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The Post Takes a Strong Stand on the Budget in Front Page EditorialDean Baker / July 23, 2011
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Paul Farmer’s "Haiti After the Earthquake" – An Impressive Balancing ActCEPR / July 22, 2011
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Labor Market Policy Research Reports, July 16-22, 2011The Center for Economic and Policy Research, Demos, Economic Policy Institute, Employment Policy Research Network, and National Employment Law Project released reports on labor-market policy over the past week.
Center for Economic and Policy Research
The Risk of Dismissal for Union Organizing and the Need to Modify the Process
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Under Attack: Washington’s Middle Class and the Jobs Crisis
Under Attack: Pennsylvania’s Middle Class and the Jobs Crisis
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Problems of U.S. Health Care Are Rooted in the Private Sector, Despite Right-Wing ClaimsMark Weisbrot / July 22, 2011
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Raising the Medicare Eligibility Age to 67 and Cutting Social Security Benefits by 3 Percent Is Not a Big DealDean Baker / July 22, 2011
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The NYT is Wrong: Officials Do Not Say That Medicare Is Not Sustainable In Its Current FormDean Baker / July 22, 2011
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David Brooks is Worried that the United States Will Lose Its Control Over JupiterDean Baker / July 22, 2011
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NPR Warns that Not Raising the Debt Ceiling Will Increase Net Exports and Create JobsDean Baker / July 22, 2011
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Latin America and the Caribbean
"Brazil, MINUSTAH, Need a Timetable for Withdrawal" – Mark Weisbrot in Folha de Sao PauloCEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot wrote in Folha de São Paulo, Brazil's largest circulation newspaper, yesterday:
U.S. diplomatic cables now released from Wikileaks make it clearer than ever before that foreign troops occupying Haiti for more than seven years have no legitimate reason to be there; that this a U.S. occupation, as much as in Iraq or Afghanistan; that it is part of a decades-long U.S. strategy to deny Haitians the right to democracy and self-determination; and that the Latin American governments supplying troops – including Brazil – are getting tired of participating.
One leaked U.S. document shows how the United States tried to force Haiti to reject $100 million in aid per year – the equivalent of 50 billion reais in Brazil’s economy – because it came from Venezuela. Because Haiti’s president, Préval, understandably refused to do this, the U.S. government turned against him. As a result, Washington reversed the results of Haiti’s first round presidential election in November 2010, to eliminate Préval’s favored candidate from the second round. This was done through manipulation of the Organization of American States (OAS), and through open threats to cut off post-earthquake aid to the desperately poor country if they did not accept the change of results. All of this is well-documented.
Jake Johnston / July 21, 2011
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Brasil precisa deixar o HaitiMark Weisbrot / July 21, 2011
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Latin America and the Caribbean
Brazil, MINUSTAH, Need a Timetable for Withdrawal from HaitiMark Weisbrot / July 21, 2011
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Brasil y la MINUSTAH necesitan un calendario de retirada de HaitiMark Weisbrot / July 21, 2011
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Why Can't the Post Use Percentages in Discussing Proposed Cuts to the Military?Dean Baker / July 21, 2011
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NYT Warns That Debt Ceiling Crisis May Boost Net Exports and Increase GrowthDean Baker / July 21, 2011