CEPR in the News (Archive)

January - March 2010

• Political Trends in Central and Latin America and Hillary Clinton’s Visit There
  Sojourner Truth (KPFK, 90.7 FM LA), March 31, 2010


• Was the Citi Bailout Really a Good Deal?
  Columbia Journalism Review, March 30, 2010


• Struggling Home Owners Awarded Another $14 Billion
  Washington Examiner, March 30, 2010


• A Strange Definition of “Profit”
  Firedoglake, March 29, 2010


• Banks Could Be Big Winners of President Obama’s Foreclosure Prevention Program
  Democracy Now!, March 29, 2010


• Tight Job Market Is Squeezing Out Young Workers
  Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 28, 2010


• Work's Not Done for Baby Boomers Who've Lost Retirement Savings
  Miami Herald, March 28, 2010


• Another Doomed Plan to Prevent Foreclosures
  MarketWatch, March 26, 2010


• Funding Gap, Rising Debt Put New Focus on Social Security Reform
  The Hill, March 26, 2010


• Too Many Jobs, Not Enough Boomers?
  Salon, March 25, 2010


• Stone's 'South of the Border' Headed for U.S. Theaters
  Reuters, March 25, 2010


• Financial Reform Diluted with Bankers in Mix
  NBC Chicago, March 25, 2010


• Which Planet is America On (and Which Europe)?
  Social Europe Journal, March 24, 2010


• A Creative Way to Use IRA for Real Estate
  The Boston Globe, March 24, 2010


• More than 20M Working Americans Lack Health Insurance
  Healthcare Finance News, March 23, 2010


• Patents System Has Had its Day
  The Guardian Unlimited, March 23, 2010


• Measures Would Subsidize Financial Institutions at Expense of Taxpayers
  The Hill, March 23, 2010


• Two Presidents, Two Recessions
  The Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2010


• Black Caucus Attacks Joblessness
  City Limits, March 19, 2010


• Eyes Turn to US Media in Aftermath of Crisis
  The Hurriyet Daily News, March 19, 2010


• Large Public Homebuilders Benefit from Tax Aid - Lobbyists Win Again
  International Business Times, March 18, 2010


• Most Banks Would Get a New Regulator Under Dodd Bill
  On Wall Street, March 17, 2010


• Black Jobless Rates Worsened During Recession
  Black Enterprise, March 17, 2010


• Dodd's 2nd Shot at Financial Reform Still Leaves Loopholes
  USA Today, March 16, 2010


• Dodd, Baker, Patrikis Own Words on Financial Regulation
  Bloomberg TV, March 15, 2010


• Clinton's Latin American Tour
  Real News Network, March 12, 2010


• Re-Grouping in Latin America
  FutureTense (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), March 12, 2010


• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Slams Tobin Tax Proposals
  The Guardian Unlimited, March 11, 2010


• Chamber PR Helping its Foes?
  Mother Jones, March 11, 2010


• Obama Defies Pessimists as Rising Economy Converges With Stocks
  BusinessWeek, March 10, 2010


• Corker: No Exemption for Payday Lenders in Bank Reform Bill
  MarketWatch, March 10, 2010


• Baker: The Best Econ Books I've Read Recently
  PBS NewsHour, March 10, 2010


• Interview with Mark Weisbrot on Agriculture in Haiti
  Pacifica Evening News (KPFA), March 10, 2010


• Post Recession, a New Era of Consumer Caution Arises
  Christian Science Monitor, March 09, 2010


• Colorado's Economy
  The Durango Herald, March 09, 2010


• Clinton, Preval Urge Quick Haiti Elections
  AFP, March 09, 2010


• Brazil Announces Trade Sanctions on U.S. Products, Highlighting Role of Government Subsidies
  Free Speech Radio News, March 09, 2010


• Jobless Rate Holds Steady, Raising Hopes of Recovery
  The New York Times, March 05, 2010


• A Plan to Save Commercial Real Estate
  Fortune, March 05, 2010


• Obama Admin Foreign Policy with Mark Weisbrot
  The Young Turks, March 05, 2010


• Why Can't Washington Agree on How to Protect Consumers?
  MarketWatch, March 04, 2010


