In Economist's View - 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 b...

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In Economist's View - 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:...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 years ago

African poverty: Falling faster than you think - voxeu.orgStill no strength in this rebound - Jim HamiltonNot Crass, Class - Paul KrugmanSensible Defi...

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In Economist's View - 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 Tu...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 years ago

Floyd Norris objects to framing budget reductions that could make recovery from the recession more dificult as patriotic: Fiscal Patriotism: Pete Pete...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 years ago

Obama is wasting his political capital on unreciprocated, counterproductive bipartisan gestures:Freezing Out Hope, by Pau Krugman, Commentary, NY Tim...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 years ago

Obama, GOP in quiet talks to extend tax cuts - washingtonpost.comHow Banks Pawned Junk to the Fed - NYTimes.comThe Truth About the Federal Budget Defi...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 years ago

Dean Baker argues that mechanisms such as an effective policy of work-sharing, like the one in Germany can be used to redistribute the costs and ben...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 years ago

Finding a Post-Crash Economic Model - WSJ.comDefining Structural Unemployment - Paul KrugmanPoverty and immigration in the U.S. and abroad - Consider ...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 years ago

Spain provides a lesson for those who believe that the Fed should pursue a hard-money policy focused on keeping the dollar strong and fighting the...

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