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Fire Failed Regulators: The Best Regulatory Reform
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 22, 2009
The Guardian Unlimited, June 22, 2009
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American Voters Want Congressional Investigations: Will Democrats Seize the Opportunity for 2010?
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 18, 2009
The Guardian Unlimited, June 18, 2009
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Obama Plan Improves Regulatory Structure but Doesnt Address Accountability
Dean Baker
June 17, 2009
June 17, 2009
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NPR, the IMF, and the Global Savings Glut
Dean Baker
Talking Points Memo, June 16, 2009
Talking Points Memo, June 16, 2009
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U.S. Treasury Responds to CEPR's Cost Estimate for IMF Funding; CEPR Responds
June 15, 2009
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The IMFs New Lending in a Time of Global Economic Downturn
June 19, 2009The IMF's New Lending in a Time of Global Economic Downturn
This panel discussion, which featured Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director at Center for Economic and Policy Research; Hugh Bredenkamp, Deputy Director of Strategy, Policy, and Review Department at the IMF; Doug Rediker, Director of the Global Strategic Finance Initiative at the New America Foundation; and Robert Weismann, Director of Essential Action, looked at the economic issues involved in current IMF lending and its role in dealing with the global financial and economic crisis, with a particular focus on economic conditions attached to IMF agreements and proposed reforms of IMF governance, particularly in light of current funding decisions by some of the major contributing countries. The event was moderated by Nancy Alexander of the Heinrich Boell Foundation. You can watch video of the event here.
This panel discussion, which featured Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director at Center for Economic and Policy Research; Hugh Bredenkamp, Deputy Director of Strategy, Policy, and Review Department at the IMF; Doug Rediker, Director of the Global Strategic Finance Initiative at the New America Foundation; and Robert Weismann, Director of Essential Action, looked at the economic issues involved in current IMF lending and its role in dealing with the global financial and economic crisis, with a particular focus on economic conditions attached to IMF agreements and proposed reforms of IMF governance, particularly in light of current funding decisions by some of the major contributing countries. The event was moderated by Nancy Alexander of the Heinrich Boell Foundation. You can watch video of the event here.
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Washington Showdown Over IMF Money
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, June 10, 2009
The Guardian Unlimited, June 10, 2009
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Paid Sick Days Don't Cause Unemployment
June 2009, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho, Alison Earle, and Jody Heymann
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The Next Big Taxpayer Bailout? IMF Could Get Hundreds of Billions for European Banks
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Fondos buitres cabildean contra Argentina, usan Congreso EE.UU. en campana de relaciones publicas
5 de junio, 2009, Mark Weisbrot En inglés
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Unemployment Climbs to 9.4 Percent, Rate of Job Loss Continues to Slow Moderately
June 5, 2009 (Jobs Byte)
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Vulture Funds Lobby Against Argentina, Trying To Use the U.S. Congress In Public Relations Campaign
Mark Weisbrot En español
The Guardian Unlimited, June 5, 2009
The Guardian Unlimited, June 5, 2009
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Economics and Politics of Work-Family Policy: The Case for a State Family Leave Insurance Program
Spring 2009, Karen White and Eileen Appelbaum
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Reporters in Pom Poms: Cheerleading the Recovery
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, June 1, 2009
The Guardian Unlimited, June 1, 2009
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GM Bailout Makes Most Out of Bad Situation
Dean Baker
POLITICO, June 2, 2009
POLITICO, June 2, 2009
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Investigating the Collapse: Looking for the Killer We Already Know
Dean Baker
Truthout, June 1, 2009
Truthout, June 1, 2009
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