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July - September 2008  

Inter Press Service: Bush Plan Down but Not Out
September 30, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Talk Radio News Service: Bailout Bill Doesn’t Thrill Experts
September 30, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Talk of the Nation (NPR): Bailout Pits Free-Market Against Government Regulation
September 30, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Diane Rehm Show (NPR): Financial Bail-Out Rejected
September 30, 2008 (Dean Baker) 
 
Marketwatch: Corporate America's Widening Bailout Mindset
September 30, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Washington Post: Economy Shows New Weak Spots
September 30, 2008 (Dean Baker)

NPR: No Rescue? Economists Explore What's Next
September 30, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Multinational Monitor: Bad Samaritans: How Rich Country “Help” Hurts the Developing World
September/Oct 2008 (Interview with Ha-Joon Chang) 
 
Philadelphia Inquirer: 3 Banks to Control a Third of U.S. Deposits
September 30, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
September 29, 2008 (Dean  Baker)
   
CSPAN: Campaign 2008 and Economic Issues
September 30, 2008 (Dean Baker) 

 
September 29, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Democracy Now!: Congress Set to Vote on $700 Billion Bailout
September 29, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Baltimore Chronicle: Grand Theft America
September 29, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Miami Herald: The Americas Navigate U.S. Crisis
September 29, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)
 
Agence France-Presse (AFP): Historic Intervention Fails To Win Over Bailout Skeptics
September 28, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Los Angeles Times
: Bailout Plan Makes Strange Bedfellows
September 28, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Argus Leader (SD): Johnson-Backed Bill Paved Way For Risky Credit Swaps
September 28, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Inter Press Service: Q&A: Brother, Can You Spare 700 Billion Dollars?
September 27, 2008 (Interview with Dean Baker)
 
Marketwatch: Emergency Measures
September 26, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service: Is Uncle Sam a Good Performer?
September 26, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Global Policy Forum: Wall Street Meltdown Primer
September 26, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Lou Dobbs Show: If a Wall Street Bailout Bill Does Actually Pass, How Will It Work for America's Middle Class?
September 26, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Helsinki Times: Critics See US Bailout Plan as a Massive Blank Cheque
September 26, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Portsmouth Herald (NH): U.S. Financial Market Failure Will Hurt the Country For Years To Come, Some Contend
September 26, 2008 (Dean Baker)

USA Today
: Home Prices Fall 9.5% From '07, But Buyers Returning
September 25, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
U.S. News & World Report: Are Voters Worse Off After the Bush Presidency? Two Economic Studies Say Yes
September 25, 2008  
 
Inter Press Service: Financial Crisis Likely to Further Erode U.S. Influence
September 25, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
KUOW (94.9 FM): Robert Shiller on the Financial Crisis: What Do We Do About It?
September 25, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Associated Press: Millions Spend Half of Income on Housing
September 23, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Marketwatch: Echoes of Iraq in Bush's Handling of Mortgage 'Surge'
September 23, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
CNNMoney.com: Home Buyers Get Cold Feet
September 23, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
San Francisco Chronicle: Rescue Plan Could Hinge on Value of Bad Assets
September 23, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Providence Journal (RI): Federal Rescue Plan Turns Taxpayers Into Investors
September 23, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
In These Times: The $700 Billion Questions
September 23, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
New York Times: A Second Opinion?
September 22, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
New York Times: Experts See a Need for Punitive Action in Bailout
September 22, 2008 (Dean Baker) 
 
The Nation: We Won't Get Fooled Again
September 22, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Los Angeles Times: Bailout May Give Housing Market Some Breathing Room
September 22, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Los Angeles Times: Takeovers of AIG, Fannie and Freddie Raise Business and Political Questions
September 21, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Washington Times: Conservatives Rip Bailouts As Affront to GOP Principles
September 21, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Politico: White House Pressures Dems on Bailout
September 21, 2008 (Dean Baker) 
 
