October - December 2007  

Associated Press: Many Venezuelans See No Change Yet
December 31, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) 

New York Times: The Free Market: A False Idol After All? 
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December 30, 2007 (Dean Baker)

CNNMoney.com: How They Got Housing Wrong
December 28, 2007 (Dean Baker)

San Diego Union Tribune: Mortgage Default Notices Fall 31% 
December 22, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Houston Chronicle: Venezuela Works on Confidence as Currency Loses Some Zeroes
December 21, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) 

Newsday (NY): Social Security's Future is No Cause for Alarm
December 21, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot) 

Tech Central Station: The 'Own-to-Rent' Solution?
December 20, 2007 (Dean Baker)

TMCnet.com: Job One
December 20, 2007

The State (SC): Get Help on Medicare Part D
December 20, 2007

Washington Times: Inside Politics (C-SPAN Study)
December 20, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Cybercast News Service: C-SPAN Favors Conservative Think Tanks, Study Says
December 20, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

FoxBusiness.com: Uh-Oh, Someone Said the 'R' Word, What Does that Mean?
December 19, 2007 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: In Reversal, Fed Approves Plan to Curb Risky Lending
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December 19, 2007 (Dean Baker)

International Herald Tribune (AP): Economists Say US Recession Could Loom, But Should We Believe Them?
December 18, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Orlando Sentinel (FL): Health Care: Going Up
December 17, 2007

Jamaica Gleaner News: Caribbean Briefs: Debt Cancellation Now Crucial to Haiti
December 15, 2007

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (AP): Homeownership Myth
December 15, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Kansas City Star: Drop in Earnings, Bump in Prices Signal Concern for Holiday Shopping
December 14, 2007 (Dean Baker)

AFP: US Consumer Inflation Sizzles in November
December 14, 2007 (Dean Baker)

CNNMoney.com: Builders' Lobbyist: We Made Too Many Homes
December 13, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Caribbean360.com: Disaster for Haiti if Debt Not Cancelled Soon
December 13, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Dallas Morning News: Fears of Social Security's Collapse Unfounded, Experts Say
December 11, 2007 (Dean Baker)

BBC: Why South America Wants a New Bank
December 10, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Christian Science Monitor: Housing: A Crisis With Staying Power
December 10, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Associated Press: Chavez, Allies Launch Bank of the South
December 9, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Jobs Data Show Economy Fights Hard to Stay Up
December 8, 2007 (Dean Baker)

WashingtonPost.com: The Fact Checker Checks the Post
December 8, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Counterspin: Mark Weisbrot on Venezuela Referendum
December 7, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Boston Globe: Straight Shooter, Wacky Tax Idea
December 7, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Marketplace Radio (PRI): S. America Set to Launch 'Banco del Sur'
December 6, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Detroit Free Press: Foreclosure Mess to Get Help
December 6, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Los Angeles Times (AP): Bill Coming Due on Sinking Home Equity
December 5, 2007 (Dean Baker)

The Island (Sri Lanka): Recovering Sovereignty: The Bank of the South
December 5, 2007

Financial Times: Poll Rebuke Puts Chavez Revolution on Hold
December 4, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

WTOC TV (GA): Are Credit Card Companies Abusing Interest Rates?
December 4, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Workers Independent News: Premiums For Seniors In Bush’s Medicare Part D Program Soar 24.5%
December 3, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Beneath The Surface with Suzi Weissman (KPFK): Venezuela Referendum
December 3, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Canada AM (CTV): Venezuela's Constitutional Reform Vote, Interview with Mark Weisbrot
December 3, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

CTV.ca (Canada): Chávez Loses Constitutional Reform Vote
December 3, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Arizona Republic: What the Biggest Economic Issues Can Mean to You
December 3, 2007

Christian Science Monitor: Social Security in Crisis? Hardly.
December 3, 2007 

Boston Globe: Mortgage Crisis Tarnishes Las Vegas Boomtown Image
December 2, 2007 (Dean Baker)

St. Petersburg Times (FL): Chávez's Power Grab Put to Vote
December 1, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

The Real News Network: Venezuela's Referendum: What's At Stake?
November 30, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Los Angeles Times: Price Tag in Mortgage Crisis is Looking Like Real Money
November 30, 2007 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: Chávez Proposals Would Make Finances Opaque
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November 30, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Bloomberg: Venezuela Changes May Fuel Inflation, Hurt Growth, Bankers Say
November 29, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Time: Is Chávez Taking Too Many Oil Risks?
November 29, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Spero News: Medicare Drug Plan Premiums Rise By Almost 25%
November 29, 2007 (Dean Baker)

RTT News: Fed Was "Incredibly Irresponsible" In Letting Housing Bubble Get "So Out Of Line"
November 28, 2007 (Dean Baker)

RTT News: As Fed Decision Nears, Some Worry About Dangers of Rate Cuts
November 28, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Wall Street Journal: The Rise of Family-Friendly Cities
November 27, 2007

Columbus Dispatch (OH): Battling Back: Companies Root out Fakes in Asia, Online and at Home
November 27, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

CBS News: Merchants Look to Cyber Monday for Sales 
November 26, 2007 (Dean Baker)

