October 05, 2006
Audio and video files of ten CEPR lectures on economic issues
Learn how to render prominent economists speechless with a single statistic.
Ten lectures on economic growth, labor markets, the housing bubble, intellectual property and more — by economists Dean Baker, Heather Boushey, John Schmitt and Mark Weisbrot.
To order seminars on DVD, email Alan Barber and specify whether you would like individual seminars or the entire set (seminar #7 is currently unavailable). We ask for a suggested donation of $7 per DVD to cover reproduction and shipping costs. The video recordings of the seminars were created with the generous help from the Center on Wisconsin Strategy and the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
Audio, Video and PowerPoints
Seminar 1 | Seminar 2 | Seminar 3 | Seminar 4 | Seminar 5 | Seminar 6 | Seminar 7 | Seminar 8 | Seminar 9 | Seminar 10
The Basics of Good Economics
Instructor: Dean Baker
September 15, 2005
- Streaming Video: Seminar 1 (YouTube)
- Audio files (mp3) for manual download (file sizes range from 6 to 14 MB):
Seminar 1, Lecture
Seminar 1, Q & A
Growth I: Why Economists Worry About It So Much, and Why You Should Too
Instructor: Dean Baker
September 22, 2005
- Streaming Video: Seminar 2 (YouTube)
- Audio files (mp3) for manual download (file sizes range from 6 to 14 MB):
Seminar 2, Lecture
Seminar 2, Q & A -
The Long Slide Down and Apart: U.S. Labor Markets
Instructor: John Schmitt
September 29, 2005
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Streaming Video: Seminar 3 (YouTube)
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Audio files (mp3) for manual download (file sizes range from 6 to 14 MB):
Seminar 3, Lecture
Seminar 3, Q & A
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Related Paper:
Labor markets and economic inequality in the United States since the end of the 1970s by John Schmitt, April 2005
Growth II: Growth in the Developing World Over the Last Quarter Century
Instructor: Mark Weisbrot
October 6, 2005
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Streaming Video: Seminar 4 (YouTube)
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Audio files (mp3) for manual download (file sizes range from 6 to 14 MB):
Seminar 4, Lecture
Seminar 4, Q & A
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Related Paper:
Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress by Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker and David Rosnick, September 2005
Trade: What Are the Gains and Who Gets Them
Instructor: Mark Weisbrot
October 13, 2005
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Streaming Video: Seminar 5 (YouTube)
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Audio files (mp3) for manual download (file sizes range from 6 to 14 MB):
Seminar 5, Lecture
Seminar 5, Q & A
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Related Paper:
The Relative Impact of Trade Liberalization on Developing Countries by Mark Weisbrot and Dean Baker, June 2002 Printable Version
When Women Get Paid for Work: The Entry of Women to the Paid Labor Market
Instructor: Heather Boushey
October 20, 2005
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Streaming Video: Seminar 6 (YouTube)
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Audio files (mp3) for manual download (file sizes range from 6 to 14 MB):
Seminar 6, Lecture
Seminar 6, Q & A
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Related Paper:
Gender Bias in the Current Economic Recovery?: Declining Employment Rates for Women in the 21st Century, by Heather Boushey, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker, August 2005
Horatio Alger is Dead
Instructor: Heather Boushey
October 27, 2005
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Streaming Video: Seminar 7 (This video is currently unavailable. Check back soon.)
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Audio files (mp3) for manual download (file sizes range from 6 to 14 MB):
Seminar 7, Lecture
Seminar 7, Q & A
The Federal Reserve Board: The Most Important Source of Poverty in the U.S.
Instructor: Dean Baker
November 3, 2005
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Streaming Video: Seminar 8 (YouTube)
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Audio files (mp3) for manual download (file sizes range from 6 to 14 MB):
Seminar 8, Lecture
Seminar 8, Q & A
Financial Bubbles (Stocks and Housing) and How You Can Protect Yourself Against Them
Instructor: Dean Baker
November 10, 2005
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Streaming Video: Seminar 9 (YouTube)
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Audio files (mp3) for manual download (file sizes range from 6 to 14 MB):
Seminar 9, Lecture
Seminar 9, Q & A
Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights and Other Protectionist Barriers
Instructor: Dean Baker
November 17, 2005
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Streaming Video: Seminar 10 (YouTube)
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Audio files (mp3) for manual download (file sizes range from 6 to 14 MB):
Seminar 10, Lecture
Seminar 10, Q & A