 
The Progressive: Where’s the Relief for those Facing Foreclosure?
September 19, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Associated Press: Paulson Oversees Historic Government Intervention
September 19, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
AlJazeera: Is This the End of U.S. Capitalism?
September 19, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)
 
USA Today: U.S. Bends the Rules of Free Markets
September 19, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)
 
Boston Globe: Maine Awaits US Real Estate Revival
September 18, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Inter Press Service (IPS): U.S. Ties to Bolivian Opposition "Shrouded in Secrecy"
September 18, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)
 
News and Observer (NC): Economist to Speak at Raleigh Luncheon
September 18, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Miami Herald: Bolivian President to Negotiate With Opposition
September 18, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)
 
The Progressive: Who Should Obama Turn to for Advice During the Economic Crisis?
September 17, 2008 (Dean Baker, Mark Weisbrot)
 
Marketwatch: Home Building Weakens Further in August
September 17, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Reuters: Bolivia's Morales Emerges Stronger From Crisis
September 17, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

The Thom Hartmann Program (Air America Radio): Is Evo Morales About to Be Overthrown?
September 15, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Newsweek
: Revolt of the Rich (Interview with Mark Weisbrot)
September 13, 2008

Wall Street Journal: Homeownership Push Is Rethought
September 12, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Santa Maria Times (CA): Big-Oil Profiteering Has a Long History
September 12, 2008 (Dean Baker) 
 
Colorado Independent: Presidential Nominees Ignore Credit Crunch
September 11, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Herald News (MA): Fannie, Freddie Bailout to Help Mortgage Consumers
September 11, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Santa Cruz Sentinel (CA): If Greed Is the Problem, What's the Solution?
September 10, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
MarketWatch: Home Prices Across PA Tumble, Study Finds
September 9, 2008 (Dean Baker, David Rosnick)

San Francisco Chronicle
: Possible Fallout from Fannie, Freddie Bailout
September 9, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNBC: What the Fannie Bailout Will and Won't Do
September 9, 2008 (Dean Baker)  
 
The Mario Solis Marich Show (Progressive Talk AM 1150): Is This Federal Bail Out for Fannie, Freddie Too Little Too Late?
September 8, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot joins the program at 18:50)
 

SmartMoney: How Fannie, Freddie Bailout Impacts Consumers
September 8, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNNMoney: Fannie, Freddie Rescue Won't End Housing Woes
September 8, 2008 (Dean Baker)

San Francisco Chronicle: Feds Take Control of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
September 8, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNNMoney: Fannie and Freddie 101
September 7, 2008 (Dean Baker)

San Francisco Chronicle: Clinton, Palin - What Do Female Voters Want?
September 7, 2008
 
WNUR (89.3 Chicago): Interview with Mark Weisbrot
September 6, 2008

Boston Globe (AP): Fannie, Freddie Blind to the Bubble
September 6, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Los Angeles Times: Unemployment Tops 6% for First Time in Five Years
September 5, 2008 (Dean Baker)

KPFK: Report: U.S. Parental Leave Policies Fall Short
(Interview with Rebecca Ray)
September 5, 2008

Green Valley News & Sun (AZ): The Color of Money: We All Define the Word ‘Rich’ Differently
September 4, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
CNBC: Worried About Your Job? What Sectors Are at Risk
September 4, 2008 (John Schmitt)

The Colorado Independent: Report: Media Props up Offshore Drilling Myth
September 4, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

SmartMoney: What the Candidates' Proposals Mean for Consumers
September 4, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Inter Press Service: Candidates Stay the Course on Latin America
September 3, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
: A Health-Care Mystery
September 3, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Lawrence Journal-World (KS): Which Presidential Candidate Can Help Economy?
September 2, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNNMoney: How the Housing Crash Hurts Your Retirement
September 2, 2008 (Dean Baker)

LOMA Resource: Boomers on Board
September 2008 (Dean Baker)

