CEPR in the News: October - December 2008
CEPR in the News: October - December 2008 |
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October - December 2008
Truthout: Beyond Bailouts: On the Politics of Education After Neoliberalism
Net News Publisher: Venezuela’s Economy Expands 4.9% in 2008
CNN Money: Treasury Commitments Over $350 Billion Could Be Cause For Concern
AlterNet: Was the 'Credit Crunch' a Myth Used to Sell a Trillion-Dollar Scam?
Detroit News: Auto Woes Rock Black Work Force
AlterNet: Women Bringing New Strength to Unions
Boston Globe (AP): Big Winners of the Past Were Losers in 2008
The Hill (D.C.): Progressives Pressure Congress to Pass Stimulus
Alternet: Ecuador Calls Foreign Debt 'Illegal,' Defaults on Payments
New York Times Magazine: The Year in Ideas 2008
USA Today: Why Home Values May Take Decades to Recover
Financial Times: Ecuador Maintains Bond Default Threat
The Nation: To Spend or Not to Spend
BBC: Fresh Appeal for Debt Relief for Haiti
CNN Money: Seniors Face Grim Choices Amid Market Shock
Marketplace (NPR): Health Care Reform-- Now
CNN Money: How to Fix the Housing Mess
Colorado Independent: Women's Wages, Benefits Boosted by Union Membership
Newsweek: Rubin's Detail Deficit
CNN Money: Where the Jobs Are
Washington Post: Academic Elites Fill Obama's Roster
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Auto Industry a Boon and Bust for Blacks in Midwest
Associated Press: Home Loan Troubles Break Records Again
New York Times: It May Be Time to Think About Buying a House
CNNMoney.com: Have Degree - And Pink Slip
Marketplace Radio (American Public Media): Health Care Can Be Form of Stimulus
Toronto Star: Ontario Builders Seek Relief in Budget
Marketplace (NPR): Health Care Can be Form of Stimulus
Marketwatch: U.S. Homes Now Undervalued, Economists Say
Wall Street Journal: Economists: Stabilize Home Prices By Cutting Them Drastically
San Diego Union-Tribune (CA): One Way To Help America's Families
Politico: Stiglitz Helps Obama Shed Rubin Stigma
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA): It's Official - And It Began Last Year
The Hill (D.C.) Dems in Awkward Position Over Citigroup Bailout Plan
New Yorker: Anatomy of a Meltdown
Newsweek: Rubin's Detail Deficit
CNNMoney.com: Bailouts: $7 Trillion and Rising
Alternet: Chomsky: Is There Truth in Obama's Advertising?
Guardian Unlimited (UK): Chavismo is Alive and Kicking
The Progressive: No More Shop Till You Drop
Politico: Debate Ignites Over Blanket Pardons
Morning Edition (NPR): Government Officials Go To 'Bailout Well' Again
CNBC: How Will Bernanke Fit Into Obama's Economic Plans?
ABC News: Obama Announces Economic Advisory Board
Los Angeles Times: Getting More Bang For Our Bailout
Brattleboro Reformer (VT): Deficits Don't Matter
Wisconsin Public Radio: President Obama's Economic Appointments
CNN.com: Can Obama Save the U.S. Economy?
The Progressive: Obama’s OMB Head Would Cut Social Security
Morning Edition (NPR): A Closer Look At Obama's Picks For Economic Team
Bankrate.com: Fed Will Buy $500 Billion in Securitized Home Loans
San Francisco Chronicle: Obama Names Top Economic Advisers
Investor's Business Daily: Obama Vows Stimulus Now, Restraint Later
The Morning Show (KPFA 94.1 FM): Obama's New Economic Team
Democracy Now!: Noam Chomsky: “What Next? The Elections, the Economy, and the World”
The Angie Coiro Show (Green 960 AM): Discussion of the Auto Bailout
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS): Optimistic Fiscal Team Determined to Revive Economy
Marketplace Radio (American Public Media): Loss of Home Equity is the Crux of Crisis
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS): Citigroup Averts Collapse With Government Rescue Plan
The Peter Collins Show (KPTK 1090 AM): Discussion on the Economy and President-Elect Obama's Economic Appointments
UPI: Job Market Shifting as Recession Sets In
Time: Why Unemployment Could Be Worse This Time
CNNMoney.com: Obama Picks Summers As Top Economic Adviser
Daily News and Analysis (India): U.S. Wants Help from the Cash-Rich Economies
Newsweek: Don't Get Depressed, It's Not 1929
CNBC: With Washington Paralyzed, Wall Street Gets the Shakes
Christian Science Monitor: How Deep A Recession?
