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Posted 2 years ago
Joseph Stiglitz proposes a deficit reduction package that boosts efficiency, bolsters growth, and reduces inequality, but it has little chance of being enacted because it goes against corporate a
Posted 2 years ago
Democrats should not give in to demands to extend the Bush tax cuts for all taxpayers:Let's Not Make a Deal. by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: Back in 2001, former President George W. Bush p
Posted 2 years ago
African poverty: Falling faster than you think - voxeu.orgStill no strength in this rebound - Jim HamiltonNot Crass, Class - Paul KrugmanSensible Deficit and Debt Reduction - Maxine UdallEnd of an Era
Posted 2 years ago
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Posted 2 years ago
Stan Collender: Simpson Commission Has To Be Considered A Failure, by Stan Collender (Under Creative Commons): I'll have much more about this on Tuesday in my weekly column in Roll Call but, for n
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Posted 2 years ago
On many occasions when the Fed was dragging its feet in terms of implementing a second round of quantitative easing, I made the claim that fiscal policy authorities don't have to wait for the Fed to t
Posted 2 years ago
Class And Social Security - Paul KrugmanParticipation Rate of 25 to 54 Age Men at Record Low - Calculated RiskGeorge Selgin on Replacing the Fed - MacroManiaGlobalisation's impact on inflation in the
Posted 2 years ago
Christina Romer:It's the Big Questions That Slow Growth, by Christina Romer, Commentary, NY Times: Uncertainty is frequently blamed for the sorry state of the economy for why businesses are not
Posted 2 years ago
This Data Dive from the San Francisco Fed (no permalink) shows that, contrary to some claims, disinflation is not just housing :
Posted 2 years ago
The administration just cannot admit that it made a mistake in proposing a stimulus package that was too small. This is from a Q&A with Austan Goolsbee::Q. Would our economy be in better shape right
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