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GRITtv: Dean Baker: Political Impasse Prolongs Grim Forecast For Job Creation
What's the future for America's workers if Republicans succeed in taking over the Congress.
Email this pageGRITtv: Oct. 13 2010
If Republicans succeed in taking over the Congress, many suggest cutting or eliminating minimum wage, slashing employee benefits, staving off union organizing. So what's a nation to do in the current political climate? We check in with GRITtv Economics correspondent, Dean Baker. Then, Reverend Billy, Savitri D and the Church of Life After Shopping Choir are continuing to spread their gospel across the country. Their Earth-a-lujah! Tour is heading to California but first Rev. Billy and Savitri D stop by GRITtv to talk about the recently rescued Chilean miners, as well as their recent work, including protesting mountain-top removal and facing down against bigotry and discrimination by government officials. Rethink Afghanistan has been a stalwart force in raising awareness of and opposing the US war in Afghanistan which just entered its tenth year. We'll check in with them. And finally, the recent spate of hate crimes and bullying against LGBT youth has finally got the media talking but what can you do? Laura's F Word suggests you check out a project by Dan Savage entitles 'It Gets Better.'
GRITtv: Dean Baker: We Need to Keep Up Public Pressure to Reform Health Care
Dean Baker reminds us that we need to keep pressuring Obama and our lawmakers to enact health care reform. Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic And Policy Research, and author of a new book, False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy. You can also check out his blog at Beat the Press.
GRITtv: Abortion Providers Face Uncertain Future
Just one month after the death of Dr. George Tiller, the Center for Reproductive Rights released a chilling report that shows abortion providers and their clinics are under siege. A four-month investigation in six states revealed that death threats, break ins, and assaults continue to impede women's access to clinics. Rather than use Tiller's death to make the case that doctors and their patients should be protected, the federal government has done very little. So how should those who believe in a woman's right to have an abortion respond?
GRITtv: Dean Baker: Some Economists Are Better Forecasters Than Others
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and the author of Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy, on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke?s media blitz. Is it more than just PR? Baker also discusses a new CEPR report, The Gains From Right to Rent, and why Blue Dog Democrats are standing in the way of healthcare reform. Maybe it has something to do with the donations they've been getting from the insurance industry.
