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Commentary Weisbrot: World Recession Forces Economic Re-thinking

Commentary, March, 07 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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A serious economic crisis can force some rethinking of economic and political dogma. The current crisis is serious for most of the world; the IMF is projecting world economic growth of just one half percent this year - the worst since World War II...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Health Care Reform Is Needed Now More than Ever

Znet Article, February, 28 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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Obama wants spending that stimulates the economy in the short term, but he also wants to reduce the long-term deficit problem after the economy recovers. This is exactly what health care reform will do.

Znet Article Weisbrot: Can the US and Bolivia Get Along?

Znet Article, February, 27 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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With the Obama administration's policy toward Venezuela pretty much decided, and the embargo on Cuba considered untouchable because no one is willing to risk losing support among Cuban-Americans in the swing state of Florida, that leaves Bolivia a...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Will Obama Change U.S. Policy Toward Latin America?

Znet Article, February, 19 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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U.S.-Latin American relations fell to record lows during the Bush years, and there have been hopes - both North and South of the border - that President Obama would bring a fresh approach. So far, however, most signals are pointing to continuity r...

Znet Article Weisbrot: The Chavez Administration at 10 Years: The Economy and Social Indicators

Znet Article, February, 08 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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This paper looks at some of the most important economic and social indicators during the 10 years of the Chávez administration in Venezuela, as well as the current economic expansion. It also looks at the current situation and challenges.

Znet Article Weisbrot: Obama Has Opportunity to Reverse Mistake on Offshore Drilling

Znet Article, January, 27 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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Campaigning in Florida last June as a presidential candidate, then-Senator Barack Obama blasted the proposal of his opponent, Senator John McCain, to open coastal areas of the United States to offshore drilling. Declaring that it "makes no sense a...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Stimulus Time: The Fierce Urgency of Now

Znet Article, January, 05 2009 Mark Weisbrot
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Nobody needs to be told that our economy is going down the tubes at a rate unseen for decades. Every week brings new numbers that are setting records. In just the three months ending in November the job loss was 1.26 million, the worst since 1975...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Obama Should Make A Clean Break With the Past on Latin America

Znet Article, December, 02 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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President-elect Obama's historic triumph was welcomed in Latin America by left-of-center governments who saw it as a continuation of their own electoral victories. Even before the election President Lula da Silva of Brazil said: "Just as Brazil el...

Video Weisbrot: Financial Turmoil and the "Solutions"

Video, December, 02 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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Martin Khor and Mark Weisbrot discuss appropriate regulatory mechanisms 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.

Znet Article Weisbrot: South America: Recession Can Be Avoided

Znet Article, November, 17 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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Can South America escape the wrath of the economic and financial storms that have their epicenter in the United States? Since the financial meltdown began in mid-September, the bond markets of most of the region (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venez...

Znet Article Weisbrot: After Four Decades, Finally: The Beginning of the End

Znet Article, November, 05 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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The nation's capital came alive after 11 p.m. on election eve, as thousands poured into the streets to celebrate a victory that everyone was calling historic. Car horns blaring, whooping and shouting, high fives all around, multi-racial crowds cel...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Why Obama Has Pulled Ahead on the Economic Issues

Znet Article, October, 25 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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Senator Barack Obama's campaign for the White House pulled ahead of his opponent, Senator John McCain, as soon as the current financial crisis hit the headlines. As one of McCain's top strategists recently blurted out, "If we keep talking about th...

Video Weisbrot: Global Financial Stability: What Role for the IMF? Pt. 2

Video, October, 24 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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Economist Mark Weisbrot discussed the current economic crisis and considered the choice of the IMF as a future global finance regulator.

Znet Article Weisbrot: Wall Street Bailout Won't Do Much to Help Ailing Economy

Znet Article, October, 10 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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It is now clear the approval by Congress of President Bush's $700 bailout package on Friday October 3rd has done nothing to ease the current financial crisis. Credit markets have worsened for several days after the bill passed the Congress. The st...

Znet Article Baker: Statement on the Need for Coordinated Stimulus

Znet Article, October, 10 2008 Dean Baker
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The current economic crisis is the result of an extraordinary period of extreme economic mismanagement. The world's central banks, most importantly the Federal Reserve Board in the United States, made the decision to ignore, if not actively cultiv...

Znet Article Weisbrot: The United States and the World

Znet Article, October, 01 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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The United States appears to be embarking on a transition on two major fronts: its own economy, both financial and real; and its relations with the rest of the world. There is some relation between these two transitions. Some of these changes will...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Time to Take a Second Look at Our "Free Trade" Agreements

Znet Article, September, 22 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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"Battle in Seattle" opens September 19-26 in movie theaters across the country, a rare combination of high drama and history-making events as they actually happened when thousands of protesters shut down the World Trade Organization in Seattle nea...

Znet Article Weisbrot: "Revolt of the Rich"

Znet Article, September, 17 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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Newsweek's Michael Miller recently interviewed CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot regarding the situation in Bolivia, where violence by right-wing groups, in conjunction with opposition prefects and politicians, claimed the lives of dozens of people a...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Employee Free Choice Act Could Be Biggest Reform Since New Deal

Znet Article, September, 01 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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While it hasn't gotten much attention, one of the most important issues that our elections this November could decide is the future of organized labor in the United States. This is important not just for the 15.7 million workers who happen to be i...

Znet Article Weisbrot: U.S.-Russian Relations: Current Tensions Reflect Past Foreign Policy Failures

Znet Article, August, 30 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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Tensions between the United States and Russia have a long history, but one only need go back to the early nineties to see how our own government threw away its chance to have a better relationship with post-Communist Russia after the collapse of t...

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