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April 2012: Gerald Epstein on how Wall Street is gutting the reforms of Dodd-Frank

 

April 2012: Robert Pollin on the spiking price of gas and market speculation

 

March 2012: Aleksandr Buzgalin on the Russian economy as a caricature of Western democracy

 

March 2012: Francisco Louçã on the crisis and the social contract in Portugal and Spain

 

March 2012: Gerald Epstein on bankers controlling the political process

 

March 2012: Jeffrey Thompson on why taxing the wealthy is sound policy

 

March 2012: James Crotty on the ongoing emphasis on austerity

 

February 2012: Jayati Ghosh on alternatives to neo-liberalism in Ecuador's economy


 

January 2012: Robert Pollin on the State of the Union address and a real plan for job creation

 

January 2012: Gerald Epstein looks at the current bank regulations and the chances of further reform

 

January 2012: James Boyce discusses the future of climate policy with Joe Romm

December 2011: Robert Pollin on the job impacts of military versus non-military investments

December 2011: Robert Pollin on bank reserves and job creation


November 2011: Robert Pollin on the myth of austerity and job creation

November 2011: Frank Bardacke on the undocumented farm workers who harvest our Thanksgiving meals

November 2011: Gerald Epstein on the threat to the welfare state in Germany

October 2011: Robert Pollin on regulatory reform and the Occupy movement

October 2011: James K. Boyce and Léonce Ndikumana on the human cost of Africa debt and capital flight


October 2011: Gerald Epstein on Nixon's 1971 closing of the gold window and the rise of finance

September 2011: James Boyce on the climate justice imperative and current politics

September 2011: Heidi Garrett-Peltier on how bike and pedestrian infrastructure creates jobs

September 2011: Robert Pollin on Obama's plan to create jobs

August 2011: Gerald Epstein on the future of capitalism and the global economic crisis

August 2011: Jeff Thompson on why the gap between the rich and the non-rich matters

August 2011: Gerald Epstein on the Standard & Poors downgrade and the sub-prime mortgage crisis

August 2011: Robert Pollin on requiring that banks invest in productive activities

July / August 2011: Robert Pollin the debt ceiling, interest payments, and long-term debt


For the full five-part interview, please go to The Real News website.

July 2011: Jayati Ghosh on how speculation has driven up wheat prices

July 2011: Robert Pollin on how Wall Street speculation is driving up gas prices

June 2011: Jeannette Wicks-Lim on the fight for living wages in New York City

June 2011: Robert Pollin on non-austerity approaches to state budget crises

June 2011: Robert Pollin on health care costs and the long-term deficit

May 2011: James Heintz on jobs in a U.S. clean chemical industry


May 2011: Gerald Epstein on S&P's threat to downgrade the debt rating

May 2011: James Crotty on the threat of a return to 1920s capitalism

May 2011: Léonce Ndikumana and Robert Pollin on alternatives to IMF policies in Africa

April 2011: Robert Pollin the Progressive Caucus' budget proposal

April 2011: Robert Pollin on Obama's speech on the debt

April 2011: Jeffrey Thompson on the impact of taxes on migration

March 2011: Jeannette Wicks-Lim on privatization in New Haven

March 2011: Robert Pollin on full employment as a policy goal

March 2011: Robert Pollin & Fred Smith debate the impact of investments in clean energy

March 2011: Robert Pollin on how commodity speculation has driven up fuel prices

March 2011: James Heintz on the economic impact of EPA clean air regulations

February 2011: Robert Pollin and Jeffrey Thompson on public worker pay and the effects of cuts in public payrolls


February 2011: Robert Pollin and Jayati Ghosh on the high cost of food price volatility

February 2011: Arin Dube on the effects of the public health insurance option in San Francisco

January 2011: Robert Pollin & Bill Fletcher on the State of the Union address

January 2011: Gerald Epstein on ethics and conflicts of interest in the economics profession

January 2011: Gerald Epstein on the fate of financial reform under a Republican Congressional majority

December 2010: Jeannette Wicks-Lim on policies that could create decent living standards

December 2010: Jane D'Arista on the fundamentals of the Fed

December 2010: Nancy Folbre on the unemployment rates of men and women

December 2010: Robert Pollin & Leo Panitch on austerity, stimulus, and financial regulation

December 2010: James Crotty on who benefits from austerity measures

November 2010: James Crotty on how business uses crises to roll back wages

November 2010: Robert Pollin on trade and currency laws

November 2010: Robert Pollin on who benefits from deflation

November 2010: Jane D'Arista on a return to the gold standard

November 2010: James Crotty on the future under an austerity regime

November 2010: Robert Pollin on the Fed's $600 billion stimulus plan

October 2010: James K. Boyce on the future of climate change policy


________________________________________________________________ October 2010: Gerald Epstein on the distraction of currency wars in China

________________________________________________________________ October 2010: James K. Boyce on national security and responsibility