Prospect Magazine: The New Rubinomics
The Conversation (KUOW 94.9 FM): Your Career in Hard Economic Times
CNN: Lou Dobbs Tonight
Los Angeles Times: Federal Reserve Sees Recession to at Least Mid-2009
New Brunswick Business Journal: The Instrument of Choice
Washington Independent: Bigger than Detroit
AlterNet: Will the Youth Movement Save the Labor Movement?
MetroWest Daily News (MA): Economist to Speak at Framingham State
Salinas Californian: Dow falls below 8,000 for first time since 2003
Los Angeles Times: FDIC Chief Sheila Bair Could Have Role on Obama Team
Public News Service: Uncle Sam to the Rescue in Michigan?
Tell Me More (NPR): Big Three Automakers Take Their Case to Capitol Hill
Dollars & Sense: Crisis and Neoliberal Capitalism
The American Prospect: The Summers Bubble
Public News Service: “Young and Underpaid” – Typical West Virginia Story
Telegraph (UK): G20 Summit's Achievement Was Getting Momentum Going
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX): Mortgage Bailout is Good for Everybody
Time: Paulson Credit-Card Bailout Draws Growing Criticism
Tampa Tribune: Counting The Cost
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: No Easy or Cheap Solution to Bail Out Overextended Homeowners
AlterNet: Our Economy May Be in a Death Spiral - Will Washington Stop the Bleeding?
Wall Street Journal: Obama Faces Political Minefield With Appointments
Russia Today: What Can We Expect from G20 Summit?
Newsweek: IMF Bailouts: Austerity Is The Answer?
Washington Post: Economic Advisers Represent Wide Range
Guardian (UK): In Praise of ... the Center for Economic and Policy Research
Real News Network: The Lame Duck Economic Summit
WMNF 88.5FM (FL): Economists Question IMF's Ability to Solve Economic Crisis
Deutsche Presse-Agentur: IMF Hopes to Improve Reputation With Expanded Lending Role
Clarion-Ledger (MS): Price tag for economic stimulus keeps Growing
Harvard Independent: Building Obama's Cabinet
MarketWatch: Experts Set Low Threshold of 'Do No Harm' for G20
AlterNet: Overworked, Vacation-Starved America Ranks #1 in Depression, Mental Health Problems
Nightly Business Report (PBS): Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's New Plan for the Bailout
The Diane Rehm Show (WAMU 88.5 FM): Modifying Mortgages
CNNMoney.com: U.S. Unveils Mortgage Plan
Forbes.com: Where Everyday U.S. Costs Are Cheapest and Priciest
MarketWatch: U.S. Unwraps Latest Plan to Stem Foreclosures
Colorado Independent: Kicking the Wall Street Habit
New Republic: An Orgy of Green--Meh
The Real Deal: Bailout Program May Be Unlikely to Help New Yorkers Facing Foreclosure
Canadian Business Online: Fasten Your Seatbelts
The Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU 88.5 FM): Worker Issues and the Next Administration
Montrose Daily Press (CO): President-Elect Obama Faces Many Challenges
The Marc Steiner Show (WEAA 88.9 FM): The National Debt and Its Consequences
San Francisco Chronicle: Obama Wants To Limit Foreclosures - But How?
AlterNet: A Progressive Agenda for Obama
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA): 240,000 U.S. Jobs Gone In A Month; Look For More Layoffs
Kansas City Star (MO): As Jobless Rate Worsens, Obama Urges Quick Passage of Stimulus Measure
MarketWatch: Conforming Loan Limit to Stay at $417,000 Next Year
Time: Realtors Push for Federal Aid To Homebuyers
Living Room (KPFA 94.1 FM): What Now, Mr. Obama?
MarketWatch: Obama's Plans May Be Delayed, But Your Tax Bill Will Change
MarketWatch: What President-Elect Obama Will Do To Improve Housing
Bloomberg: Latin America Leaders Seek to Mend U.S. Ties With Region, Cuba
On the Economy (Bloomberg): Dean Baker Likes Sheila Bair as Next Treasury Secretary
CNN Money: Jobs Take a Beating
AlterNet: OK Barack, Time to Hit the Ground Running
Morning Call (PA): Now Comes the Hard Part
SmartMoney: Countdown to the Vote: Taxes
The Daily (University of Washington): Race and Gender: A Factor in the UW Vote?