Washington Post: A Question Not of Elitism But of Empathy
August 31, 2008 (Dean Baker)

The Observer
(UK): The Big Question for US Voters: To Tax or Not to Tax
August 31, 2008 (Dean Baker)

MarketWatch: International Report Card on Parenting Policies: U.S. Gets a 'Gentleman's C'
August 30, 2008 (Rebecca Ray, John Schmitt)

Globe and Mail
(Canada): Canada Lags in Provision of ‘Daddy Leave'
August 30, 2008

Fox Business Network: University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey Could Be Providing False Hope
August 29, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNNMoney.com: New York Housing Shines - For Now
August 28, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Forbes: Analysis - High Venezuela Prices Threaten Chavez Pro-Poor Plan
August 27, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)
 
The Hankyoreh (South Korea): Interview: ‘Do Not Follow the U.S. Capitalism, Treat It As a Wicked Teacher’
August 26, 2008 (Ha-Joon Chang)

PNHP (Physicians for a National Health Program): Slight Drop in Uninsured Masks Deepening Problem, Doctors Say
August 26, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Nightly Business Report (PBS):
The Housing Glut Can Be A Dream and A Nightmare
August 25, 2008 (Dean Baker)


Pocono Record (PA): Wages of Pennsylvania Workers Stagnant As Economy Struggles, New Study Finds
August 25, 2008 (Dean Baker)


MarketWatch: One Nation, Changing Quickly
August 25, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Akron Beacon Journal (OH): Social Security More Solvent Than Most Americans Realize
August 24, 2008 (Dean Baker)

The Patriot News
(PA): To Buy or to Rent?
August 24, 2008

MarketWatch: National Slowdown Triggered by Falling Housing Prices Cools PA Economy
August 22, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Newsday
(NY): Meaning of Federal Takeover of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
August 22, 2008 (Dean Baker)

NPR: Housing Limbo: How Low Will Prices Go?
August 21, 2008 (Dean Baker
)
 
St. Petersburg Times: Buying Home Beats Renting in Bay Area, Study Shows
August 21, 2008

San Diego Union-Tribune
: Homeowners Left in the Lurch
August 21, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNN: Bolivians Strike for Share of Natural Gas Profits
August 19, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

American Prospect: Obama vs. the Fiscal Fear Mongers
August 19, 2008 (Dean Baker)

BusinessWeek: Health Care: The Real Fiscal Nightmare
August 19, 2008 (Dean Baker)

C-SPAN: Washington Journal with Dean Baker
August 18, 2008

Fox Business Network: U.S.'s Lack of Paid Vacation Laws
August 18, 2008 (Rebecca Ray)


Bloomberg: Obama Tilt Toward Rubinomics Stirs Warning From Organized Labor  
August 18, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
Chicago Tribune: Under the Government's Roof
August 14, 2008
(Dean Baker)

ABC News (AP): Need a Break? Here's How to Get More Vacation Time
August 13, 2008 (Rebecca Ray)

Between the Lines (WPKN): Food Security Issues Lead to Collapse of WTO Talks
August 13, 2008 (Deborah James)
 
CNNMoney.com: 25% of Home Sales Result in Loss
August 13, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Extra!
(FAIR): Fareed Zakaria, Spokesperson for the Global Elite
July/August 2008

New York Post
: Gimme a Break!: When It Comes to Taking Vacations, Americans Are the World's Losers
August 11, 2008 (John Schmitt)

Bloomberg:
Bolivians Vote on Whether Morales, Governors Remain in Office
August 10, 2008
(Mark Weisbrot)

Times Picayune
: N.O. Buyers Could See Homes Gain Value
August 9, 2008

Newsday
(NY): Access to Hospice Care Beneficial in Final Years
August 9, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Bill Moyers Journal: Facing up to the Economy
August 8, 2008 (Dean Baker)

New Straits Times
(Malaysia): Doha Round Fails to Deliver After Years of Talk
August 8, 2008

