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Housing Bubble
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Is the Housing Bubble Collapsing?
10 Economic Indicators to Watch
by Dean Baker, June 2006
The Menace of an Unchecked Housing Bubble, op-ed by Dean Baker, published in The Economists' Voice, March 2006
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Truthout: Prescription Drug Scams, op-ed by Dean Baker, June 29, 2006
Miami Herald: Development Bank Seeks New Approach to Latin America's Problems, June 26, 2006
Christian Science Monitor: If Minimum Wage Is Raised, Who Benefits?, June 22, 2006
Marketplace radio: Inflating Inflation, June 16, 2006 (listen to audio)
NPR Morning Edition: Latin American Poverty, June 13, 2006, transcript
Financial Times: Is This Really Feminism?, June 11, 2006
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International Features |
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Response to Foreign Affairs articles
by Mark Weisbrot, printed in July/August 2006 issue
Presentations from April 7th Conference on Development, Trade, and Immigration
En español
Transcript and Audio: Latin America's Electoral Leftward Shift: The Importance of Economics, a discussion between Mark Weisbrot and Claudio Loser, former director of the Western Hemisphere Department at the IMF, on the growth slowdown in Latin America, March 14, 2006 transcript, mp3
Transcript and Video: Argentina's Economic Recovery: Four Years After the Meltdown, featuring CEPR co-director Mark Weisbrot and former IMF Research Director Michael Mussa, Nov. 30,
2005 Transcript, En español
Paper: Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress by Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, and David Rosnick, Sept. 2005 En espaņol
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Books by CEPR
Economists |
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Inequality Matters
The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences
with chapter co-authored by Heather Boushey
Social
Security:
The Phony Crisis
University of Chicago Press
by Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot
Reclaiming
Development:
An
Economic Policy Handbook for Activists and Policymakers
by Ha-Joon Chang and
Ilene Grabel
The Benefits of
Full Employment
When Markets
Work for People
by Jared Bernstein and Dean Baker
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What's New |
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The Conservative Nanny State
How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer
A free e-book by Dean Baker
Beat the Press
Dean Baker's new blog
Census Survey Still Threatened
NYT and Boston Globe support the SIPP
July 12th Office Hours
Q&A with economists Dean Baker and Heather Boushey
July 21st Work & Family Briefing
Featuring Beth Shulman and Phil Sparks
See full briefing schedule
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Selected
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Is the Housing Bubble Collapsing?
10 Economic Indicators to Watch
by Dean Baker, June 2006
Mexico's Presidential Election: Background on Economic Issues
by Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval,
June 2006
En español
Minimum Wage at Lowest Level
In 50 Years
See graph and press release, June 2006
Poverty Rates In Venezuela: Getting the Numbers Right by Mark Weisbrot, Luis Sandoval, and David Rosnick,
May 2006
En español
Economic Data and Trends for 26 Congressional Districts
June 2006
Employment Regulation and French Unemployment: Were the French Students Right After All? by John Schmitt and David Howell, April 2006
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Mark Weisbrot's Column |
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Fed Treading on Thin Ice as U.S. Housing Bubble Weakens
Charlotte Observer (NC)- July 3, 2006
Mexico: Their Brand is Crisis
La Jornada (Mexico) - June 29, 2006
Truthout - June 30, 2006
En español
Congress May Have to Raise the Minimum Wage
Mother Jones - June 27, 2006
Repealing Estate Tax Helps Rich, Harms Everyone Else
Columbus Dispatch (OH) - May 9, 2006
Arizona Daily Star - May 8, 2006
When Mismeasurement Matters: China Is Bigger Than You Think
Salt Lake Tribune - April 21, 2006
Augusta Chronicle - April 24, 2006
Campaign 2006: The Iran Strategy
Salt Lake Tribune - April 15, 2006
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- Budget Calculator
- Housing Cost Calculator
- Accurate Benefits Calculator
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Social
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Basic Facts on Social Security and Proposed Benefit Cuts/Privatization, by Dean Baker, and David Rosnick, Mar 2005 PDF
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