• Philip Morris vs. Uruguay
  Truthout, March 04, 2010


• Argentina Celebrates Diplomatic Coup as Hillary Clinton Calls for Talks over Falklands
  The Times (UK), March 03, 2010


• IMF's Top CEE Gunslinger Back in Town
  BusinessNewEurope, March 03, 2010


• Chile's Socialist Rebar
  The Nation, March 03, 2010


• Fault Lines: Haiti's Earthquake and Reconstruction, Through the Eyes of Many
  The Huffington Post, March 03, 2010


• Discussion on U.S. Financial Collapse with Dean Baker
  The Young Turks, March 03, 2010


• Clinton Faces Critical Hosts in Latin America
  The Washington Times, March 02, 2010


• Interview with Dean Baker on False Profits
  The Invisible Hand, March 01, 2010


• U.S. Health Care a ‘Tapeworm,’ Buffett Warns
  Financial Post (Canada), March 01, 2010


• GOP Sen. Kyl: Unemployment Benefits Make People Not Want To Get A Job
  The Huffington Post, March 01, 2010


• State by State, Unions Matter
  Truthout, March 01, 2010


• Interview with Mark Weisbrot
  Counterpoint (WPKN), March 01, 2010


• Latin America Eyes Integration Without U.S., Canada
  The Tico Times, February 26, 2010


• Housing: Time to Pull the Plug on Government Support
  BusinessWeek, February 26, 2010


• Interview with Alex Main
  The Jeff Farias Show, February 25, 2010


• Economists Push for Federal Job-sharing Program
  The Washington Independent, February 24, 2010


• Round Two: Bernanke Faces More Grilling From Congress
  CNBC, February 23, 2010


• Why the U.S. Dollar May Be Heading for a Slow Fall
  CTV, February 23, 2010


• Dean Baker: 180 Degrees The Wrong Way
  GRITtv with Laura Flanders, February 23, 2010


• Get Ready for Higher Interest Rates
  CNNMoney.com, February 23, 2010


• How Long Can the U.S. Dollar Defy Gravity?
  Reuters, February 23, 2010


• Workers' Share of America's Pie is Shrinking
  Christian Science Monitor, February 22, 2010


• Week in Review: Dean Baker: Incentives for Recovery
  GRITtv with Laura Flanders, February 21, 2010


• 18 Million Jobs by 2012
  The Nation, February 18, 2010


• What's Next for the Stimulus Bill
  The Diane Rehm Show, February 18, 2010


• Social Security Soon Will Run in the Red
  PBS Nightly Business Report, February 17, 2010


• Current Economic Situation
  Book TV, February 17, 2010


• Nashville Zoo's 65 Openings Have Young, Old Competing for Jobs
  The Tennessean, February 16, 2010


• Is Health Care Overhaul Doomed to Failure?
  ABC News, February 15, 2010


• Obama’s Small Business Lending Plan Meets Skepticism
  The Washington Independent, February 15, 2010


• Liberals Continue to Push for Financial Transaction Tax
  MarketWatch, February 15, 2010


• How the Poor Can Get Poorer, and Be OK About That
  Reuters, February 10, 2010


• No Longer Too Big To Fail? Credit Rating Agency Thinks So
  The Huffington Post, February 10, 2010


• Interview with Mark Weisbrot
  David Sirota (AM 760, CO), February 10, 2010


• Senator Claims TARP Money Must Be Used to Pay Down the Deficit
  St. Petersburg Times, February 10, 2010


• ‘US Dollar Will Go Down Against Yuan, But Less So Against Rupee'
  The Hindu Business Line, February 08, 2010


• The Administration’s Job Agenda
  The Diane Rehm Show, February 08, 2010


• False Profits
  Truthout, February 07, 2010


• Mortgage Bankers Group Sells D.C. Offices to Bethesda Company
  The Washington Post, February 06, 2010


• Labor Market Shows Signs of Reawakening in New Data
  The New York Times, February 05, 2010


• Poof: Another 800,000 Jobs Disappear
  CNNMoney.com, February 04, 2010


• Hiring Credit May Face Uphill Climb in Congress
  MarketWatch, February 04, 2010