New York Times
: Economists Plumb the Depths of the Downturn
August 6, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Khaleej Times: All Options on the Table?
August 6, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

New York Observer
: Building Sellers Play Beat the Clock Against Election Day
August 5, 2008 (Dean Baker)

RTT News: FOMC Swears In Duke Just In Time For August Meeting
August 5, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Chicago Tribune
: Cost Pressures: Outlook Seems Anything But Sweet
August 3, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Saginaw News
(MI): Retailers Expecting Slower Back-to-School Sales
August 2, 2008 (Dean Baker)

RTTNews: Housing Rescue Receives Mixed Reviews
August 2, 2008 (Dean Baker)

New York Times
: More Arrows Seen Pointing to a Recession
August 1, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Capitol Report (WFSU): Interview on Housing Bill, with Liz Chimienti
August 1, 2008

Hankyoreh
(South Korea): Military Expands Book Blacklist
July 31, 2008 (Ha-Joon Chang)

Globe and Mail: Energy Slams Brakes on Growth
July 31, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Cranbury Press
(NJ): Dispatches: Another House of Cards
July 31, 2008 (Dean Baker)

New York Times
: A Hidden Toll on Employment: Cut to Part Time

July 31, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Forbes.com: Cities Where Getting a Job is Easier and Harder
July 30,
2008 (Dean Baker)

Caijing (China): Who Benefited from the U.S. Government Intervention?
July 29, 2008 (Dean Baker)

WMNF 88.5FM: Castor Defends Housing Bill
July 29, 2008 (Dean Baker)

USA Today
: Housing Rescue Bill May Fall Short; Who Benefits?
July 28, 2008 (Dean Baker)

News & Observer
(AP): Going Up: Price of Everything
July 28, 2008 (Dean Baker)

All Headline News: California Food Banks No Longer For Poor, Demand Increases 80 Percent
July 28, 2008 (Dean Baker)

WHAS 11 (ABC News): Louisville Library Usage Increasing Along with the Prices of Food and Gas
July 28, 2008

Chicago Tribune: Chasing Down Retirement
July 27, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Dollars & Sense
: How to Stop the Foreclosures?
July 25, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Fox Business: How to Collect Unemployment Insurance Without Being 'Unemployed'
July 24, 2008 (Dean Baker)

San Diego Union Tribune (CA): Local Reaction Mixed On Measure's Effects
July 24, 2008

Extra! (FAIR): Selling The Colombia Trade Pact
July/August 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

CNNMoney.com: Why We Tolerate Bailouts
July 24, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNNMoney.com: 2.2 Million Vacant Homes for Sale
July 24, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Market Watch: Federal Minimum Wage Rises 70 Cents Thursday
July 23, 2008 (John Schmitt)

Sun Telegraph (NE): Economic Roller Coaster: Sidney Economy Strong Though U.S. Economy Weak
July 23, 2008

Market Watch: Families at Risk in Recession
July 22, 2008 (John Schmitt)

CNBC: Banking Sector Spotlight
July 21, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Bloomberg: U.S. Expansion May Be First in 60 Years Without Income Recovery  
July 21, 2008 (Dean Baker, Mark Weisbrot and Robert Solow)

Las Vegas Review-Journal: KB Home Building Townhomes in Henderson
July 21, 2008

Gotham Gazette: The City Economy: Facing the Nation's Woes
July 21, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Boston Globe: Is Unlimited Vacation a Good Thing?
July 20, 2008

CBS News Sunday Morning: Taking Stock of Our Economic Woes
July 20, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

New York Times: Uncomfortable Answers to Questions on the Economy
July 19, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Doing Time (Air America Radio): Interview with Dean Baker
July 18, 2008


Agence France-Presse: US Optimistic on WTO Talks if China Leads Concessions
July 17, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Workers Independent News: Were Fannie And Freddie Mugged By Incompetent Mortgage Loan Managers?
July 17, 2008

