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The following selection of publications and news programs cited CEPR or featured interviews with our experts. To browse radio and TV interviews only, see Multimedia.

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Charleston Daily Mail (WV): Study: Union Pay Boosts Average W.Va. Worker's Salary
May 16, 2008

Charleston Gazette (WV): Union Workers Earn More, Studies Find
May 16, 2008 (John Schmitt)

The New Capital Show: Welfare for the Wealthy
May 15, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Crain's New York Business
: Report: Low-Wage Union Workers Get 16% More
May 15, 2008

Rocky Mountain News (CO): Study: Contracts Aid Lower-Wage Workers
May 15, 2008

WHSV TV (WV): Union vs. Nonunion Pay
May 15, 2008

Bangor Daily News (ME): Food Pantries for Poor, Loans for Hungry Bankers
May 13, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Orlando Sentinel: Sentiment Shifts in Owning vs. Renting a Home
May 12, 2008

Denver Post
: For Most, It's a Recession
May 10, 2008

Reuters: Inflation Fear Back in Play in U.S. Bond Market
May 8, 2008 (Dean Baker)
 
USA Today: Mortgage Crisis Seeps to Prime Loans
May 8, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Dallas Morning News
: Dallas-Fort Worth is a Good Place to Build Home Equity
May 8, 2008

Tampa Bay Business Journal
(FL): National Groups Make Push For Stronger Rental Housing Emphasis
May 8, 2008

CNNMoney.com: Drive Out of Poverty With a Car
May 5, 2008 (Margy Waller)

Boston Globe: Democrats Trade Jabs in Virtual Debate
May 5, 2008

District Chronicles (Howard University): How to Put a Little Play Back in Your Day
May 5, 2008

Washington Times: Vacation Doesn't Work
May 4, 2008

Sunday Morning (KPFA CA): Santa Cruz Referendum in Bolivia
May 4, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Detroit Free Press: Michigan's Issues Are Candidates' Key Issues
May 4, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
: Job Hunt Gets Scary
May 3, 2008

New York Times
: Mortgage-Free, but Not Free From the Temptation to Borrow
May 3, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Orlando Sentinel (FL): Consumers Ease Up On Spending Habits
May 2, 2008 (Dean Baker)

American Banker: Baby Boomer Home Sales Re-Emerge as Wild Card (Subscription needed)
May 2, 2008

San Francisco Chronicle: The Plague of Potomac Fever
May 2, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Minnesota Daily: Economic Irresponsibility
May 1, 2008 (Dean Baker)

MarketWatch:
Recasting a Housing Rescue
April 30, 2008
(Dean Baker)

CNNMoney.com: Housing Prices Post Record Declines
April 29, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Democracy Now!: Economists Question McCain and Clinton's Gas Taxes
April 29, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Washington Times: Briefing: Doubt Cast on Colombia's Seizure
April 29, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

USA Today: Experts, Consumers Share Home Market Views
April 29, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Daily Bruin
(CA): GOP Taking a Page from Chávez' Playbook
April 29, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Nashua Telegraph
: Public's Right to Know Isn't Always Enough
April 27, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Dallas Morning News: Life At Work: Americans Gave up $60B Worth of Vacation Time Last Year, Group Says
April 23, 2008

Reuters:
Brazil to Deal With Paraguay on Power Price Demand
April 22, 2008
(Mark Weisbrot)

The Morning Show (KPFA CA): Election Results in Paraguay
April 22, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot joins the show at minute 46)

Al Jazeera: Lugo Vows Paraguay 'Consensus'
April 22, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Boston Globe
(AP): Former Bishop Fernando Lugo Scores Historic Win in Paraguay
April 21, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)   

News-Herald (OH): Mortgage Crisis Boosts Market for Rentals
April 21, 2008

FoxBusiness: Economic News Too Negative? Just Cut Funding for Data
April 21, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Reuters: Ex-Bishop Wins Paraguay Vote as Democracy Matures
April 21, 2008
(Mark Weisbrot)

CNNMoney.com: The Trillion-Dollar Mortgage Time Bomb
April 21, 2008 (Dean Baker)

East Valley Tribune (AZ): Coppersmith: To McCain, All, er, Most Earmarks Bad
April 20, 2008 (Dean Baker)

