CEPR in the News: Jan - March 2009 |
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CEPR in the News (Archive) January - March 2009
Network News: The Sloan Work and Family Research Network: Conversations with the Experts: Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries
Financial Times (UK): US Housing Price Freefall Extends into January
Mother Jones: An End to False Globalization
CNBC: Fed's Move to Lower Mortgage Rates May Backfire On Market
Mail and Guardian (South Africa): Rebuilding the Economy: It's a Lot to Do in One Day
Daily Herald (WA): Homes Aren't the Golden Nest Egg Many Expected
Newsday (NY): Economists: Recession Far from Over Despite Gains
This is Hell (WNUR 89.3 FM): Interview With Mark Weisbrot
Washington Post (AP): The Influence Game: Seven Big Banks Seek Monopoly
Reuters: Dissecting the Private-Public Investment Program
VOA: G20 Called Upon to Reform IMF
Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel: Obama's Latest No Banker Left Behind Scheme
Salon.com: Geithner: Fox in the Henhouse or Cop on the Beat?
The Real News: Chomsky on Geithner
Washington Independent: Are Banks Gaming the Geithner Plan Already?
Washington Post: President Shifts Emphasis From Wall Street to Budget
CNBC: Newman Needs a Bailout
The Nation: Zombie Media Still Fighting the Last Gotcha War
FoxNews.com: What Does the National Debt Mean to You? About $22G
CNBC: Obama's Toxic-Asset Plan: End-Run Around Congress?
Washington Post: IMF Offers New Tools For Global Downturn
Lateline Business (ABC Australia): Dean Baker Joins Lateline Business (Interview)
Uprising Radio: ‘Media Matters’ Monitors Financial News
KJCT News (ABC): Heat Back on Geithner, Bernanke Over AIG Debacle
The Manitoban: Making Way for Chávezocracy?
US News & World Report: Tim Geithner's Toxic-Asset Plan: 8 Things You Need to Know
Reuters: Venezuela Economy Seen Contracting Unless Oil Rises
Foreign Policy: Is Tim Geithner's Toxic Asset Plan Toxic?
As it Happens (CBC Radio, Canada): Toxic Assets
Washington Independent: While Our Heads Are in the AIG Sand …
Daily Finance: Geithner Plan Jeered by Economists; Cheered by Markets
Boston Globe: Rethinking Rent
News & Observer (NC): Aged Investors Keep Cool in Downturn
Inter Press Service: Brazil Could Play Key Role in US-Latam Thaw
San Diego Union Tribune: Fed Boost Helps Some Home Loan Seekers
Arizona Republic: State Jobless Rate Increases; Employers in Wait-See Mode
Sacramento News & Review: Freedom of Choice
Reuters: U.S. Unemployment Rate Likely Around 9.5 Pct-Think Tank
Huffington Post: Ray LaHood: Obama's GOP Ambassador and Stimulus Spearhead
Huffington Post: U.S. Injecting Billions into Foreign Central Banks
Associated Press: Liberal Media Watchdog Begins Anti-CNBC Drive
New York Times: Leftist Party Wins Salvadoran Vote
Building Bridges Radio (WBAI 99.5 NY): Your Community and Labor Report
Real News Network: How the World Pimps America
Christian Science Monitor: Want to Keep Your Job? Be Happy
CNBC.com: Don't Count on a Consumer-Led Recovery
New York Times: Baby Boomers 'Under Water'
Bloomberg: Stiglitz Enabled Obama With Nobel Ideas to Scorn Them
Agence France-Presse: Obama's Arrival Shifts US View of IMF
Democracy Now!: Business, Labor Groups Clash Over Legislation to Ease Workers’ Barriers to Forming Unions
Wisconsin State Journal: Let Workers Choose How to Organize
Reuters: Fed Help Amounts to Welfare for Bankers
Associated Press: Federal Job Discrimination Complaints Hit Record
The Progressive Radio Show: Interview with Dean Baker
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: In Bad Economy, Some People Find Niche That Pays
MSNBC.com: Boomers Face Stark Choices in Bleak Economy
Mother Jones: Obama's Progressive Treasury Pick
New America Media: Rite Aid Workers Stymied by Weak Labor Law
Metro Times (MI): The Young and Uninsured
Jamaica Observer: Capitalism for the Poor, Socialism for the Rich
Democracy Now!: Economist Ha-Joon Chang on "The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism"
MarketWatch: Democrats Unveil Bill to Encourage Unionizing
The Progressive: Bailout Blues: Why Bank Nationalization Makes Sense
Aurora Sentinel (CO): Retire Smart: Medicare Part D Reforms May Be on the Way
Bloomberg TV: Chang, Holmes Interview on Global Economy
Sun Sentinel (FL): Web Sites that Help You Follow the Money
The Progressive: "Economy in Free Fall"; More Stimulus Needed
CNN Money: Worst is Yet to Come for Job Market
CNN Money: Housing and Stock Crashes Add to Economic Woes
Huffington Post: Employment Plunges: Fastest Rate Drop On Record
Public News Service (New Hampshire): NH Boomers Set to Retire with Just $90K In their Pockets?
