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February 9, 2010
Taxing Wall Street
9-10:30am
Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Please join CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker and Michael Ettlinger (President for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress) for a discussion about taxing Wall Street - why we should do it, how we can, and the best options moving forward. Greg Ip (U.S. Economics Editor, The Economist) will moderate.
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February 2, 2010
Downsizing the American Dream
7-9pm PST
The Hammer Museum/UCLA
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
After the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Wall Street is back but Main Street still suffers. As the divide between rich and poor in America widens, will the middle class recover or be left out as the economy is restructured? Join CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker and Les Leopold (director of the Labor Institute and author of The Looting of America: How Wall Street's Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed Our Jobs, Pensions and Prosperity -- and What We Can Do About It) for this discussion sponsored by the Hammer Forum.
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January 29, 2010
Union Members in 2009 and Beyond Brownbag Lunch Discussion
12-2pm
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Room 1004/06
1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC
CEPR Senior Economist John Schmitt joined other labor force experts (James A. Walker, Economist at the BLS, and Mark Levinson, Chief Economist of SEIU) to present on recently-released data about union members in 2009, demographic trends in the unionized workforce over the last 25 years, and projections for the future. The presentations were followed by a casual brownbag lunch discussion and Q&A.
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January 28, 2010
Dean Baker Discussing and Signing Copies of False Profits
6:30 pm
Busboys & Poets, Langston Room
2021 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker discussed and signed copies of his new book, "False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy," at Busboys & Poets. False Profits recounts the causes of the economic meltdown, dissects the government’s inadequate responses to it, and offers a thoughtful progressive program for rebuilding the economy and reforming the financial system.
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January 27, 2010
The Great Recession: How We Got Here and How We Get Out
7-9pm
Main Library, Shambaugh Auditorium
University of Iowa
125 West Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52242
CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker spoke on the subject of the current economic crisis. |
January 25, 2010
Haiti: Opportunities for Economic Development
2-4 pm
United Methodist Building
100 Maryland Avenue, NE
Conference Rooms 1-4
Washington, DC 20002
CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot participated in a discussion on a long-term development plan for Haiti after the January 12, 2010 earthquake. |
January 25, 2010
Latin America's Emerging Models of Partnership
2-4 pm
United Methodist Building
100 Maryland Avenue, NE
Conference Rooms 1-4
Washington, DC 20002
CEPR's Alex Main took part in a discussion on models of collaboration and partnership between the U.S. and Latin America. |
January 25, 2010
Debate Over Proposed Financial Speculation Tax
2:00 pm
Cannon House Office Building
Room 121
Independence Ave. & First St., S.E.
Washington, D.C.
CEPR co-director Dean Baker participated in this debate about a Financial Speculation Tax (a.k.a. Financial Transactions Tax) with Dr. Jim Angel (professor at McDonough Business School at Georgetown University), Robert Pollin (professor and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts), and George Sauter (managing director and chief investment officer, Vanguard Group, Inc.). Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen, will moderate.
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January 18, 2010
Coface Country Risk Conference: The Trends of the Global Economy in One Day
CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker gave a talk entitled "Households and Companies in the United States and in Europe: Spenders or Savers?" at the 14th Coface Country Risk Conference in Paris. His PowerPoint presentation can be here. |
December 14, 2009
Universal Voluntary Retirement Accounts: A Financially Secure Retirement
2:00-4:00pm EST
CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker participated in this free webinar (registration required) dicussing Universal Voluntary Retirement Accounts (UVRAs), hosted by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.
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