LBJ Faculty Providing Expert Commentary and Analysis on U.S. Financial Crisis

AUSTIN, Texas-- Oct. 3, 2008-- LBJ School faculty members including James K. Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and Professor of Government; Professor Robert D. Auerbach and  Ray Marshall, former U.S. Labor Secretary and Professor Emeritus and holder of the Audre and Bernard Rapoport Centennial Chair in Economics and Public Affairs,  are providing expertise and insight into the current U.S. financial crisis across a wide spectrum of forums. These distinguished professors, in addition to others, are informing the national conversation through a varieity of forums, ranging from opinion pieces to news stories to recently published works.

Professor Emeritus Ray Marshall

KEYE-TV - Austinite, Former Labor Secretary Gives Perspective On Economic Crisis - October 1, 2008

Professor James K. Galbraith

Philadelphia Daily News - Obama administration's economic plan not well-received by economic experts - February 11, 2009

Democracy NOW! - Economist James Galbraith: Bailed-out Banks Should be Declared Insolvent - February 10, 2009

Fortune - Galbraith on the crash... it has a familiar ring - February 4, 2009

NPR - Liberal View on Stimulus - February 4, 2009

Diane Rehm Radio Show - Galbraith Doesn't See Financial Crisis Ending Anytime Soon - February 2, 2009

National Journal - Expert Blogs: Fiscal Balance and Credibility - February 2, 2009

KCRW - Stimulating the Economy, Now and in the Future - February 2, 2009

The New York Times - What's Missing in the Stimulus Plan? - January, 28, 2009

National Journal - Expert Blogs: Nationalizing the Banks - January, 25, 2009

Mother Jones - Stimulus is for Suckers - December 8, 2008

The Huffington Post - An Obama Holiday: What to Give a Progressive President and his Team - December 5, 2008

RGE Monitor - Is the Deficit a Threat to a Future Recovery? - December 4, 2008

NewsHour - Government Widens Support for Home Loans, Credit -  November 25, 2008

American Free Press - We Should Celebrate Price Deflation - November 18 ,2008

The New Republic - James K. Galbraith on the Economic Stimulus - November 17, 2008

The World from Eagle Hill (blog) - Obama’s first news conference - November 7, 2008

CNBC - The ECB Cuts Rates - November 6, 2008

The New York Times - Questions for James K. Galbraith The Populist- October 31, 2008

Harper's Magazine - Plan - November 1, 2008

PBS - Bill Moyers Journal: James K. Galbraith - October 24, 2008

Marketplace - Infrastructure is a constructive idea - October 24, 2008

Politico - Twin giants of postwar liberalism - October 21, 2008

Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis - Why We Should Abandon the Free Market - October 20, 2008

Globe and Mail - Galbraith clan could raise a double toast - October 17, 2008

Commercial Property News - Forget the Debt: James K. Galbraith on What Happens After the Bailout - October 16, 2008

Huffington Post - Financial Bailout: American Communism Alive & Lives on 23rd Street - October 16, 2008

Politico - Democrats’ plan: New Deal 2.0? - October 14, 2008

Alternet - News Media Propaganda Helped Push Through Failed Bailout - October 14, 2008

The Brian Lehrer Show - Can This Economic System Be Saved? - October 14, 2008

The Chronicle of Higher Education - In Dismal Times, Economists Try to Shape Financial Debates - October 10, 2008

Business Week - The Real Problem: Not Enough Political Legitimacy in DC - September 26, 2008

The Kansas City Star - One candidate's short-term economic fix is a gimmick to another - September 26, 2008

The New Republic - House Dems Not So Enthusiastic, Either - September 26, 2008

Telegraph - Financial crisis: Reactions to George W Bush's bail-out plan - September 26, 2008

The New Republic - The Most Important Fight over the Paulson Plan - September 25, 2008

Paradise Post - Mortgage mess a product of captialism - September 25, 2008

Miami Herald - Economists say bailout plan is flawed and isn't needed - September 25, 2008

The Huffington Post - Reject D.C.'s Princess Leia Message - This Bailout Is NOT Our Only Hope - September 25, 2008

Washington Post - A Bailout We Don't Need - September 25, 2008

Business Week - Wall Street's Double-Dippers - September 24, 2008

Harper's Magazine - Six Questions for James Galbraith on the Financial Crisis and the Bailout - September 24, 2008

Columbia Journalism Review - The Press and Phil Gramm - September 24, 2008

Silicon Valley Metro - Meltdown: Economist James Galbraith shows how conservatives engineered financial free-fall - September 24, 2008

BBC Radio - Has the US lost economic dominance? - September 20, 2008 (radio broadcast)

CBC - As It Happens - September 16, 2008 (podcast)

The Boston Globe - Struggling to restore faith in the system - September 17, 2008

Washington Post - Den of Thieves - September 16, 2008

Campaign for the American Reader - What is James K. Galbraith Reading? - September 16, 2008

Bloomberg TV - September 16, 2008 (video)

"To the Point" with Warren Olney - September 16, 2008 (video - Galbraith segment at 28 minutes)

BizRadio with Mike Norman - September 16, 2008 (audio in five parts) - part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5

Professor Robert D. Auerbach

The Current - Bailout - Auerbach - November 12, 2008

Corpus Christi Caller Times - State banks weather the storm - October 25, 2008

Daily Kos - Recommeded Read: "Deception and Abuse at the Fed" - Jun. 8, 2008

Bloomberg - Greenspan, `Master of Garblements,' Fares Poorly in Book on Fed - Jun. 5, 2008

Real Clear Markets - Review of Robert Auerbach's Deception and Abuse at the Fed - Jun. 3, 2008

San Antonio Express News - David Hendricks: UT prof's book raises stink over Fed policies - May 28, 2008

Barron's - Looking at Greenspan's Long-Lost Thesis - Apr. 28, 2008

LBJ Professor writes provocative book on Alan Greenspan and the FED - Apr. 11, 2008

Barron's Dr. Greenspan's Amazing Invisible Thesis - Mar. 31, 2008