Baltimore Chronicle: More from the Front Lines of the Financial Crisis
Barrons: The Cruelest Month
Investment News: Bailout Delays, Chaos Crimp Stock Market
Market Oracle: The End of Economic Prosperity
Meet the Bloggers: The Very Scary Economy
Los Angeles Times: Economic Data Point to the Start of a Recession
SmartMoney: Countdown to the Vote: Housing
MarketWatch: Homeowner Relief: Getting It Right
Baltimore Chronicle: The End of Prosperity
Washington Independent: Finally, a Bailout for Homeowners?
Alternet: McCain Is Robin Hood in Reverse
New York Times Magazine: The Populist
Inter Press Service: Haiti: Activists Urge World Bank to Erase Crippling Debt
Fresno Bee (CA): Falling Local Home Prices Could Drop More
USA Today: Global Financial Crisis May Hit Hardest Outside US
CNNMoney.com: Job Cuts: Who's Next?
Dallas Morning News: Study: Dallas-Fort Worth Homes Will Hold Their Values
The Diane Rehm Show (WAMU): The U.S. Residential Real Estate Market
Modesto Bee (CA): Real Estate Near Bottom?
The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News): Dean Baker on the O'Reilly Factor
Sacramento Business Journal: Study: New Homebuyers in Sacramento Won’t Gain Equity By 2012
MIT Tech (MA): Chomsky Discusses Economy, Military Hegemony
Houston Chronicle (TX): Crisis Threatens Hearty Growth for Latin America
RTT News: Fed Expected To Reduce Rates Again, But Cuts Come With Diminishing Impact
Commercial Appeal (TN): Free Choice Act Gives Power to Workers
MarketWatch: Can an Infrastructure Overhaul Boost the Economy?
Charleston Gazette (WV): Young Workers in Unions Earn $4 More Per Hour Than Non-Union, Study Shows
Agence France-Press: Obama Woos Middle Class, McCain Tars Him as 'Socialist'
EGov Monitor: US Presidential Campaign Battleground
National Public Radio: Official Or Not, Consumers Sense A Recession
Associated Press: Give Us A Break! Campaign Seeks More Vacation Time
ABC News: Financial Finger Pointing on Capitol Hill
CNBC: Greenspan: Prophet to Pariah
CentrePiece (London School of Economics): Big Ideas: Rising Wage Inequality
CNBC: Fight Back When You're Hit on All Fronts
Associated Press: World Bank: Storm-Struck Haiti at 'Tipping Point'
Associated Press: Next Stimulus Should Focus on Infrastructure
Real News Network: Obama and the Americas
Mother Jones: Credit Rating Exec: "We Sold Our Souls to the Devil"
In These Times: All Work, No Play
Associated Press: World Bank President in Haiti After Killer Storms
KPFA 94.1FM: The Morning Show
Inter Press Service: Economy: Rich-Poor Divide Worst Among Rich Countries
Associated Press: Stock Market Doesn't Reflect the Economy
RTT News: Dean Baker Of The CEPC: Bernanke Is "Absolutely Right…We Do Need A Stimulus At This Point"
American Conservative: Street Sweeping
South Coast Today (MA): Barney Talks About Financial Crisis on Home Turf
Modesto Bee (CA): Tight Credit Putting Buyer Expectations Into Perspective
The Washington Independent: Bernanke Gets Behind 2nd Stimulus Bill
Buffalo News: End of Easy Credit May Signal Start of New Era of Frugality
Ocala Star-Banner (FL): Let the Voting Begin
Chicago Tribune: For McCain, 9 Lives Plus?
Las Vegas Sun: Election Could Help Fulfill Union Dream, Management Nightmare
New York Times: The Freedom Recovery Plan: Daniel Alpert Responds
Los Angeles Times: Latin America Feels the Pinch of Global Economic Crisis
Nightly Business Report (PBS): Housing Starts Still Can't Get Started in These Troubled Times
Public News Service: Report: MO Young Workers Face Paycheck Discrimination
Globe and Mail: Remorseful Paulson Regrets 'Mistakes'
CNN Money: Interview with Dean Baker
New York Times: World Markets Fall as Investors Weigh Relentless Trouble
Asheville Citizen-Times (NC): Report: Young Workers Earning Less
Santa Rosa Press Democrat (CA): Markets Drop as Economy Weakens
Marketwatch: Young PA Workers Today Earn 10 Percent Less Than Their Counterparts Nearly 30 Years Ago
Cherry Hill Courier Post (NJ): Study Says South Jersey Home Costs Equal to Rent
Marketwatch: Can Obama, McCain Keep Promises to Cut Taxes?
