TV/Videos

TV / Video Interviews         

Russia Today: “Zelaya May Be Returned Soon”, June 29, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

CNBC: Four More for Ben?, June 8, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Fox Business: Congress Reaction to Job Numbers, June 5, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Cavuto (Fox Business): Waterboard the Fed, May 28, 2009 (Dean Baker)

The Real News Network: Borrowing Into Submission?, May 16, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

CNBC: Should Government Fire Bank CEOs?, May 7, 2009 (Mark Weisbrot)

Big Think: Dean Baker on the First 100 Days of Barack Obama, April 29, 2009

CNBC: Abolishing the Income Tax?, April 14, 2009 (Dean Baker)

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Events/ Presentations

Protecting America from Infectious Disease: U.S. Lags World in Paid Sick Days for Workers and Families
CEPR held a briefing for the release of our paper, "Contagion Nation: A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries."

The Science of Involvency
CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker testified at this hearing held by the Subcommittee on Investigations & Oversight of the Committee on Science and Technology (House of Representatives), along with Simon Johnson, Jeffrey Sachs, and David John, on the issue of the solvency of the banking industry in the United States and bank bailouts.

The Employee Free Choice Act & The American Workforce
CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker participated in this panel hosted by the American Constitution Society. Watch the video.

Ecuador's Debt Audit: Implications in the Global Economic Crisis 
Maria Elsa Viteri, the Minister of Finance of Ecuador, discussed the implications of the Ecuadorian debt situation in the context of the global economic crisis, including the negative impacts of deregulation of the financial markets and the lack of appropriate established international mechanisms for auditing developing country debt, December 11, 2008.

IOUSA Screening
CEPR Co-director Dean Baker and Diane Rogers, Chief Economist of the Concord Coalition, had a discussion on the views expressed in the film, IOUSA. Watch the video.

Financial Turmoil and the "Solutions" -- Will it Help or Worsen the Effects on Developing Countries?
As World leaders of the G-20 gathered in Washington to discuss solutions to the global financial crisis, Panelists Martin Khor, Director of the Third World Network and Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of CEPR, discussed appropriate regulatory mechanisms that are needed to prevent another similar crisis, and steps governments can take to reduce the impacts in the real economy of the US recession on countries globally, November 18, 2008.

Bolivia’s Democratic and Economic Changes
Discussion with Luis Arce, Bolivian Finance Minister, Carlos Villegas, Bolivian Minister of Planning and Development, and CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot, October 10, 2008.

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