CEPR in the News (Archive) Financial Times: The Trade Impact of a US Recession (registration required) March 31, 2008 Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN): Wall Street Oversight March 31, 2008 (Dean Baker) CNNMoney.com: Fed Up With the Fed March 31, 2008 (Dean Baker) Minnesota Public Radio (KSJN-FM): More Oversight for Wall Street, But Is It Enough? March 31, 2008 (Dean Baker) Miami Herald: Will U.S. Economic Woes Expose Latin America to New Turmoil? March 31, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot) New York Times: Homeowner's Pleas Put G.O.P. Lawmakers in Bind About Defaults March 30, 2008 (Dean Baker) MarketWatch: Treasury Regulatory Blueprint Hobbled From the Start March 30, 2008 (Dean Baker) Coeur D'Alene Press (ID): Is the Economy in Recession? March 29, 2008 Daily Herald (WA): Social Security Remains Star in the Gloom March 28, 2008 (Dean Baker) BusinessWeek.com: Two Cheers for Free Trade March 28, 2008 (Dean Baker) FAIR: Dean Baker on the Financial Crisis, Keith Poole on Voteview March 28, 2008 (Dean Baker) ABCNews.com: Candidates' Plans Don't Match Up March 27, 2008 (Dean Baker) PBS NewsHour: Paulson Urges Oversight in Wake of Bear Stearns Bailout March 26, 2008 (Dean Baker) Charleston Gazette (WV): Dropouts: Lost Potential March 26, 2008 Your Call (KALW, NPR in CA): What is the State of Our Economy? March 25, 2008 (Dean Baker and Robert Pollin) WCSH-TV (NBC, Maine): Economic Woes Continue; No End in Sight March 25, 2008 (Dean Baker) MarketWatch: Candidates Low on Specifics for Economy Cures March 25, 2008 (Dean Baker) CNBC: The Imperial Fed March 25, 2008 (Dean Baker) Los Angeles Times: Bear Stearns Fetches a Better Price, Shoring up Deal March 25, 2008 (Dean Baker) Rabble.ca: We Don't 'Hafta' NAFTA March 25, 2008 (Dean Baker) Marketplace Radio (PRI): Why the Changes to Bear Stearns Deal? March 24, 2008 (Dean Baker) Christian Science Monitor: Recession is a Given. Can We Avoid Depression? March 24, 2008 (Dean Baker) San Francisco Chronicle: Fed's Bold Moves: Band-Aid or Breakthrough? March 23, 2008 (Dean Baker) Miami Herald (McClatchy-Tribune News Service): 'Good Jobs' Hard to Find March 23, 2008 (John Schmitt) Beneath The Surface With Jerry Quickley (KPFK in CA): What's Happening in Venezuela? March 21, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot joins the program at minute 7) San Francisco Chronicle: New Crisis, Old -Isms March 21, 2008 (Dean Baker) Wakeup Call (WBAI): The Bear Stearns Sell-out and What it Portends for the Rest of the Economy March 21, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot joins the program at minute 18) New York Times: The Affluent, Too, Couldn’t Resist Adjustable Rates March 20, 2008 (Dean Baker) MSNBC.com: Rising Gas Costs Crimping Budgets March 20, 2008 (Dean Baker) NPR Morning Edition: Fed Rate Cut Boosts Stocks; Another Cut Coming? March 19, 2008 (Dean Baker) Associated Press: Poll: Majority of Venezuelans Say Chavez Was Key to Easing Colombia Crisis March 19, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot) Boston Globe: A Government Cure to the Sliding Economy March 19, 2008 (Dean Baker) Orlando Sentinel (FL): Stay Afloat After Layoff March 19, 2008 (John Schmitt) Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN): Will the Latest Fed Interest Rate Cut Help? March 18, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot) MarketWatch: Homeowners Need Help, Not Wall Street March 17, 2008 (Dean Baker) Mario Solis-Marich Show (KTLK): Interview with Dean Baker (begins at 18:50) March 17, 2008 Media Matters (WILL AM): Interview