KPFT (TX): The Monitor
November 25, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Rio Rancho Observer (NM): Put a Little Play Back in Your Day
November 25, 2007

Indianapolis Star: Builders Hope Retail Tactics Pay Off in Home Sales
November 24, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Washington Times (DC): Study: Democrats the Party of the Rich
November 23, 2007 (Dean Baker)

National Post (Canada): Iraq War Hikes True Cost of Oil to US$300
November 22, 2007

The Independent Weekly (NC): Movement Liberal: Paul Krugman
November 21, 2007

Herald-Review (MN): Struggling to Make Work Work
November 19, 2007

McClatchy News: Inflation's Reappearance Worries South Americans
November 16, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

RTTNews: "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly": Jobs in America
November 16, 2007 (John Schmitt)

WYPR (MD): The Marc Steiner Show
November 14, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Financial Planning: Record Number of Homes Vacant
November 14, 2007 (Dean Baker)

KIRO (WA): The Dave Ross Show
November 13, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Plain Dealer (OH): Good, Jobs, Bad Jobs Ranked by Many Factors
November 12, 2007 (John Schmitt)

USA Today: Argentina's Snub of Conventional Wisdom Pays Off
November 7, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

KOHO (WA): Bad Jobs
November 7, 2007 (John Schmitt)

New University (CA): Tuition Rising Too Fast
November 6, 2007 (Heather Boushey)

To the Point (KCRW): The Writers' Strike
November 5, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Wall Street Journal: Strong October Job Growth Sends Another Mixed Signal on Economy
(subscription required)November 3, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Toronto Star: Soft Spots Show in US Employment
November 3, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: October's Job Data is Robust, Except for Patches
November 3, 2007 (Dean Baker)

MarketWatch: Jumbo Loans Still Scarce in High-Cost Areas
November 2, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Reuters: Job Growth Strong, But Not Everywhere
November 2, 2007 (Dean Baker)

WashingtonPost.com: A Changed World?
November 2, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

MarketWatch: The Ten Worst Jobs in America
November 1, 2007 (John Schmitt)

Boston Globe: When Wages Don't Pay the Bills
November 1, 2007

AFP: US Economy Surges 3.9 Pct Despite Housing, Credit Woes
October 30, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Democracy Now!: In Defiance of IMF, Argentina Elects First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to Become Argentina's First Elected Female President
October 30, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

KPFK (CA): Argentina's Economic Recovery
October 29, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

In These Times: Pirates of Private Equity
October 29, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Machinists News Network: Bridging the Gap Part 1, Part 2
October 26, 2007 (Heather Boushey)

Reuters: U.S. Homeowner Vacancy Rate Rose to 2.7 pct in Q3
October 26, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Financial Times: No Tears for the IMF as a Feisty Argentina Awaits its Next Evita
October 25, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

KCPW (UT): "Free Trade"
October 25, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Xinhua News Agency: U.S. War Costs May Top 2.4 Trillion U.S. Dollars
October 24, 2007

CNNMoney.com: Iraq War's Creeping Costs
October 23, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Indianapolis Star: Social Security Truths
October 23, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker)

Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Bridge the Gap for the Working Poor
October 23, 2007 (Heather Boushey)

Media Cow TV: The Housing Bubble
October 2007 (Dean Baker)

Marketplace Radio (PRI): This Country Sponsored By Corporate
October 19, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

FAIR: Social Security Scaremongering
October 19, 2007 (Dean Baker)

AFP: World Bank Seeks Private Sector Aid for Poor Countries
October 18, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

El Universal (Venezuela): Bank of the South Members Meet in Washington
October 18, 2007 (Dan Beeton)

Chicago Tribune: Treasury: Worst is Still Ahead
October 17, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Chicago Sun-Times: Housing Market Flame-Out May Burn Us All
October 16, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Washington Post: A Plan to Help Economy Stay Afloat
October 16, 2007 (Dean Baker)

St. Petersburg Times (FL): Bush Visit Aims to Bolster Latin American Trade
October 13, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

WashingtonPost.com: Tracing the Causes of Death for a Migrant Worker
October 12, 2007 (Heather Boushey)

International Herald-Tribune: Nobel Laureate Praises Chavez's Plan for South American Bank
October 11, 2007 (Joseph Stiglitz)

Asheville Citizen-Times (NC): Supports for Working Poor Fall Short in N.C.
October 11, 2007

Plain Dealer (OH): 41 Million Working Families Struggle Despite Government Programs
October 11, 2007 (Heather Boushey)

Miami Herald: Central America Faces New Test in Asia
October 11, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Market Watch: Working Families Need Help to Afford the Basics
October 10, 2007 (Heather Boushey)

Washington Post: Car Dealer Tactics on the New-Home Lot
October 8, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Los Angeles Times: Costa Rica Appears to Seal CAFTA
October 8, 2007 (Mark Weisbrot)

Detroit News: Mortgage Cure: Just Wish Upon a Czar
October 6, 2007 (Dean Baker)

Kansas City Star: Unemployment Rate Increases, But So Does Job Creation
October 5, 2007 (Dean Baker) 

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