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June 7, 2010
The Future of Social Security
9 - 11 am
Zenger Room
National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC
CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker took part in a roundtable on Social Security, organized by Pensions and Investments. |
May 14, 2010
Obama's Latin American Policy and the Honduran Coup: "That's Not Change, That's More of the Same."
7:30 pm - 10 pm
Five Towns Forum Meeting
Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library
1125 Broadway
Hewlett, New York 11557-0903
Dan Beeton, international communications coordinator for the Center for Economic and Policy Research, discussed the Obama Administration's policies towards Latin America, especially Honduras. |
May 7, 2010
Stepping Stones Research Briefing
8:30 am - 12 pm
Urban Institute
Katharine Graham Conference Center
2100 M Street, NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20037
Shawn Fremstad, director of the Inclusive and Sustainable Economy Initiative at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, participated in a panel discussion titled "New Approaches to Measuring Success for Low-income, Women-Headed Families" as part of Stepping Stones, the Washington Area Women's Foundation's multi-year initiative focused on increasing economic security and financial independence for low-income, women-headed families in the Washington metropolitan area. |
May 6, 2010
Evaluating the New Supplemental Poverty Rate Proposal
9 - 11:30 am
The Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
The U.S. Census Bureau recently announced it will develop a new supplemental poverty measure, based in part on a well-known 1995 report from the National Academy of Sciences. The current poverty measure has been strongly criticized by experts from all points on the political spectrum because it ignores billions of dollars in family income, including government benefits that are specifically designed to help low-income families. Critics also point out that the country is using a poverty threshold that does not reflect the increase in basic living standards over time.
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April 30, 2010
Public and Other Non-Commercial Media in the Digital Era
2:15 pm
Federal Communications Commission
Commission Meeting Room, Room TW-C305
445 12th St SW
Washington, DC 20024
CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker participated in a panel discussion on noncommercial media entitled "New Strategies for Supporting Public and Noncommercial Media." The discussion was part of a larger workshop, being held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., that the FCC is presenting as part of its project on the Future of Media and the Information Needs of Communities. Dean's testimony is available here.
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April 29, 2010
The Second Great Depression: How Dumb Can We Be?
5:15 pm
Sarah Lawrence College
Titsworth Lecture Hall
1 Mead Way
Bronxville, New York 10708
CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker discussed why the vast majority of economists somehow could not see the growth of the $8 trillion housing bubble, the collapse of which eventually sank the economy. Even after the fact, they still don't understand what happened. As a result of confusion over basic economic logic, millions of people are likely to remain unemployed for years needlessly wasting trillions of dollars of potential economic output. More event information can be found here. |
April 26, 2010
The Global Financial Crisis
5-7 pm
National Press Building, Room 2-2
165 Sparks St
Ottawa, ON, Canada
CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker participated in a parliamentary roundtable discussion on the G8/G20 agendas regarding the financial crisis, organized by Canadian civil society. |
April 24, 2010
The Origins of the Economic Crisis and the Way Out
9 am
University of Wisconsin Campus
Chazen Art Museum Auditorium
800 University Ave
Madison, WI 53715
CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker discussed his new book False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy. 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. The event was sponsored by The Madison Institute. |
April 23, 2010
Bolivia’s Economic Success Story: Making the Economy Work for the Bolivian People
3:30 pm
George Washington University
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20052
CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot participated in a discussion with Luis Arce, the Republic of Bolivia's minister of finance, on the country's economic growth over the last four years.
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April 23, 2010
The IMF and Capital Controls: Policy Implications
10:30 am
Spring Meetings Civil Society Forum
CSO Room C, World Bank Main Building
1818 H St NW
Washington, DC 20433
Short-term capital flows are once again increasing in developing countries, as the world economy recovers. In February, IMF economists published a paper which concluded that under certain conditions, the use of capital controls "is justified as part of the policy toolkit to manage inflows." In the past, short-term and speculative capital inflows have made it more difficult for governments to manage their most important macroeconomic policies, including monetary and exchange rate policies; and rapid outflows have contributed greatly to economic and financial crises in many countries. Video and audio from the event are available here.
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