with Mark Weisbrot March 16, 2008 MarketWatch: The Fed Acts Sunday to Prevent Global Bank Run Monday March 16, 2008 (Dean Baker) Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX): Loose Change March 16, 2008 Valdosta Daily Times (GA): Pain at the Pump March 15, 2008 (Dean Baker) Yahoo: DC Mandates Sick Leave, Exempts New Hires March 14, 2008 Reuters: Consumer Prices Flat, but Confidence Dips March 14, 2008 (Dean Baker) The World Today: Gold Hits $1,000 an Ounce as Investors Seek Shelter March 14, 2008 (John Schmitt) CNN Radio: Recession and the Labor Market March 13, 2008 (John Schmitt) CNNMoney.com: Meet Your New Banker: Uncle Sam March 13, 2008 (Dean Baker) Fortune Magazine: Bailing Out Lenders Hurts the Economy March 13, 2008 (Dean Baker) MarketWatch: U.S. Mint is Making Cents, but at a Price Far More Than a Penny March 12, 2008 (Dean Baker) PharmaTimes: Clinical Trials Need a Public-Sector Solution, Says US Report (Subscription needed) March 12, 2008 (Dean Baker) Gaylord Herald Times (MI): Broken Dreams: Has Crisis Plunged Us Into Recession? March 12, 2008 (Dean Baker) Christian Science Monitor: Job Losses' Ramifications Far-Reaching March 10, 2008 (Dean Baker) Shanghai Daily: Downturn Hits Hard at Plans for Retirement March 10, 2008 (Dean Baker) Colorado Springs Gazette: 438 Million Vacation Days Went Unused By U.S. Workers in '07 March 9, 2008 New York Times: Sharp Drop in Jobs Adds to Grim Economic Picture March 8, 2008 (Dean Baker) Kansas City Star: Jobs See Their Biggest Monthly Dip in Year March 7, 2008 (Dean Baker) Associated Press: Housing Market Spirals, No End in Sight March 6, 2008 (Dean Baker) The Insighters (KPFK): Should We Brace Ourselves for an Economic Recession? March 6, 2008 (John Schmitt joins the program at minute 22) BBC World Service: Bubble in Property Prices in Europe March 5, 2008 (Dean Baker) CNNMoney.com: More Signs of Job Weakness March 5, 2008 (Dean Baker) New York Times: Bush and Fed Step Toward a Mortgage Rescue March 5, 2008 (Dean Baker) Washington Post (Reuters): Rocky Markets Highlight Retirement Insecurity March 3, 2008 (Dean Baker) CNNMoney.com: New Recession Worry: Bank Failures March 3, 2008 (Dean Baker) MarketWatch: Tips to Deal with Job Loss March 2, 2008 (John Schmitt) New York Times: Is a Lean Economy Turning Mean? March 2, 2008 Arizona Republic: Arizona Consumers Feeling Recession Effects February 29, 2008 MotherJones.com: Is the Economy a Casualty of War? February 29, 2008 (Dean Baker) CBS Evening News: Bush Rebukes Recession Claims February 28, 2008 (Dean Baker) Talk of the Nation (NPR): What Does 'Stagflation' Mean for You? February 28, 2008 (Dean Baker) U.S. News & World Report: The Housing Nightmare Hits Main Street February 28, 2008 (Dean Baker) Charlotte Observer: Requests for Food Stamps Surge February 28, 2008 Denver Post: Stagosaurus Back on Display February 27, 2008 (Dean Baker) News and Observer (NC): The Incidental Costs of a Costly Defense February 25, 2008 (Dean Baker) San Francisco Chronicle: Consumer Price Index a Real Guessing Game February 24, 2008 (Dean Baker) Telepolis: The Politics of Sustained Civil Unrest February 23, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot) Pantagraph (IL): 5.8 Million More Could Lose Jobs in Recession Febraury 23, 2008 (John Schmitt) The Real News Network: Democrats on the Economy February 22, 2008 (Dean Baker) The Nation: Transforming the Liberal Checklist February 21, 2008 (Dean Baker) Marketplace Radio (PRI): High Prices Spread Throughout Economy February 20, 2008 (Dean Baker) Philippine Daily Inquirer: Capitalism in