Dallas Morning News: Obama, McCain Detail How to Help the Economy
Bloomberg: Blankfein's $70 Million Would Survive Paulson's Rules
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Economy a Deciding Factor in 2008 Election
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Interview with Dean Baker
USA Today: McCain Adds to Economic Plans
CNBC: Too Much Gov't Intervention?
Newshour (PBS): President Bush Unveils New Plan to Stabilize Banks
Wall Street Journal: U.S. to Buy Stakes in Nation's Largest Banks
Christian Science Monitor: How Economy Looks to the Man Who Wrote the Book
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Latest Bailout No Guarantee For Economy
Washington Indepenent: Candidates’ New Economic Plans, Take 2
Mother Jones: A Jobless Rescue?
Reuters: Obama Lays Out Modest Steps On Economy
Common Dreams: Requiem for the Bailout Storyline
Politico: Obama Unveils 'Economic Rescue Plan'
St. Petersburg Times (FL): What Caused Economic Crisis? No One Thing
San Francisco Chronicle: Grim Economic Reality Faces Next President
Associated Press: Is the Era of Easy Credit Over For the Long Haul?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Interview with Dean Baker
KPFA 94.1FM: Interview with Mark Weisbrot
CNBC: US Plans Recapitalization Plan For Financial Firms
Marketplace Radio (PRI): You Might Get What You Need
The Progressive: Bush No FDR
The American Conservative: Street Sweeping
McClatchy Newspapers: Many Doubt That McCain's Health Plan Would Help Uninsured
CNN Money: McCain Mortgage Fix Burdens Taxpayers
Frontline (PBS): Portrait of a Bolivian Conflict
Agence France Press: IMF Angles for More Active Role in Financial Crisis
Belleville News Democrat: McCain's Tax Credit for Health Care Raises Questions About Savings, Cost, Coverage
New York Times: Bailout, British Style
Miami Herald: With Bailout, Socialists Say Bush is Now `A Fellow Traveler'
C-SPAN: Economic and Budgetary Consequences of Federal Intervention
Extra News (IL): Latinos Are Joining Labor Unions
Alternet: Wall Street's Meltdown: How America Caught Speculative Fever
Capital Times (WI): More McCain visits, Kagen Opens a Big Lead Over Gard, Nader Opens a Headquarters
Talk Radio News Service: $700 Billion Will Give You Something
SmartMoney.com: Economists: Another Stimulus Bill Likely
Forbes: Why Spending Online May Bounce Back First
Nasdaq.com: US House Speaker Pelosi: $150 Billion Economic Stimulus Needed
Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC, 93.9 FM NY): 30 Issues: Sense of Entitlement - Social Security and Medicare
San Francisco Chronicle: Economists Say Bailout Must Be Shown to Work
Salon.com: Another Step Toward Nationalizing the Finance Sector
FAIR: Economic 'Plan B' Makes the News… Too Late
Salon.com: A Wild Day on Wall Street
Washington Post: Bush the Gambler
Christian Science Monitor: Financial Crisis: the Latest Blow to Free-Market 'Dogma'
Sydney Morning Herald: Stressed Banks to Forgive Defaulter
Central Valley Business Times (CA): Tightened Credit Impacts Small Businesses
UPI: Bailout Didn't Cure US Economy
Dallas Morning News: Even Some Not Sold on Bailout Believe it Will Help U.S. Economy
Media Matters (WILL): Interview with Mark Weisbrot
Los Angeles Times: U.S. Loses 159,000 Jobs in September, Worst One-Month Drop in Five Years
Financial Post: Caught in the Credit Trap
Yahoo News (CQ): Rough Sailing After Bailing
Gainesville Sun (FL): Fooled by the ‘Drill Now’ Mantra
Alternet: The Bailout: How Capitalism Killed Democracy
Financial Post: Caught in the Credit Trap
Daily Herald (WA): Saying 'No Deal' to This New Deal
Billings Gazette (MT): Bailout Bill Forsakes Taxpayers, Subverts Democratic Process
UPI: Ecuador Rethinks Oil Strategy
Politico: Carter-Era Economist Advises Bailout Opponents
Bloomberg: Latin America Economic Boom Threatened as Credit Freeze Deepens
The Nation: Born-Again Democracy
Real News Network: Is the Bailout Necessary?
Marin Independent Journal (CA): Clarity Needed in Economic Crisis
Salon.com: Wash Post's Pearlstein: Anyone Opposing the Bailout is Ignorant < Return to the main 'CEPR in the News' page |