St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO): Economic Conversion Would Boost the St. Louis Region
April 20, 2008

Newsday (NY): Financial Meltdowns Make Case for Regulation
April 18, 2008
(Dean Baker)

USA Today
: 10 Myths About Investing and Finances That Trip-Up People
April 18, 2008

Daily Times
(DE): Markell Offers Home Loan Plan
April 18, 2008 (Dean Baker)

USA Today: Housing Bailout: Helping Hand or Handout?
April 16, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Star Tribune (MN): Anoka County's Drug Card Offers Simple Way to Save on Medicine
April 16, 2008

Bangor Daily News
: Real Worry Is Medicare, Not Social Security
April 15, 2008 (Dean Baker)

The Real News:
Will Recession Kill or Renew Labor Unions?
April 15, 2008 (John Schmitt)

Daily News (NY): Unions Give Blacks a Wage Boost
April 15, 2008

USA Today: Rate of Home Foreclosures Expected to Get Worse
April 15, 2008 (Dean Baker)


MarketWatch: Helping Jobless Could Help Economy, Democrats Say
April 14, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Marketplace Radio (PRI):
Financial World's Bigwigs Come Up Short
April 14, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

News & Observer (NC) (McClatchy-Tribune): Economists' Tips on Picking Leaders
April 13, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)


New York Times
:
Letter: A Rental Option
April 13, 2008  (Dean Baker)


MarketWatch: Recession-Proof Your Insurance Needs
April 13, 2008

Agence France-Presse:
G7 Begins to Get to Grips With Crisis, Doubts Remain: Analysts
April 12, 2008
(Mark Weisbrot)

Credit Union Times: Downturn Hits Mortgage Bankers Association
April 11, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CounterSpin (FAIR): Mark Weisbrot on Colombia Trade Deal
April 11, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)


MarketWatch: Sen. Dodd Urges U.S. to Insure New Mortgages
April 10, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Sacramento Bee: California Assembly Panel Passes State-Run IRA Proposal
April 10, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Marketplace Radio (PRI): Free Trade Opponents Meet in Cuba
April 9, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Asia Times Online: The De-flattening of the World
April 9, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Minneapolis Star-Tribune.com: A Simple Way to Save on Medicines
April 8, 2008

Kojo Nnamdi (NPR):
Media and the Economy
April 8, 2008 (Dean Baker)


Sydney Morning Herald
: Home Is Where the Heartache Lies
April 7, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Arizona Republic: Renting a Home Cheaper Than Owning One
April 6, 2008

The McLaughlin Group: Issue One -- The "R" Stigma (Transcript)
April 6, 2008 (Dean Baker) (Video, at 4:14)

Weekend Edition Sunday (NPR): If It's a Recession, How Deep?
April 6, 2008 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: In the Shadow of Foreclosures
April 6, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Washington Post
: Housing Crisis Hits Its Own
April 6, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Boston Globe: Golden Years for the Clintons
April 5, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Nightly Business Report (PBS): What's In The Foreclosure Prevention Bill
April 4, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNNMoney.com: What Job Woes Mean to You
April 4, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNBC: Helping Homebuilders
April 4, 2008 (Dean Baker)

MercoPress:
Diversified Markets Have Cut Brazil’s Exposure to U.S. Crisis
April 4, 2008

Philadelphia Business Journal: Advantage: Unions
April 4, 2008

Minneapolis Star-Tribune (AP): Homebuilders Get Breaks From Congress
April 3, 2008 (Dean Baker)

ABC News: Homebuilders Win Big in Senate Bill
April 3, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNN: American Morning
April 3, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Democracy Now!: Bi-Partisan Housing Deal Slights Struggling Homeowners
(Audio and video available, 5:42-6:45)
April 3, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Washington Post
: Housing Accord Puts Builders First
April 3, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Chicago Sun-Times (AP): Help on the Home Front
April 3, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Politico: Isakson Sells Home Tax Credit
April 3, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Indianapolis Star: Obama Challenges Clinton on NAFTA
April 2, 2008 (Dean Baker)

BBC News: US Market Reform Plan Criticized
April 1, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Chicago Tribune: GOP, Dems Vow Aid vs. Foreclosures
April 1, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Miami Herald
: Unions Beneficial to Blacks, Report Finds
April 1, 2008 (John Schmitt)


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