an Apocalyptic Mood February 20, 2008 (Dean Baker) Time: The Economy: How Bad Can it Get? February 19, 2008 (Dean Baker) Reuters: Unthinkable Housing Solutions Now Thinkable February 15, 2008 (Dean Baker) The Pitt News (PA): Rebates Not for All Students February 15, 2008 (John Schmitt) Financial Times: Luxuries Re-evaluated As Budgets Tighten February 14, 2008 (John Schmitt) USA Today: Senior Benefit Costs Rise 24% Since 2000 February 14, 2008 (Dean Baker) The Real News Network:US Economy and the Elections February 13, 2007 (Dean Baker) Detroit Free Press: Mortgage Firms to Cut Many a Break February 13, 2008 (Dean Baker) St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Raising Limits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac is Risky Business February 13, 2008 (Dean Baker) USA Today: Buffett's Muni Move: Nothing Risked, Something Gained February 12, 2008 (Dean Baker) Marketplace Radio (PRI): Exxon Freeze Gets Venezuela Moving February 11, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot) Philadelphia Inquirer: Take Time Off? Americans Prefer to Work February 11, 2008 New York Times: Recession Would Work in Democrats’ Favor (registration required) February 9, 2008 (Dean Baker and John Schmitt) Workforce Management: Union Membership Rises, but Quality of Jobs Has Changed February 7, 2008 The Real News Network: A Stimulus Proposal to Fight Recession February 7, 2008 (Dean Baker) Agence France-Presse: World Bank Chief Safely Bets on Chinese Economist February 8, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot) AlterNet: Tom Friedman's Folly: The Lies Behind 'Free Trade' February 5, 2008 (Ha-Joon Chang) CNNMoney.com: Recession Watch 2008: Stimulus Plan May Not Lead to Many New Jobs February 4, 2008 (Dean Baker) Kansas City Star: Jobs in the Balance February 4, 2008 The New Yorker: The Minsky Moment February 4, 2008 (Dean Baker) Christian Science Monitor: The Economic Stimulus Package: How Does Spending Help? February 4, 2008 Barron's: Worry Beads, Anyone? (subscription required) February 4, 2008 (Dean Baker) San Francisco Chronicle: 'Bad Samaritans' and 'Myth' of Free Trade February 3, 2008 (Ha-Joon Chang) MarketWatch: Jobs at Risk February 3, 2008 (John Schmitt) Workday Minnesota: House, Senate at Odds Over Economic Stimulus Package February 3, 2008 Le Monde Diplomatique: Why the US Has Really Gone Broke February 2008 (Dean Baker) Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA): Jobs Report Heightens Economic Gloom February 2, 2008 (Dean Baker) Washington Post: Decline in U.S. Jobs Could Prove Costly to GOP Nominee February 2, 2008 (Dean Baker) CNNMoney.com: Recession Watch 2008: Why Job Market is Even Worse Than You Think February 2, 2008 (Dean Baker) Book TV (C-SPAN): Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism February 1, 2008 (Ha-Joon Chang) Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN): How Long Will Recession Last? February 1, 2008 (John Schmitt) The Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU): The Politics of Combating Global Poverty January 31, 2008 (Ha-Joon Chang) KXAN (Austin, TX): UT Financial Expert Gives Refinancing Tips January 30, 2008 (Dean Baker) Kudlow & Co. (CNBC): State of the Stimulus January 29, 2008 (Dean Baker) CNNMoney.com: Recession Watch 2008: Home Ownership in Record Plunge January 29, 2008 (Dean Baker) UPI: Outside View: Oil Firms Boom on Iraq War January 29, 2008 (Dean Baker) Al Jazeera.net: Bush's Union Speech Criticised January 29, 2008 (Dean Baker) Newsweek: The Fruits of Their Labor January 28, 2008 (John Schmitt) Kansas City Star: