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April 11-12, 2008
2008 Summit on Economic Justice for Women
Research Assistant Rebecca Ray traveled to Atlanta, Georgia where she spoke on two panel discussions at the 2008 Summit on Economic Justice for Women, organized by the NOW Foundation, the Institute for Women's Policy Research, and the National Council of Negro Women.
The first workshop, "Between a Rock and a Workplace: Workers Without
Paid Sick Days or Family Leave," examined how current labor laws and
regulations affect working women given that United States is the only
industrial nation that hasn’t adopted a paid family leave policy. The
second workshop, "How Secure Will You Be? Strategies for Women’s
Old-Age Security and Mid-Life Momentum," focused on issues that affect
older women's economic well-being after they retire.
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April 10, 2008
Turmoil in U.S. Credit Markets: Examining Proposals to Mitigate Foreclosures and Restore Liquidity to the Mortgage Markets
Dean Baker was invited to testify at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, as well as Lawrence H. Summers,
Ellen Harnick, Scott Stern and Douglas Elmendorf. (Testimony) (Video, Dean Baker begins at 18:00)
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March 25, 2008
U.S. Policy Toward Latin America in the Post-Bush Era
Mark Weisbrot spoke on a panel with Greg Craig, a foreign policy advisor to Senator Barack Obama; Nora Lustig, a visiting Professor at the Elliot School of International Affairs; and, Mark Schneider, who is Senior Vice President and Special Advisor on Latin America at the International Crisis Group. The discussion centered on the possible directions U.S. policy toward Latin America might take after the Bush Administration.
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March 20, 2008
A Generation of Widening Inequality
Dean Baker traveled to Sacramento, CA to speak at the California Budget Project’s 2008 policy conference, A Generation of Widening Inequality: Implications for Budget and Policy Priorities.
The plenary sessions and workshops examined proposals to close the
state’s budget gap, the latest trends in the state’s troubled housing
markets, and the impact of federal tax and budget proposals on
California. For more information, please consult the CBP's website.
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March 18, 2008
Take Back American 2008
Dean Baker spoke at the Take Back America 2008 conference, on the "Housing Crisis and Corporate Accountability,"
with Al Meyerhoff, Lisa Ransom (Vice President of Federal Affairs for
the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL)), and Theresa DiMartino. Video
of the panel discussion can be viewed here.
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February 25, 2008
Shaw Fremstad on Housing Affordability
Shawn Fremstad spoke on a panel that examines housing affordability
from a family budget perspective. The discussion, part of the National Low Income Housing Coalition's (NLIHC) 2008 National Policy Conference,
was moderated by Bill Apgar of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at
Harvard University and also included Tamara Draut, author of Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead and Director of the Economic Opportunity Project at Demos.
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February 13, 2008
The Political Climate of Latin America
The University of British Columbia in Vancouver hosted Mark Weisbrot to speak on the political climate of Latin America.
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February 13, 2008
Talk with Mark Weisbrot
Eric Hershberg, professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser
University in Vancouver and a specialist on the comparative politics of
Latin America and the politics of development, moderated a talk with
Mark Weisbrot.
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February 12, 2008
Latin America's New Political and Economic Independence: Implications for a Multi-Polar World
The Peninsula Peace and Justice Center in Palo Alto, CA hosted an evening with Mark Weisbrot.
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February 11, 2008
Latin America's Political Shift: Is the Region Moving in a Positive Direction?
Joel Brinkley, former editor, reporter and Pulitzer Prize winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times
and visiting professor of journalism at Stanford, and CEPR Co-director,
Mark Weisbrot, discussed important political changes currently taking
place in Latin America, and what they might mean for the future of the
region and its relationship with the United States.
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