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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

February 10, 2008

Latin America’s New Political and Economic Independence: Implications for a Multi-Polar World

February 1, 2008

Why the World Isn't Flat: The Truth About Globalization and the Secret History of Capitalism

CEPR Senior Research Associate, Ha-Joon Chang takes aim at unfettered capitalism and free trade in his new book, Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism. The New America Foundation and CEPR co-sponsored a book event with Ha-Joon, later airing on C-SPAN's BookTV.

January 24, 2008

January 17, 2008

An Assessment of the First Two Years of the Morales Administration in Bolivia

Mr. Guevara Ávila, Director General of Bilateral Relations, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia, discussed the achievements and results of the first two years, with a focus on the draft new Constitution, approved just last month by the Constitutional Assembly.