The Number’s Small, But Union Ranks Rose In 2007 January 28, 2008 Washington Journal (C-SPAN): Dean Baker on the State of the Union and Economy January 28, 2008 (Dean Baker) The Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU): New Money for Latin America? January 28, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot) Christian Science Monitor: Footsteps of a Recession Grow Louder January 28, 2008 (Dean Baker) KCBS (CA): Californians Go Union January 26, 2008 Washington Post: Union Membership Up Slightly in 2007 January 26, 2008 (John Schmitt, Ben Zipperer) New York Times: Union Membership Sees Biggest Rise Since '83 (registration required) January 26, 2008 (John Schmitt, Ben Zipperer) Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN): Unemployment January 25, 2008 (John Schmitt) Forbes.com (AP): Union Work Force Share Rises January 25, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle: Economic Stimulus a Big Break for Home Buyers January 25, 2008 (Dean Baker) Marketplace Radio (PRI): Colombia Deal Uphill Battle in Congress January 25, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot) The New Republic: Maybe Romney Should Stay in the Private Sector January 24, 2008 (Dean Baker) Wall Street Journal: Housing Slump Starts to Hit Stronger Cities January 24, 2008 (Dean Baker) CNNMoney.com: Recession 2008: How Bad It Can Get January 23, 2008 (Dean Baker) Minnesota Public Radio: The Best Way to Boost the Economy January 23, 2008 (Eileen Appelbaum) New York Times: Borrowers With Good Credit May Benefit (registration required) January 23, 2008 (Dean Baker) The Guardian (UK) (Reuters): U.S. Rate Cut Weak Medicine for Consumer Ills January 22, 2008 (Dean Baker) Truthout: What Was Actually Happening While You Led a Life January 22, 2008 (Interview with Dean Baker) Washington Post: As Congress Talks Stimulus, Labor Leaders Worry They Won't Have a Voice January 22, 2008 (Dean Baker) Washington Post: Highly Skilled and Out of Work January 21, 2008 (John Schmitt) Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Trillions in Equity Has Vanished January 21, 2008 (Dean Baker) Gloucester County Times (MA): Rutgers Prof: Tax Relief Proposal Won't Avert a Recession January 19, 2008 (Eileen Appelbaum) The Guardian (UK): Cheap and Cheerful: Venezuelans Cling to Right for Petrol at 42p a Tank January 18, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot) Washington Times: Edwards Stuck in Third Place January 17, 2008 (Dean Baker) Nightly Business Report (PBS): The Housing Crisis Leads To More Consumer Concern January 15, 2008 (Dean Baker) The Guardian (UK) (Reuters): Drop in Home Wealth Could Hit U.S. Spending Hard January 14, 2008 (Dean Baker) News Journal (DE): Which Bills Do I Pay? January 13, 2008 (Dean Baker) On the Media (NPR): The R-Word January 11, 2008 (Dean Baker) Sacramento News & Review: Come Health or High Prices January 10, 2008 (Dean Baker) Reuters: Election-Year Recession May Hurt Republicans January 9, 2008 (Dean Baker) SmartMoney.com: Economists Braced for Hard Landing January 7, 2008 (Dean Baker) MarketWatch: Economists Say 2008 Will Be a Year to Forget January 5, 2008 (Dean Baker) Kansas City Star: Unemployment Rate at Highest Level Since November '05 January 4, 2007 (Dean Baker) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (AP): Many Homeowners Own Less Than Before January 4, 2008 (Dean Baker) MineWeb.com: Hoping to Restore Confidence, Venezuela Rolls Out the 'Strong Bolivar' January 2, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)
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