovery-less' Recovery?
The Alyona Show (RT), April 04, 2012


Will Student Defaults on Loans Bring Down the U.S. Economy?
The Village Voice, April 04, 2012


Black Humour in the Crisis: ECB Video Edition
Social Europe Journal, April 04, 2012


Home Prices Seen Dropping 10% in U.S. on Foreclosures: Mortgages
Bloomberg, April 03, 2012


Kim Faces International Competition for Post
The Dartmouth, April 03, 2012


Bolster King Dollar!
The Kudlow Report (CNBC), April 03, 2012


It's Better to Rent Than to Foreclose
The Wall Street Journal, April 02, 2012