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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.
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...
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...
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...
Weisbrot: The United States and the World
Znet Article, October, 01 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
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...
Weisbrot: "Revolt of the Rich"
Znet Article, September, 17 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
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...
Weisbrot: U.S.-Russian Relations: Current Tensions Reflect Past Foreign Policy Failures
Znet Article, August, 30 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
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...
Weisbrot: Bolivia: Can The Majority of People Vote for Change and Actually Get It?
Znet Article, August, 15 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
Evo Morales changed the history of Bolivia when he was elected in December 2005 as the country's first indigenous president, and the first to get a majority of 54 percent. On Sunday he expanded his mandate considerably in a referendum, with 68 per...
Weisbrot: IMF Misses Epoch-Making Changes in the Global Economy
Znet Article, October, 19 2007
Mark Weisbrot
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Finance ministers, bankers, and businessmen will gather in Washington DC this week for the annual Fall Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. As is customary, the IMF is publishing its analysis of the world economy, and this
Weisbrot: Why the "Free Trade" Agenda is Losing Steam
Znet Article, October, 10 2007
Mark Weisbrot
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The 2006 Congressional elections were a turning point for U.S. trade policy. One issue that helped Democrats retake the Congress was a renewed sense of distrust among the electorate of our government's trade policy, which is commonly mislabeled as...
Weisbrot: Latin America Shifts Left
Znet Article, January, 21 2006
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
Evo Morales' election in Bolivia, with an unprecedented (for that country) 54 percent of the vote, is seen and analyzed here mostly in political terms. He is a former head of the coca growers union and opposes the U.S.- sponsored attempts to erad...
Weisbrot: Venezuelan Elections
Znet Article, December, 03 2005
Mark Weisbrot
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The decision of four opposition parties in Venezuela to withdraw from elections this weekend raises important questions for the media. It is clear to anyone familiar with the situation that this is an attempt to discredit the election, by parties ...
