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Gun Fires Blanks on the Economy Bush
Growing More Vulnerable on Credibility, War, and the Economy Washington
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The Stars Turn to CEPR More than 30 prominent recording artists and nearly 800 other signees sent a letter to Michael Powell, the chairman of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) on plans for de-regulating the media industry. The letter referred to research done by CEPR co-director Dean Baker, which analyzed the FCC's studies of the impact of media de-regulation. The full letter. White House Admits That CEPR is Right
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The Current Account Deficit and the Budget Deficit: Is $600 Billion Missing? by Dean Baker, Feb. 2, 2004 PDF
Fool's
Gold: Projections of the U.S. Import Market, by Dean Baker and
Mark Weisbrot, Jan. 8, 2004 PDF The Housing Bubble in New England, by Dean Baker, Jan. 5, 2004 PDF Still a Pain: The Cost of Prescription Drugs to Seniors With the Medicare Drug Benefit, by Dean Baker, Dec. 4, 2003 PDF UI is Not a Safety Net for Unemployed Former Welfare Recipients, by Heather Boushey and Jeffrey B. Wenger, Dec. 4, 2003 PDF Another
Lost Decade? The Artistic Freedom Voucher: Labor Market Protections and Unemployment: Does the IMF Have a Case? by Dean Baker and John Schmitt, Nov. 3, 2003 PDF Hard
Times in the New Millennium: The Fate of Youth in the Bush Years
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Heather Boushey and John Schmitt, Nov. 1, 2003. An Analysis of The Harvard Center’s Case Against the Housing Bubble by Dean Baker, Oct. 27, 2003. Reflections on Economic Reporting: Seven Years of the Economic Reporting Review, Dean Baker's presentation to the reporting staff of Cox News Service, Washington, DC June 9, 2003. WTO
Cancun debate Too Sunny In Latin America? The IMF’s Overly Optimistic Growth Projections and Their Consequences by Dean Baker and David Rosnick, September 16, 2003. PDF The
Forty-Four Trillion Dollar Professional
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Gains From Free Trade in Highly Paid Professional Services by
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Heather Boushey, May 6, 2003 PDF George W. Bush's America vs. "Old Europe" on Jobs by Dean Baker and Simone Baribeau, April 16, 2003 PDF The IMF-World Bank Plan for Sri Lanka: Will it Help or Hinder South Asian Success? by Debayani Kar, April 11, 2003 PDF When Rivers Flow Upstream: International Capital Movements in the Era of Globalization by Monique Morrissey and Dean Baker, March 22, 2003 PDF Is It Time to Export the US Tax Model to Latin America? by John Schmitt, April 8, 2003. PDF The Debt Explosion Among College Graduates by Heather Boushey, April 3, 2003. PDF Growing Pain: The Expense of Drugs for the Elderly by Dean Baker and John Schmitt, February 10, 2003. PDF The Dividend Tax Break: Taxing Logic by Dean Baker, January 6, 2003. PDF The Run-Up in Home Prices: Is It Real or Is It Another Bubble? by Dean Baker, August 5, 2002. PDF |
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Dean Baker on NPR's
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10, speaking on "The True State of the U.S. Economy". Listen
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CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot debates Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics and Political Science at Columbia University and Economic Policy Advisor to Director-General of GATT (1991-1993), Tuesday, Sept. 9, on WBUR's (Boston's NPR Station) Radio Program "On Point". Listen to the debate. Dean Baker on NPR's All Things Considered, Friday, June 6, speaking on job production. Mark Weisbrot on NPR's Morning Edition, Thursday, June 5, speaking on a Pew study on globalization. Transcript. Video of "Taking Sides: The Media in Venezuela" an event sponsored by the Newseum at the National Press Club, April 29. Mark Weisbrot debates panelists Peter Romero, former assistant secretary of state for Western Hemispheric Affairs; Michael Shifter, Inter-American Dialogue; and Teresa Frontado, El Nacional newspaper. Hi-res version. Mark Weisbrot on The Kojo Nnamdi Show, Thursday, May 15, speaking on Latin American Trade. Dean Baker on the Diane Rehm Show, Monday, February 3, speaking on the economic costs of a potential war in Iraq. Mark Weisbrot on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Friday, January 17, speaking on the political situation in Venezuela. Dean Baker on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Friday, January 3, speaking on the bubble in housing prices. Mark Weisbrot on The Diane Rehm Show, Thursday, December 12, 2002, speaking on the strike in Venezuela. Mark Weisbrot on BBC World News, Tuesday, December 10th, 2002, speaking on the strike in Venezuela. Watch Video. Transcript. Mark Weisbrot appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, Saturday, November 16, 2002. Roundtable discussion on President Bush’s 10-year tax cut plan. Dean Baker on CounterSpin, April 25 - May 2, 2003. Discussion of the media's treatment of President Bush's economic proposals. |
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