• The Democrats’ Jobs Pickle
  The Washington Independent, February 04, 2010


• A Lobo in Sheep’s Clothing?
  In These Times, February 03, 2010


• How Big of a Problem is the National Deficit?
  Patt Morrison (KPCC-FM, Pasadena, California), February 02, 2010


• MacGuineas, Baker Discuss Obama's Budget Proposal
  Bloomberg Television, February 02, 2010


• US Housing Bubble’s Collapse Was Third-Grade Arithmetic
  London Evening Standard, February 02, 2010


• President Obama Wants to Extend President Bush's Tax Cuts
  WGRZ, Buffalo, NY, February 01, 2010


• Too Soon to Say Recovery Will Last
  MarketWatch, January 31, 2010


• Obama Announces $33 Billion Hiring Tax Credit for Jobs
  ABC News, January 29, 2010


• Mark Weisbrot on Haiti
  CounterSpin, January 29, 2010


• A Call for Trust
  The Baltimore Sun, January 28, 2010


• Foreign Policy: A World Without Bernanke
  NPR, January 28, 2010


• Obama's Jobs Plans: Would They Work?
  ABC News, January 28, 2010


• Banks Need to Return Subsidy
  Boston Globe, January 27, 2010


• The US's Shrinking - And Then Growing - Deficit
  Financial Times, January 26, 2010


• Dean Baker: We’re Still In a Housing Bubble
  Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2010


• Fed Chief's Likely to Win Reconfirmation: Analysts
  MarketWatch, January 25, 2010


• Who Was Right and Who Was Wrong on China's Economy
  China.org.cn, January 25, 2010


• Housing Market: Even More Pain in Store?
  FOXBusiness.com, January 25, 2010


• Will History Recall the Haiti Airlift?
  Huffington Post, January 22, 2010


• More Aid Flows to Haiti; Next Step is Recovery
  Miami Herald, January 22, 2010


• In Senate, 59 Votes Can Still Deliver Results
  Wall Street Journal, January 21, 2010


• Obama Moves to Restrict Banks, Takes on Wall Street
  Seattle Times, January 21, 2010


• Impact of Tighter FHA Mortgage Rules on Home Loans Debated
  USA Today, January 20, 2010


• Progressives Call for 'Windfall' Tax
  POLITICO.com, January 20, 2010


• US Economist: Latvia Should Devalue
  Balticbusinessnews.com, January 20, 2010


• Interview with Dan Beeton on Haiti
  The Jeff Farias Show, January 20, 2010


• Say NO to the Fast-Track Commission
  Huffington Post, January 19, 2010


• The Obama Agenda: Year Two-Housing Crisis
  PBS Nightly Business Report, January 18, 2010


• Teen Unemployment: Young Workers Struggling in Recession
  TIME, January 18, 2010


• Interview With Mark Weisbrot on Honduras
  This is Hell (WNUR FM, Chicago, IL), January 16, 2010


• Obama Tax Prompts Put-Upon Bankers to Break Out the Violins
  BusinessWeek, January 15, 2010


• Latvia Repeats No Devaluation Amid Renewed Debate
  Reuters, January 15, 2010


• Latvia in Economic Abyss
  Baltic Reports, January 15, 2010


• Health Revamp Could 'Unlock' Workers Who Stay Put for Coverage
  Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2010


• Commission Would 'Railroad' Cuts to Deficit
  NPR, January 13, 2010


• Interview With Mark Weisbrot on Honduras
  The Morning Show (KPFA 94.1 FM, CA), January 11, 2010


• U.S. Economy Ends the Year with More Job Losses
  Uprising Radio, January 11, 2010


• U.S. Job Losses in December Dim Hopes for Quick Upswing
  New York Times, January 09, 2010


• Evo Morales, the Best Ally of the Middle Class
  Inter Press Service, January 08, 2010


• Sourcing of Article Awkward for Paper
  New York Times, January 05, 2010


• Will 2010 Bring a New Recession?
  NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), January 05, 2010


• Growing Families Caught in Cramped Quarters
  MarketWatch, January 05, 2010


• Looting Social Security, Part 2
  The Nation, January 04, 2010


• In America's Next Decade, Change and Challenges
  USA Today, January 04, 2010


• It's Time for Main Street to Score a Win
  Huffington Post, January 04, 2010


• Critics Question Post Partnership
  POLITICO.com, January 04, 2010