________________________________________________________________ October 2010: Jeffrey Thompson on the wage gap between the public and private sectors


________________________________________________________________ October 2010: James Heintz on the effects of bubble economies on employment and workers


________________________________________________________________ October 2010: Arindrajit Dube on the effect of minimum wages on jobs

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September 2010: Robert Pollin on why austerity is not the answer to the U.S. recession

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August 2010: Jane D’Arista on the effects of the finance reform law

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July 2010: Jane D'Arista on the G-20 and global austerity measures

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July 2010: Gerald Epstein on the fallout from the financial reform law

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June 2010: Robert Pollin on austerity measures and a better road to growth

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June 2010: Michael Ash on corporate responsibility, the EPA, and toxic air pollutants

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June 2010: Robert Pollin on derivative trading and the price of oil and food

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June 2010: James Boyce on the Gulf spill and the real price of fossil fuels

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May 2010: Gerald Epstein on supporting the imperfect finance bill

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May 2010: Ilene Grabel on real and rhetorical changes at the IMF

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April 2010: Gerald Epstein on the Senate Banking Committee bill and 'Too Big to Fail'

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April 2010: Jayati Ghosh on the financial crisis and the future of the Eurozone

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April 2010: Jane D'Arista on the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency

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March 2010: William Black on the Wall Street fraud that led to the current crisis

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March 2010: Gérard Duménil on the causes of the crisis in Greece

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March 2010: Robert Pollin on whether Higher Wages Cause Inflation

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February 2010: Robert Pollin on 18 Million New Jobs by 2012

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February 2010: Robert Pollin on Reducing the Federal Deficit

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February 2010: James K. Boyce on the Proceeds from a Carbon Tax

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January 2010: Gerald Epstein on the Obama Administration and Wall Street

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January 2010: James Crotty on Executive Compensation and Bonuses

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January 2010: Robert Pollin on a Financial System that Promotes Productive Activity

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January 2010: James Heintz on the Fiscal State of the States

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December 2009: Robert Pollin on Alternatives to Military Investment

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November 2009: Jane D'Arista on Casino Capitalism

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November 2009: Robert Pollin on the Economics of Climate Change Policy

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Obama and the export-led recovery

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Gerald Epstein, May 2012
The J.P. Morgan debacle and the need for real reform of the banking system

Nancy Folbre, May 2012
Anne Romney and the social value of raising children

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The gutting of the Dodd-Frank Reforms

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The spiking price of gas and market speculation

Aleksandr Buzgalin, March 2012
The Russian economy as a caricature of western democracy

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How bankers are controlling the political process

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Why taxing the wealthy is sound policy

James Crotty, March 2012
The ongoing emphasis on austerity

Jayati Ghosh, February 2012
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Robert Pollin, January 2012
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Gerald Epstein, January 2012
Current bank regulations and the chances of further reform

James Boyce, January 2012
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Robert Pollin, December 2011
The job impacts of military versus non-military investments

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Bank reserves and job creation

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The myth of austerity and job creation

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The human cost of Africa debt and capital flight

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The future of capitalism and the global economic crisis

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Why the gap between the rich and the non-rich matters

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Requirements for banks to invest in productive activities

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The debt ceiling, interest payments, and the long-term debt (5 segments)

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How speculation has driven up wheat prices

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How Wall Street speculation is driving up gas prices

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Non-austerity approaches to state budget crises


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Jobs in a U.S. clean chemical industry

Gerald Epstein, May 2011
S&P's threat to downgrade the debt rating

James Crotty, May 2011
The threat of a return to 1920s capitalism

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Alternatives to IMF policies in Africa

Robert Pollin, April 2011
The Progressive Caucus "People's" budget

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Obama's speech on the debt

Jeffrey Thompson, April 2011
The impact of taxes on migration

Jeannette Wicks-Lim, March 2011
Privatization in New Haven

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Full employment as a policy goal

Robert Pollin & Fred Smith, March 2011
The impact of investments in clean energy 

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The economic impact of EPA clean air regulations

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Jane D'Arista, December 2010
The fundamentals of the Federal Reserve

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The unemployment rates of men and women

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Trade and currency laws

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The idea of a return to the gold standard

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The future under an austerity regime

Robert Pollin, November 2010
The Fed's $600 billion stimulus plan

James K. Boyce, October 2010
The future of climate change policy

Gerald Epstein, October 2010
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he distraction of currency wars in China

James K. Boyce, October 2010 
National security and personal responsibility

Jeffrey Thompson, October 2010
The wage gap between the public and private sectors

James Heintz, October 2010
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he effects of bubble economies on employment

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The effect of minimum wages on jobs

Robert Pollin, September 2010
Why austerity is not the answer to the U.S. recession

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Jane D'Arista, August 2010
The effects of the financial reform law

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The G-20 and global austerity measures

Gerald Epstein, July 2010
The fallout from the financial reform law

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