The Progressive: For International Women’s Day, we Should Get Paid Parental Leave and Paid Sick Leave
MSNBC.com: Card Check Fight Simmers
SOA World Magazine: Bad Samaritan Economist Ha-Joon Chang Criticizes Globalization
Christian Science Monitor: Economic Crisis Scrambles Retirement Math
The Nation: Looting Social Security
ABC News: Obama Ready to Put 'Em Up Over Budget
New York Times: A Slowdown That May Slow Us Down
Washington Post: Economy Shrinks at a Staggering Rate
Newsweek: Reining in Bubbles So They Won't Pop
Detroit News: Recession: It's Worse Than We Thought
CNN Money: Mortgage Deductions: Wealthy on the Losing End
Associated Press: New Citi Plan May Serve As Model But Carries Risks
New York Times: Sharper Downturn Clouds Obama Spending Plans
Washington Post: Numbers Paint Gloomy Picture
Associated Press: Citigroup Reaches Aid Deal with Government
CNBC.com: Obama Walking Tightrope on Bailing Out U.S. Banks
Christian Broadcasting Network: Debate Heats Up on How to Save Economy
KFSN-TV News (ABC): Obama Presents 2010 Budget to Congress
CNN Money: Boomers: 30% Underwater
Radio France Internationale: Obama Says US Will Emerge Stronger From Financial Crisis
The Hill: Dodd's Pay Rules Linked to Tough Reelection Prospects
San Diego Union-Tribune: Lenders Take Wait-and-See Stance on Foreclosures
The American Prospect: How Entitlement Reform Became Health Reform
Associated Press: Did TV News Miss Point in Covering Stimulus Plan?
Associated Press: Government Expands National Program to Buy Foreclosures
Washington Post: Senate Weighing New Rules for Retirement Funds
International Business Times: Is Chavez on His Way to Dictatorship?
RTT News: Interview: Eileen Appelbaum of the CEPR Says Mortgage Rescue Plan "Will Not Solve the Housing Problem"
Marketwatch: Obama to Host Fiscal Responsibility Summit
The Tavis Smiley Show (PRI): Eileen Appelbaum and John B. Taylor Breaking Down the Stimulus
Washington Journal (CSPAN): "Nationalization" of U.S. Banks?
Globe and Mail (Canada): Obama Housing Rescue Built on Shaky Ground
Los Angeles Times: Obama's Mortgage Plan Up Against Fast-Rising Defaults
NPR: Q & A: Foreclosure Plan Won't Help Everyone
AlterNet: Will DC "Reformers" Create a Health Care System as Skewed Towards the Rich as the Rest of the Economy?
