CEPR's ongoing coverage of the economic crisis the United States is facing, in large part due to the collapse of the housing bubble.

In Focus

Reports

Economics and Politics of Work-Family Policy: The Case for a State Family Leave Insurance Program
Spring 2009, Karen White and Eileen Appelbaum

U.S. Unemployment Now As High as Europe
May 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, and Shawn Fremstad

Testimony of Dean Baker - Committee on Science and Technology
May 19, 2009

Contagion Nation: A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries
May 2009, Jody Heymann, Hye Jin Rho, John Schmitt, and Alison Earle

The State and Local Drag on the Stimulus
May 2009, Dean Baker and Rivka Deutsch

Op-Eds & Columns

Pecora Commission II: Super-Sleuths or Keystone Cops?
Dean Baker
Campaign for America's Future, July 1, 2009

Making Financial Regulation Work: A Systemic Risk Regulator
Dean Baker
Washington Post, June 22, 2009

Fire Failed Regulators: The Best Regulatory Reform
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 22, 2009

American Voters Want Congressional Investigations: Will Democrats Seize the Opportunity for 2010?
Mark Weisbrot     
The Guardian Unlimited, June 18, 2009

Obama Plan Improves Regulatory Structure but Doesn’t Address Accountability
Dean Baker
June 17, 2009

Press Releases

U.S. Treasury Responds to CEPR's Cost Estimate for IMF Funding; CEPR Responds
June 15, 2009

New Funds for IMF Approved by U.S. Senate Would Worsen Global Economic Downturn, Economists Say
May 22, 2009

U.S. Lags World in Paid Sick Days for Workers and Families
May 18, 2009

State & Local Budget Shortfalls to Blunt Effect of ARRA
May 4, 2009

IMF's Economic Growth Projections for Latin America and Caribbean Appear Questionable
April 28, 2009

Other Resources

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS): Massive Job Cuts Renew Calls for Quick Action on Stimulus, January 26, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Fresh Air (NPR): Healthcare: The Key to Economic Stimulus, January 13, 2009 (Dean Baker)

New York Times: Where the Money Is, January 12, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Bloomberg: Strauss-Kahn Recasts IMF as Protector of Safety Nets for Poor, January 8, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Democracy Now!: Obama Warns Trillion Dollar Deficit Could Lead to Extensive Government Budget Cuts, January 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Day to Day (National Public Radio): Dr. Doom Predicted the Economic Collapse, January 7, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC): Stimulus Stalled Until February?, January 6, 2009 (Dean Baker)

Morning Edition (NPR): Government Officials Go To "Bailout Well" Again, November 26, 2008 (Dean Baker)

The Morning Show (KPFA 94.1 FM): Obama`s New Economic Team, November 25, 2008 (Dean Baker)

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS): Optimistic Fiscal Team Determined to Revive Economy, November 24, 2008 (Dean Baker)

The Angie Coiro Show (Green 960 AM): Discussion of the Auto Bailout, November 24, 2008 (John Schmitt)

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS): Citigroup Averts Collapse With Government Rescue Plan, November 24, 2008 (Dean Baker)  

Real News Network: The Lame Duck Economic Summit, November 14, 2008 (Mark Weisbrot)

Nightly Business Report (PBS): Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson`s New Plan for the Bailout, November 12, 2008 (Dean Baker) 

ABC News: Financial Finger Pointing on Capitol Hill, October 24, 2008 (Dean Baker)

CNBC: Greenspan: Prophet to Pariah, October 23, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Media Matters (WILL): Interview with Mark Weisbrot on the Credit Crisis, October 5, 2008

Real News Network: Is the Bailout Necessary?, October 1, 2008 (Dean Baker)

Democracy Now!: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Robert Scheer and Dean Baker on the Proposed $700 Billion Bailout of Wall Street, September 22, 2008