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CEPR in the News (Archive) Washington Post: Housing Experts See Further Declines in 2008 September 30, 2007 (Dean Baker) Business Week: Traders Betting on Home Price Declines September 26, 2007 (Dean Baker) WIS-TV (Columbia, SC): Union Workers Striking Against GM September 24, 2007 (Heather Boushey) Condé Nast Portfolio: The Oil Price Denomination Fallacy September 24, 2007 (Dean Baker) Palm Beach Post: Single-Payer, or Medicare for All, Is the Way to Go September 23, 2007 (Dean Baker) New York Times: They Cried Wolf: They Were Right September 23, 2007 (Dean Baker) Condé Nast Portfolio: How to Mitigate the Pain of Foreclosure September 21, 2007 (Dean Baker) Yahoo! Finance News: Mortgage Rates Lower, Too? Not So Fast September 20, 2007 (Dean Baker) Richmond.com: Agree to Disagree: Leahy and Williamson Weigh In on the National Economy September 20, 2007 (Dean Baker) Nightly Business Report: Federal Regulators Are Relaxing the Restrictions on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac September 19, 2007 (Dean Baker) Salon.com: Rate Cut Delirium Battles Housing Starts Unhappiness September 19, 2007 (Dean Baker) CBS Evening News: Trying to Escape the Credit Crunch September 18, 2007 (Dean Baker) CNNMoney.com: Fed Cut Could Buoy Housing Markets September 18, 2007 (Dean Baker) New York Times: A Radical Gives Bolivia Some Stability September 18, 2007 Salon.com: Invasion Greenspan September 17, 2007 (Dean Baker) Energy Tribune: PDVSA’s Vision for Social Development September 17, 2007 Condé Nast Portfolio: Greenspan: Book Release Day Arrives September 17, 2007 (Dean Baker) Christian Science Monitor: Automatic IRA's Present Risks, Opportunities September 17, 2007 (Dean Baker) Reuters: Mortgage Experts Push New Home-Saving Programs September 14, 2007 (Dean Baker) EuroWeek: Venezuela to Try Again With Bono del Sur (Subscription required) September 14, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval) Christian Science Monitor: Credit Crunch Likely to Spur Reforms September 14, 2007 (Dean Baker) KPCC 89.3 FM: When Good Times Stop Rolling: Living in a Recession September 13, 2007 (Dean Baker) WMNF 88.5 FM: Liberal Economist Says Recession Is On the Way September 13, 2007 (Dean Baker) Kudlow and Co. (CNBC): Tax Hikes Ahead September 12, 2007 (Heather Boushey) Guardian: Be Careful What You Wish For September 12, 2007 (Dean Baker) St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO): Political Solutions to Mortgage Problems Fall Short September 12, 2007 (Dean Baker) Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN): A 'No-Vacation' Nation? September 9, 2007 Las Vegas Sun: Regulator Defends Subprime Lending September 9, 2007 (Dean Baker) Kansas City Star (MO): Jobs Are Cut for the First Time in Four Years September 8, 2007 (Heather Boushey) FAIR: The Poor Will Always Be With Us September 6, 2007 (Dean Baker) Mother Jones: Dissecting the Mortgage Meltdown September 6, 2007 (Dean Baker) Sirotablog: Claim vs. Fact: Why Do Colorado Cons Insist On Lying About Unions? September 6, 2007 KTUU-NBC (Alaska): Record Number of Southcentral Families Face Foreclosure September 6, 2007 (Dean Baker) Latin American Special Reports: Neoliberalism’s Two-Decade Evolution: The Changing Nature of a Policy ‘Consensus’ (Registration required) September 6, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) Marketplace Radio (PRI): An Own-to-Rent Solution September 6, 2007 (Dean Baker) CNBC: Cleaning up Credit Markets September 5, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) CNBC: Abolish the Fed? September 4, 2007 (Dean Baker) Christian Science Monitor: Great Global Shift to Service Jobs September 4, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) The Seacoast (NH): The Nation's Workers Persist in Their Struggles September 3, 2007 HuffingtonPost.com: Restoring the Promise of the American Dream September 3, 2007 C-SPAN Washington Journal: Interview with Mark Weisbrot (Best viewed using Real Player) September 2, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) Los Angeles Times: Bad Outlook for Homeowners (Free registration required) September 2, 2007 (Dean Baker) Columbia Journalism Review: The Uncle Sam Solution September/ October 2007 (Dean Baker) U.S. Banker: Bank of South Draws Mixed Reviews September 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) Investor's Business Daily: Bush Will Let FHA Refinance Mortgages In Default To Aid Struggling Borrowers (Subscription required) August 31, 2007 (Dean Baker) Business Week: Housing: Bush Rides to the Rescue, Sort of August 31, 2007 (Dean Baker) The