Editor & Publisher: Expert Tips on Covering the Financial Crisis
The Diane Rehm Show (WAMU 88.5 FM): Reducing Home Foreclosures
The Progressive: The Lessons of the Stimulus Bill
MSNBC: Recession Leaves Many Working Less
Frederick News-Post (MD): The Rental Option
Houston Chronicle: Undocumented Workers Steal Jobs from Citizens? Think Again
MarketWatch: Unequal Unemployment
New York Times: Chávez Looks Beyond 2013 as He Faces Serious Challenges
Forbes (Reuters): U.S. States Eager to Start Spending Stimulus Money
Radio France Internationale: Voting Starts on Whether Chavez Can Stand Again
Business Day (Australia): Scrutiny for 'Cesspool of Bad Debts'
Politico: Economists Predict Stimulus Effects
CNBC: Why This Recession Seems Worse Than '70s and '80s
San Francisco Chronicle: State's Woes May Blunt $789 Billion Stimulus
Counterspin (FAIR): Dan Beeton on Venezuela
Sowetan (South Africa): We Must Crouch Like an Asian Tiger
Politico: Arena: On Geithner's Speech
The Guardian (UK): US Banks Under Pressure from Forensic Hit-Teams
AlterNet: How Economists (and Pundits and Politicians) Helped Steer America Off a Cliff
Marketplace (American Public Media): Stimulus Plans to Create, Save Jobs
The American Prospect: The Economics of Immigration Reform
BusinessWeek: Let CEO's Make Do With $500,000
Jackson Free Press (MS): Protect Workers’ Rights
AlterNet: Geithner's Folly: The Bank Rescue Plan Is a Disaster in the Making February 11, 2009 (Dean Baker)
MarketWatch: Something for Everyone, Sort of
Politico: Arena: How Will the Stimulus Play Out?
San Diego Union-Tribune: Mortgage Group Warning of Commercial Foreclosures
Bloomberg: More Jobs in House Bill Than Senate’s, Economists Say
Politico: Left Silent on Social Security, Medicare
CNN Money: $15,000 for homebuyers
SmartMoney: 5 Places With Promising Job Prospects
Foreign Policy in Focus: Chomsky: Understanding the Crisis - Markets, the State and Hypocrisy
Nightly Business Report (PBS): The Economic Stimulus Package Gets Some Final Touches
Floriday Today: Price Holds up Market
New York Times: The Destructive Center
Register Citizen (CT): Taxes Shouldn't Hit Where it Really Hurts
Newsday (NY): Economy Sheds Half Million More Jobs
This is Money (UK): Protect Us From Free Trade
Grand Rapids Press (MI): Companies, Unions Prepare for Faceoff over Employee Free Choice Act
San Franscisco Chronicle: Despite Obama's Promises, Rival Views are Scrubbed from White House
BusinessWeek: Stimulus: Senate Tacks on Home, Auto Incentives
New American Media: State Cuts Could Add to Unemployment February 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)
Times Herald-Record (NY): Will Recession Boost Unions? Organizers See Opportunities
Marketwatch: Obama Must Get Fortune 500 to Delay Job Cuts
Los Angeles Times: After the U.S. Recovers, Will Unions?
AlterNet: Why the GOP's Tax Gimmick for Homebuyers Won't Help One Bit
Washington Independent: The Troubles with Bubbles
The Guardian (UK): Is Free Trade the Best Way to Beat Recession?
Forbes.com (Reuters): Global Crisis May Help Chile Government in Election
Los Angeles Times: The Power of Unions
Laura Flanders Show (Grit TV): Will the Stimulus Create Jobs?
Bloomberg: Ramirez Pumps Cash for Chavez as $40 Crude Imperils Venezuela
The Progressive: Time to Plant Seeds
Chicago Sun-Times: Congress Must Act on Recovery Plan
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Dean Baker on Lateline Business
Business Daily (BBC World Service): Marking and Auditing Ten Years of Hugo Chavez
Associated Press: Housing Aid Gaining Steam in Stimulus Bill
Christian Science Monitor: Unions See Better Days Ahead Under Obama's Leadership
The Progressive: Latin America Breaks Free
Philadelphia Inquirer: Economy's Decline is Biggest Since '82
National Journal: Obama's Reagan Moment is Now
Reuters: Fannie, Freddie Expand Efforts to Curb Evictions
Bloomberg: Richest Americans' Income Doubled as Tax Rate Slashed
NPR.org: Europe's Economic Protests May Be Contagious
Times-Record (ME): The First 100 Days of a Green Party Administration
Los Angeles Times: Fed's New Mortgage Policy Could Signal Obama's Plans
Chicago Tribune: Fed Deploys Write-down Strategy to Aid Struggling Mortgage Holders
Businessweek: How Far Will Housing Prices Fall in 2009?