Kansas City Star (MO): Real Earnings Down
July 16, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Minnesota Post (MN): Offshore-Drilling Move Deepens Rift Over Future Of Oil
July 16, 2008 

WVLT: Stay-cation Really As Good As a Real Vacation?
July 16, 2008

The Age
(Australia): Rumour-Mongering Bears Stash the Riches
July 15, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Washington Independent: Another Free Bailout
July 14, 2008 (Dean Baker)

The Diane Rehm Show (WAMU): Ongoing Turmoil in the Financial Markets
July 14, 2008 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: Government as the Big Lender
July 14, 2008 (Dean Baker)

USA Today
: Why Time Off Is Time Well Spent for Your Health
July 14, 2008

San Diego Union Tribune
: When Ends Won't Meet
July 13, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Southeast Missourian: Nationwide Real-Estate Slump Trickling Down to Southeast Missouri, Many Say
July 13, 2008

Dayton Daily News (OH): Refuge from Dire Trend
July 13, 2008

Telegraph Herald (IA): 'Free Trade' Aid Eludes Millions of Americans
July 13, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN): Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
July 12, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Indianapolis Business Journal
: Notions: Piddling and Diddle En Route to Doomsday
July 12, 2008 (Dean Baker)

San Antonio Business Journal: Homebuilders Claim the Time is Right to Buy a House in San Antonio
July 11, 2008

TheStreet.com: Housing Bubble's Pop Could Doom Boomers
July 11, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Central Valley Business Times: Study: Mortgage Meltdown Will Cause Massive Losses in Household Wealth
July 10, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Builder: Housing Crisis Hits Americans' Wealth
July 10, 2008 

Sacramento News and Review: Mayors Back Universal Health Care
July 10, 2008

Santa Rosa Press Democrat (Cox News): Housing Crisis Hurts Retirement Plans
July 10, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY): Housing Market in Rochester Is Doing Just Fine
July 10, 2008

Washington Post: Steel Steps Down From Treasury Post To Take Over at Struggling Wachovia
July 10, 2008 (Dean Baker)

New York Observer: Housing Slump to Destroy Housing Wealth
July 9, 2008

The Real News Network: Stagflation on the Horizon
July 9, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Star Tribune (MN): An Oil-Drilling Myth Repeated By Politicians Is Just Plain Oily
July 9, 2008

XETV San Diego: Renting vs. Buying in America's Finest City
July 9, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Washington Post
: Candidates Diverge on How to Save Social Security
July 8, 2008 (Dean Baker)

United Press International: Candidates Offer Ideas On Social Security
July 8, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Arkansas Business (AR): Cutting Entitlements
July 7, 2008

KPFK: McCain and Betancourt’s Rescue
July 7, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Congressional Quarterly Weekly: FHA Guarantees Not A Panacea
July 6, 2008 (Dean Baker)

BBC World News: Mark Weisbrot on the G8 Summit
July 6, 2008

Al Jazeera English (Reuters): US Election Diary: Dog Days
July 5, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Los Angeles Times: Fragile Economy Takes Toll on Jobs
July 4, 2008 (Dean Baker)

In These Times: The Free Trade Heretic
July 4, 2008 (Interview with Ha-Joon Chang)

Business Week: Choosing Where to Grow Old
July 3, 2008 (David Rosnick, Dean Baker)

Kansas City Star: June is Sixth Straight Month of Job Losses
July 3, 2008 (Dean Baker)

MSN Real Estate: 66 Cities Where Buying Makes Sense
July 3, 2008

MSN Real Estate: 34 Cities Where It's Still Better to Rent
July 3, 2008

The Guardian
(Reuters): Paulson Bank Failure Plan Won't Advance in '08
July 2, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Workers Independent News: McCain’s Offshore Drilling Proposal Won’t Lower Your Gas Cost
July 2, 2008

 

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