November 11, 2009

November 5, 2009

Restoring Human Rights and Democracy in Honduras: An evening with Bertha Oliva and Jessica Sanchez at Busboys and Poets

Bertha Oliva and Jessica Sanche discussed the dramatic human rights abuses that have taken place in Honduras under the coup regime, the broad-based movement of resistance to the June 28 coup, and the implications of the tentative settlement reached on October 29.  CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot provided an introduction.

October 13-15, 2009

September 24, 2009

September 23, 2009

September 2, 2009

Zelaya: Returning Honduras to Democratic and Constitutional Order (En Español)

CEPR and George Washington University's Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program hosted a discussion with H.E. José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, President of the Republic of Honduras. CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot provided an introduction and Cynthia McClintock, Director of GW's Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program, moderated.

Two months following the coup d'etat that sent him into a forced exile, President Zelaya of Honduras discussed his attempts to negotiate peace and a return to a democratic and constitutional order in Honduras.

Watch video coverage of the event from CSPAN.

October 15, 2009

IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession: A Look at Forty-One Borrowing Countries

Recent discussions at the IMF meetings in Istanbul centered around a new expanded role for the Fund in the global economy.  In a report released on October 5th, CEPR found that 31 of 41 countries with current IMF agreements have been subjected to pro-cyclical macroeconomic policies that, during the current global recession, could be expected to have exacerbated economic slowdowns.  CEPR hosted a discussion with Mark Weisbrot (CEPR), Rob Weissman (Public Citizen), Asia Russell (Health GAP) and James Roaf (IMF) of what kind of reforms would be needed for the IMF to perform successfully in a new, expanded role. Video of the panel discussion can be viewed here.

August 15, 2009

Building a 21st Century Economy

This panel was part of the fourth annual Netroots Nation conference, which was opened by former President Bill Clinton on Thursday, August 13th and ran through Sunday, August 16th in Pittsburgh, PA. New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, Change to Win Chair Anna Burger, and CEPR Co-director Dean Baker discussed the economy and how it affects working Americans. The panel was moderated by Kevin Drum of Mother Jones.

July 15, 2009

Prospects for Change: Obama's International Economic Diplomacy

CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot and other presenters in this session looked at how the economic crisis is impacting developing country economies, and what this means for the future of both the International Monetary Fund and the US "free trade" agreement (FTA) model. Watch the video of the keynote presentation here.

July 15, 2009

The Federal Reserve’s Expanded Role: Is Greater Transparency Needed?

July 15, 2009
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

CEPR co-director Dean Baker was a panelist at this Economic Policy Institute event, along with Jon Faust (director of the Center for Financial Economics at John Hopkins University), George Goehl (Executive Director of National People's Action), and William Greider (journalist and author of numerous books including "Secrets of the Temple," about the Federal Reserve).  Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders gave the keynote address and Nancy Cleeland of EPI's Bailout Analysis Project moderated.