Olympian (WA) (AP): Labor Your Days Away August 31, 2007 (John Schmitt) CNNMoney.com: Bush Will Let FHA Refinance Mortgages in Default to Aid Struggling Borrowers August 31, 2007 (Dean Baker) Counter Spin (FAIR): Heather Boushey on Census Poverty Report August 31, 2007 (Heather Boushey) Salon.com: Bush's New Deal on Housing August 31, 2007 (Dean Baker) CNNMoney.com: Bush Offers Help To Troubled Homeowners August 31, 2007 The Morning Show (KPFA): Is the Economy Ready to Tank? August 29, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) PopMatters.com: Winds of Creative Destruction August 29, 2007 (Dean Baker) Worker's Independent News: Report Confirms The Union Advantage For Lower-Wage Workers August 28, 2007 (John Schmitt) Condé Nast Portfolio: Do We Need to Bailout Homeowners? August 28, 2007 (Dean Baker) New York Times: In Washington, Aid to Homeowners Debated August 28, 2007 (Dean Baker) Charleston Gazette: Mortgages, 40,000 Jobs Lost August 27, 2007 (Dean Baker) Wall Street Journal: Venezuelans Chase Dollars Amid Worries Over Economy (Subscription required) August 27, 2007 Morning Sentinel (ME): Maine Floats Tycoons' Boats August 27, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) Forbes (AP): Chávez Offers Billions in Latin America August 26, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) New York Times: Drop Foreseen in Median Price of U.S. Homes August 26, 2007 (Dean Baker) US News & World Reports: Bailing Out Homeowners August 26, 2007 (Dean Baker) Financial Times: Where to Live If You're Banking on a Long Weekend August 25, 2007 IPS North America: U.S. Mortgage Woes Leave Poor Homeowners Adrift August 24, 2007 (Dean Baker) Star-News (NC): In Washington, Aid to Homeowners Is Debated August 24, 2007 (Dean Baker) Financial Times: Chávez's Iron Grip on Economy 'Unsustainable' August 24, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) Montreal Gazette: Don't Carp at Teachers August 23, 2007 (Rebecca Ray, John Schmitt) CBS News: The Fed and the Bubble August 23, 2007 (Dean Baker) Condé Nast Portfolio: Market Movers: Bush's FHA Band-Aid August 22, 2007 (Dean Baker) WMNF 88.5 FM: Economist: Save At-Risk Borrowers, Not Bloated Bankers August 22, 2007 (Dean Baker) Edmonton Sun (Alberta, CA): Risky Mortgages May Hurt Us All August 22, 2007 (Dean Baker) Guardian: World Bank Rules August 20, 2007 San Francisco Chronicle: Letter to the Editor, 'Hold the Sniping' August 20, 2007 (Dean Baker) International Herald Tribune: Globalization Closes in on Swedes' Treasured Vacation Time August 20, 2007 Business Week: Venezuela Isn't as Poor as it Seems August 20, 2007 (Dan Beeton) The Charleston Gazette (WV): Welfare for the Rich: Liberals and Conservatives Love Big Government, Economist Says August 19, 2007 (Dean Baker) Detroit Free Press: What We Didn't Do on Vacation August 19, 2007 Seattle Times: The Incredible Shrinking Vacation August 19, 2007 Star-Ledger (NJ): Anatomy of a Credit Crisis, from Subprime to Prime Time August 19, 2007 (Dean Baker) New York Times: Waking Up to the Real Estate Nightmare August 18, 2007 (Dean Baker) CNNMoney.com: Fed Cut: Easier on Home Borrowers, Too August 17, 2007 (Dean Baker) U.S. News and World Reports: Bernanke Plays a High-Risk Game August 17, 2007 (Dean Baker) Time Magazine: Ground Zero of the Real Estate Bust August 16, 2007 (Dean Baker) Left Business Observer (WBAI): Dean Baker on the Housing Bust August 16, 2007 (Dean Baker) BBC Brasil: Receita da Bolívia com hidrocarbonetos aumentou para 13,3% do PIB, diz estudo August 16, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) MSNBC: Housing, Stock Woes Could Pinch Consumers August 16, 2007 (Dean Baker) Lou Dobbs Tonight: Middle Class Squeeze Hits Wal-Mart August 14, 2007 (Heather Boushey) Dayton Daily News: Does the Drug Patent System Make Consumers Spend More? August 14, 2007 (Dean Baker) Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: What Do You Gain in Missing Vacation Time? August 13, 2007 The Osgood File: Sub-prime Mortgage Crisis August 13, 2007 (Dean Baker) Boston Globe: The Underworked American August 12, 2007 (John Schmitt) Media Matters with Bob McChesney (WILL): Housing Bubble August 12, 2007 (Dean Baker) Detroit Free Press: No Summer Vacation for Half of Metro Residents This Year August 11, 2007 Miami Herald (McClatchy News Service): Could Hedge Funds Be a Looming Crisis? August 8, 2007 (Dean Baker) The Irish Times: A No-Vacation Nation (Subscription required) August 8, 2007 (John Schmitt) Wall Street Journal online: Fed May Lose Productivity Ally in Inflation Fight August 7, 2007 (Dean Baker) The Paradise Post (CA): Thoughts That Keep Me From