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- "Is Globalization Undermining the Welfare State? The Evolution of the Welfare State in Developed Capitalist Countries"
- "The Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress"
- "Economic Efficiency versus Social Equality? The U.S. Liberal Model versus The European Social Model"
- "Is the United States a Good Model for Reducing Social Exclusion in Europe?"
- "Labor Markets and Economic Inequality in the United States Since the End of the 1970s"
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Heather Boushey testified in front of the DC City Council Workforce Development and Government Operations Committee on the impact of the Paid Sick and Safe Days Act of 2007, which would require employers to provide paid sick days to all workers in the District.
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Heather Boushey and Liz Chimienti traveled to Des Moines, IA where State Senator Jack Hatch and State Representatives Wayne Ford and Ako Abdul-Samad joined Elaine Ditsler of the Iowa Policy Project in releasing Bridging the Gaps in Iowa. Eight media outlets attended the press conference and stories have run in the Sioux City Journal, Quad City Times , Mason City Globe Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette, and Radio Iowa. Heather Boushey and Elaine Ditsler also discussed the findings in a meeting with state legislators and administrators, and in a workshop at the 2007 Iowa Community Action Annual Training Conference. A big thank you to Kristi Lohmeier of Iowa Policy Project for setting up these very successful meetings!
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CEPR hosted two events with Pablo Solón Romero Oroza, Plenipotentiary Representative for Integration and Trade Issues, Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Relations. CEPR sponsored a press breakfast on May 31 and a public presentation on June 1, on foreign investment in Bolivia. Much of the discussion focused on Bolivia’s precedent-setting move to withdraw from the investment dispute settlement arm of the World Bank, the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). CEPR co-Director Mark Weisbrot introduced Ambassador Solón at both events and also provided background information on some of the issues.
The right of investors to sue governments directly, including for governmental regulatory actions that may diminish their profits, is a recent phenomenon, which the vast majority of such cases having been filed in just the last five years. It was a significant shift of power from governments to corporations, and one that some of the new democracies in Latin America seek to reverse, as they reclaim control over their natural resources and respond to the demands of their voters.
Among those attending the press breakfast were reporters from the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Associated Press, Washington Trade Daily, the Spanish News Agency EFE, and by phone from South America, Bloomberg News and CNN.
Pablo Solón Romero Oroza (at right) sits down with journalists to discuss the investment climate in Bolivia, May 31, 2007. At left is CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot.
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CEPR co-hosted a conference on The 10th Anniversary of the Asian Financial Crisis with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Mark Weisbrot spoke about the links between globalization and the financial crisis; John Schmitt chaired a panel on the global economy. Watch the video >
Mark Weisbrot discusses the lessons learned from the Asian Financial Crisis, May 16, 2007.
John Schmitt moderates a panel with Nelson Barbosa from the Brazilian Ministry of Finance; Ilene Grabel from the University of Denver; and Worapot Manupipatpong of ASEAN.
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Audio and video files are now available for two events on the IMF and World Bank hosted by the Center for Economic and Policy Research. See: Five Years of Extraordinary Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Argentina (Felisa Josefina Miceli and Mark Weisbrot) and Global Imbalances, Power Shifts and the Future of Multilateralism (Joseph Stiglitz, José Antonio Ocampo and Mark Weisbrot).
Nobel Laureate economist and CEPR Advisory Board member Joseph Stiglitz speaks at CEPR's panel discussion on global imbalances, April 12, 2007
Edmund Andrews, José Antonio Ocampo, Mark Weisbrot and Joseph Stiglitz respond to audience questions.
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