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Dean Baker, Austerity and Its Prospective Problems

December 21, 2010
Dean Baker

Dean Baker discusses the economic downturn and the rise of austerity on MSNBC, December 21 2010.

Austerity, Economic Theory

Critiquing Reinhart and Rogoff

PERI Co-Director Bob Pollin discusses a recent report he co-authored which finds serious flaws in Reinhart/Rogoff’s influential austerity report on the Real News Network, April 23, 2013.
Budget and Tax Policy, Federal Budget, National Debt

Tom Ferguson, Taxing the Wealthy

Tom discusses cuts, tax reform, and taxing the wealthy on the Real News Network, September 19 2011.
Budget and Tax Policy, Efficient Government, Federal Budget, Government Investment

Joseph Stiglitz, Rediscovering Government

Joseph Stiglitz discusses the role of government in the economy at The New School for Social Research, March 18th, 2012.
Economic Theory

Simon Johnson, Starting a Revolution

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

The Incoherence of the Fiscal Negotiations

William Black demonstrates the incoherence of the fiscal cliff debate and “Grand Bargain” panacea on Al Jazeera, December 29, 2012.
Economy and Gender, Labor Force, Living Wage, Retirement

Heidi Hartmann, the Poverty Line in America

Heidi Hartman discusses the poverty line in America and women and the economy on PBS, November 7 2011.