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Economic Growth

CEPR analyzes economic growth patterns in the U.S. and abroad – looking at the basic measure of economic well-being, per capita GDP.
Related Subtopics:
Economic Crisis & Recovery
Energy / Environment
Federal Budget / Taxes

Reports

Issues in Trade and Protectionism
November 2009, Dean Baker

Job Sharing: Tax Credits to Prevent Layoffs and Stimulate Employment
October 2009, Dean Baker

IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession: A Look at Forty-One Borrowing Countries
October 2009, Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray, Jake Johnston, Jose Antonio Cordero and Juan Antonio Montecino

Cut Loose: State and Local Layoffs of Public Employees in the Current Recession
September 2009, Matt Sherman and Nathan Lane

CBO Projects More Severe Downturn
August 2009, Dean Baker

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Op-Eds & Columns

Dean Baker
Truthout, September 8, 2009

Dean Baker
The Washington Note, September 4, 2009

Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, August 24, 2009

Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, August 14, 2009

Dean Baker
The Hankyoreh (South Korea), August 3, 2009

John Schmitt
The Debate Room (BusinessWeek), July 31, 2009

Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, July 23, 2009

By Dean Baker
USA Today, July 14, 2009

Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, July 6, 2009

An Unemployment Solution: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours
Dean Baker
The Nation, November 17, 2009

The Financial Crisis: A Failure of Regulators, Not Regulations
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, November 16, 2009

Hostage Takers in the Senate
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 16, 2009

U.S. Must Solve Its Own Economic Problems
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, November 12, 2009

Breaking up the Banks, Like Renegotiating NAFTA?
Dean Baker
TPM Café, November 10, 2009

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Press Releases

CEPR Responds to IMF’s Defense of Questionable Policies During World Recession

October 22, 2009

New Report Finds IMF Agreements Have Included Policies That Could Worsen Economic Slowdown in 31 of 41 Countries

October 5, 2009

New CBO Numbers Paint Grim Picture of Economy
August 25, 2009

Future Budget Deficits Almost Entirely Due to Rising Private Sector Health Care Costs
August 12, 2009

Costs of Renting Still Considerably Cheaper than Ownership

July 27, 2009

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Other Resources

The IMF`s Crisis Lending: Cuts in Social Spending Demanded for Poor Countries as G8 Plans Stimulus, Media briefing featuring CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot, Peter Bujari, executive director of the Human Development Trust in Tanzania and Inga Paparde, Latvian AIDS activist and journalist, and Joanne Carter, executive director RESULTS Educational Fund.

Economists Question IMF`s "Firefighting" Abilities in Current Economic Crisis, Media briefing featuring CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot, Robert Weissman, Director of Essential Action, and Joanne Carter, Executive Director, RESULTS Educational Fund.


Global Financial Stability: What Role for the IMF?, Discussion featuring Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot, Co-Directors at CEPR.


Latin America`s Economic Prospects as the U.S. Economy Slows
Discussion featuring Mark Weisbrot of CEPR and Anne Krueger, former World Bank Chief Economist and first Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.

Why the World Isn`t Flat: The Truth About Globalization and the Secret History of Capitalism
Book talk
featuring CEPR Senior Research Associate Ha-Joon Chang on his book, Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism. The New America Foundation and CEPR co-sponsored this event that aired on C-SPAN`s BookTV. February 1, 2008.

CEPR Data Bytes
Same-day analyses of government data on employment, inflation, corporate profitability, GDP and other topics.

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IFI Watchnet
This international network connects organizations researching the international financial institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF, and regional development banks.

Institutional Change and Economic Development Book Cover

Institutional Change and Economic Development
edited by Ha-Joon Chang
United Nations University Press (2007)

Bad Samaritans

Bad Samaritans:
The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang
Bloomsbury Press (2007)

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Neoliberalism, Globalization and Inequalities:
Consequences for Health and Quality of Life

with a chapter by Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker and David Rosnick
Baywood Publishing Co. (2007)

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