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Debate on the Eurozone Crisis Between CEPR’s Mark Weisbrot and Mahmood Pradhan, Deputy Director of the IMF’s European Department
April 19, 2012

Reports

More Pain, No Gain for Greece: Is the Euro Worth the Costs of Pro‐Cyclical Fiscal Policy and Internal Devaluation?
February 2012, Mark Weisbrot and Juan Antonio Montecino

Latvia's Internal Devaluation: A Success Story?
December 2011, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

The Argentine Success Story and its Implications
October 2011, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray, Juan A. Montecino and Sara Kozameh

Labor Market Policy in the Great Recession: Some Lessons from Denmark and Germany
May 2011, John Schmitt

The Scorecard on Development, 1960-2010: Closing the Gap?
April 2011, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

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Op-Eds & Columns

New ILO Leadership Could Push For Better Economic Policies
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 22, 2012

The Jamaicanization of Europe
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 18, 2012
En Español

Jamaica, Greece and Putting the People Before the Creditors
Jake Johnston
Caribbean Journal, May 17, 2012

Greek Voters Give the Boot to Austerity
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, May 7, 2012

Argentina and the Magic Soybean: The Commodity Export Boom That Wasn’t
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, May 4, 2012

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Events

After Austerity

The Eurozone Recession: Are There Alternatives?

Latvia's Recession and Recovery: Are There Lessons for the Eurozone?

The D-Word: Can Default Save Greece? Or Is Austerity the Answer?

The Eurozone Crisis and Alternatives to Austerity: Debating & Debunking the Prevailing Myths

Transatlantic Perspectives on Current Financial and Economic Developments

The Future of Europe - How to Solve the Euro Crisis?

To Save or to Borrow for Development?

Macro-Economic Policy in the Eurozone: Are There Alternatives to Slow Growth and High Unemployment?

New Priorities for Public Finance – Achieving Policy Coherence to Strengthen the State, Reduce Inequality and Promote Sustainable Growth

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Press Releases

New Paper Argues Greece Should Consider Default and Exit From Euro
February 23, 2012

Latest Agreement Won't Resolve Greek Crisis, Likely to Make it Worse, CEPR Co-Director Says
February 21, 2012

Latvia’s Economic Failure Has Important Lessons for Eurozone, New CEPR Paper Concludes
December 8, 2011

CEPR Co-Directors Welcome Fed’s Intervention in European Markets, But Say It is Not Enough
November 30, 2011

CEPR Co-Directors Call for Fed to Intervene in European Bond Market
November 28, 2011

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Other Resources

Low-Wage European Research Network (LoWER)
This international network brings together European researchers on wages, inequality, immigration, gender and employment behaviour to address the problem of social exclusion.

Services and Employment:
Explaining the U.S.-European Gap
with two chapters co-authored by John Schmitt
Princeton University Press (2007)

Flat World, Big Gaps:
Economic Liberalization, Globalization, Poverty And Inequality
with a chapter by Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, and David Rosnick, and a chapter co-authored by Heather Boushey
Published in association with the United Nations (2007)