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Dean Baker, Macro-Economics

April 14, 2012
Dean Baker

Dean Baker discusses adjusting macro economic policy on CSPAN, April 14th, 2012.

Austerity, Economic Theory

Greg Anrig, the Tax Payer’s Bill of Rights

Greg Anrig discusses the components of Colorado’s Tax Payer Bill of Rights on Fora TV, March 18 2008.
Economic Forecasting, Economic Theory, Securitization

Michael Greenberger, Crude Oil Speculation

Michael Greenberger discusses the role of banks, hedge funds and private equity firms in the crude oil futures market on BNN, April 27th, 2012.
Budget and Tax Policy, Economic Theory, Federal Budget, Government Investment

In Defense of Government Stimulus

Famed economist Jeffrey Sachs discusses the importance of targeted government spending and critiques conservative presumptions, particularly the notion that all government spending is wasteful on Morning Joe, March 5th, 2013
Economic Theory

Simon Johnson, Starting a Revolution

Simon discusses the infrastructure necessary for a economic revolution on Renegade Economist, July 4 2011.
Budget and Tax Policy, Economic Theory, Federal Budget, Keynes v. Friedman, National Debt

The Imagined Debt Threat

CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker disputes the notion that spending cuts stimulate private sector economic activity on CNBC’s Kudlow Report, January 28th, 2013.
Capitalism, Developing Economies, Economic Theory

Naomi Klein, the Shock Doctrine

Naomi Klein discusses the recent economic crisis, globalization and her new book on Charlie Rose, April 23 2011