Financial Week: Proposed Curb on Credit Swaps Trading Raises Furor
Washington Post: Long Decline in Union Memberships Reverses
Politico: Go Big or Go Home
Evening Edition (News Talk 93 FM, Kingston, Jamaica): January 28, 2008
Workforce Management: Union Membership Rises Amid Economic Uncertainty, Surging Layoffs
Thom Hartmann Show (Air America): Why a Shorter Work Week Could Stimulate the Economy
Equal Time (WDEV 96.1 FM): Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy
Talk Back! (WBAI 99.5 FM): Bolivia's New Constitution (Interview with Mark Weisbrot)
Time: Bolivia's Revolutionary New Charter
Financial Times: Oil Price Fall Curbs Chávez Revolution
RTT News: Experts Look For FOMC To Address Worsening Economic Conditions
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS):
Massive Job Cuts Renew Calls for Quick Action on Stimulus
New York Times: 62,000 Jobs Are Cut By U.S. and Foreign Companies
PBS Wide Angle: Bolivian Constitution Approved, but Nation Still Divided
Washington Post: Bolivians Appear To Back Charter
Politico: Will It Work?
Newsweek: The Quitter Economy
Sacramento News & Review: Bubble Troubles
Forbes.com (Reuters): U.S. Economy Was Victim of Plunder and Blunder
USA Today: Auto Industry's Slide Cuts a Main Route to the Middle Class
Marketplace (American Public Media): Medicare a Top Issue in Obama Budget
Bloomberg: Geithner Faces Senate on Taxes, Economy Rescue Plans
Sarasota Heald Tribune (FL): Housing Downturn's Winners and Losers
San Diego Union Tribue: Home Prices Tumble 24% from 2007
MarketWatch: Get Set for Tax-Law Whiplash
Alternet: So Long Worst President Ever; 10 Reasons History Will Hang You
The Guardian (UK): Will United States be Forced to Nationalise Banks?
CNBC: Is the Financial Crisis Growing Worse—Or Is It Just Us?
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Looking for Work But Can't Find It? Here's Why
Politico: How Many New Jobs? Your Guess Is As Good As Theirs
Fresh Air (National Public Radio): Healthcare: The Key to Economic Stimulus?
Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC): Did President Bush Really Inherit A Recession?
The Progressive: The Great Recession
New York Times: Where the Money Is
Bloomberg: U.S. Housing Market Still Offers Hidden Value
Alternet: Progressive Round-Up: Must Read Info to Start Your Week
Seattle Times: Jobless Rate Casts Shadow on Obama's Stimulus Plan
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL): Boomers Find It's Time For A Change of Plans
Miami Herald: Obama Vows Stimulus Plan Will Create Millions of Jobs; Unemployment Will Still Rise
Washington Post: Obama Cites Grim Economy At Start, as Past Presidents Have
Yorkshire Post (UK): Obama Call For Action Fails to Impress Market
Bloomberg: Strauss-Kahn Recasts IMF as Protector of Safety Nets for Poor
CNBC: Obama's Stimulus Package: Will It Be Too Big To Work?
Bloomberg: No Recovery for Real Estate as Speculators Dominate Sales
KPFA 94.1 FM (Berkeley, CA): Evening News
Gulf News: Welcome to Petrol Paradise
Huffington Post: The Case for Urgent Action
Huffington Post: Five Greener Green Stimulus Ideas January 8, 2009 (Dean Baker)
Bay State Banner (MA): Financial Crisis Brutal on Middle-Class Blacks
Daily Citizen (TN): Did Four Horsemen Doom Auto Industry?
Associated Press: Homebuilders Push Housing Aid Plan
Democracy Now!: Obama Warns Trillion Dollar Deficit Could Lead to Extensive Government Budget Cuts
Day to Day (National Public Radio): Dr. Doom Predicted the Economic Collapse
KPFA 94.1 FM (Berkeley, CA): Evening News
Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC): Stimulus Stalled Until February?
Time: Capital Purchase Plan
Wall Street Journal: Write-Offs a Boon to Builders, Bankers
Bond Buyer: Stimulus May Wait Until February
Vancouver Sun: Economic 'Bubbles Have Only Begun to Burst'
Miami Herald: Economic Woes Expected to Worsen Early This Year
Detroit News: Change Policies to Aid Auto Industry
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Atlanta Gas Prices Hit 4-Year Low < Return to the main 'CEPR in the News' page |