CEPR in the News: July-September 2008
CEPR in the News: July-September 2008 |
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CEPR in the News (Archive) July - September 2008 Inter Press Service: Bush Plan Down but Not OutSeptember 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)
Building Bridges Radio (WBAI, NY): Will the Bailout Fix the Crisis or Will We Need to Nationalize the Banks?
September 29, 2008 (Dean Baker)
CSPAN: Campaign 2008 and Economic Issues
September 30, 2008 (Dean Baker)
Uprising Radio: Interview with John Schmitt
September 29, 2008 Bloomberg: 'Hurting' Builders Seek New Tax Credit to Help Market
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)
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) 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)
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)
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)
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) Democracy Now!: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Robert Scheer and Dean Baker on the Proposed $700 Billion Bailout of Wall Street, the Largest Government Bailout of Private Industry in US History September 22, 2008 (Dean Baker)
September 21, 2008 (Dean Baker)
Washington Times: Conservatives Rip Bailouts As Affront to GOP Principles
September 21, 2008 (Dean Baker)
CNNMoney: Will it Work? More Questions Than Answers About How Effective the Fedearl Bailout Plan Will Be
September 20, 2008 (Dean Baker)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
Fox Business: How to Collect Unemployment Insurance Without Being 'Unemployed'
San Diego Union Tribune (CA): Local Reaction Mixed On Measure's Effects
Extra! (FAIR): Selling The Colombia Trade Pact
CNNMoney.com: Why We Tolerate Bailouts
Market Watch: Federal Minimum Wage Rises 70 Cents Thursday
Sun Telegraph (NE): Economic Roller Coaster: Sidney Economy Strong Though U.S. Economy Weak
Kansas City Star (MO): Real Earnings Down
Minnesota Post (MN): Offshore-Drilling Move Deepens Rift Over Future Of Oil
WVLT: Stay-cation Really As Good As a Real Vacation?
New York Times: Government as the Big Lender
Central Valley Business Times: Study: Mortgage Meltdown Will Cause Massive Losses in Household Wealth
Builder: Housing Crisis Hits Americans' Wealth
Sacramento News and Review: Mayors Back Universal Health Care
Arkansas Business (AR): Cutting Entitlements
Congressional Quarterly Weekly: FHA Guarantees Not A Panacea 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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