Sleeping at Night August 7, 2007 Panorama (Venezuela): La deuda pública venezolana está por debajo del 23% del PIB August 7, 2007 ABC News: 'Sicko,' Health Care and SCHIP August 5, 2007 The Independent: Out of America: Holidays Are for Wimps (And the President) August 5, 2007 New York Times Magazine: Vacation, All I Never Wanted (registration required) August 5, 2007 Kansas City Star: National Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly August 3, 2007 (Dean Baker) Insighters (KPFK, Los Angeles, CA): Outsourcing and Globalization August 2, 2007 (Dean Baker) Sun-Sentinel (FL): Rest and Recreation Need to Become Americans' Priorities August 2, 2007 Le Monde diplomatique: Hugo Chávez August 2007 (Mark Weisbrot, Luis Sandoval, David Rosnick) KDKA TV (Pittsburgh): Study Finds U.S. Is Becoming a No Vacation Nation July 31, 2007 (John Schmitt) MSNBC: Vacation Deprivation: Making Time for Time Off July 31, 2007 The New Republic: Getaway (Free registration required) July 30, 2007 (John Schmitt, Rebecca Ray) Christian Science Monitor: Yawning Rich-Poor Gap Could Hobble Economy July 30, 2007 (Heather Boushey) Boston Globe: For Some, Taking a Vacation Feels Like Work July 29, 2007 (John Schmitt) Barron's Online: Market Mayhem July 28, 2007 (Dean Baker) AlterNet: Two Trillion Spent on Healthcare Each Year: A Sick Way to Prop Up an Ailing Economy July 28, 2007 (Dean Baker) Counter Spin (FAIR): Dean Baker on Economic Myths July 27, 2007 (Dean Baker) New York Times: Drive More, Pay More (registration required) July 27, 2007 (Dean Baker) The Squawk Box (CNBC): Too Many Homeowners? July 26, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) EFE: La actual economía venezolana según la óptica de nuevo informe estadounidense July 26, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) Marketplace Radio (PRI): Venezuela's Social Spending Spree July 26, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) Washington Times: Campaign Economic Indicators July 26, 2007 (Dean Baker) United Press International: Analysis: Venezuela May Face Shortcomings July 25, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) Bangor Daily News (ME): Corporate Monopoly and the Business Climate July 24, 2007 (Dean Baker) Sun-Sentinel (FL): American Workers Are Vacation-Deprived, Advocates Say July 23, 2007 Wichita Eagle Blog (KS): The French Are on Vacation Right Now July 23, 2007 Denver Post: Americans Vacationing Less July 22, 2007 New York Times: Brazil’s Objections Slow Chávez’s Plan for Regional Bank (Subscription needed) July 22, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) Sacramento News & Review: Calculate This July 19, 2007 North Jersey Herald News (NJ): Clifton May Expand School Child Care July 18, 2007 (Heather Boushey) Columbia Journalism Review: Southern Strategy July/ August 2007 (Dean Baker) Los Angeles Times: In the U.S., it's All Work and No Paid Play July 16, 2007 (John Schmitt) Washington Times: '08 Economic Advisers Hew to Center July 16, 2007 (Dean Baker) Los Angeles Times: Land of the Overworked and Tired July 15, 2007 CNNMoney.com: Who Gets the Most (and Least) Vacation July 13, 2007 Minyanville: Is War Really Good for the Economy? July 12, 2007 (Dean Baker) Christian Science Monitor: Latin America's Answer to the World Bank and IMF July 11, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) Savannah Morning News (GA): June Rise in Construction Jobs Goes Against Housing Trend July 10, 2007 (Heather Boushey) Indianapolis Star: Americans Need a Break July 10, 2007 Inter-Press Service: U.S. Ups the Ante Against Latin American Populism July 9, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) El Nuevo Herald (FL): Vacaciones de verano July 8, 2007 Toronto Star: Want More Vacation? Move to Finland July 8, 2007 Jackson Sun (TN): Food, Gas Prices Up July 8, 2007 (Dean Baker) Kansas City Star: U.S. Unemployment Rate Didn't Budge for June July 6, 2007 (Heather Boushey) Kansas City Star: Summer Jobs Are Hard to Find for Teens July 6, 2007 (Heather Boushey) International Herald Tribune: Meanwhile: Who Lives Better? July 5, 2007 Elliott Wave International: Market Watch: The No-Vacation Nation July 5, 2007 Reuters: Europe Heads to Beach, America Heads to Work July 5, 2007 Arkansas Times: The Supermom Myth July 5, 2007 (Heather Boushey) Gwinnett Daily Post (GA): All Work and No Play Makes a Boring Life July 3, 2007 Bloomberg: Argentina's Senator Kirchner to Run for President July 2, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) Kiplinger Business Resource Center: Does the U.S. Work Too Hard? July 2007
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