Current Economic Situation

Amity Shlaes and Dean Baker talked by remote link from the New York City studio about the current economic situation. They reacted to a vide… read more

Amity Shlaes and Dean Baker talked by remote link from the New York City studio about the current economic situation. They reacted to a video clip of President Obama commenting that day on the one-year anniversary of signing the economic stimulus bill. They also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

Amity Shlaes is a senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations and syndicated columnist for Bloomberg. Ms. Shlaes is a former columnist for the Financial Times and a former member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal. She is the author of several books, including The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy and What to Do About It and The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression.

Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. He is a columnist and the author of numerous books, including Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy and [False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble E close

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Current Economic Situation

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Program ID:
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Category:
Call-In
Format:
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Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
Feb 17, 2010 | 8:00pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:
Mar 14, 2010 | 3:58am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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  • Feb 17, 2010 | 8:00pm EST | C-SPAN 2
  • Feb 17, 2010 | 11:03pm EST | C-SPAN 2
  • Feb 18, 2010 | 2:05am EST | C-SPAN 2
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  • Mar 13, 2010 | 2:00pm EST | C-SPAN 2
  • Mar 14, 2010 | 3:58am EDT | C-SPAN 2
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