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Mikhail Gorbachev says the candidates need to talk about the increasing tendency to militarize policymaking and thinking, and to state clearly wheth...

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In Economist's View - Posted 17 hours ago

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In GristMill - Posted 1 day ago

By Joseph Romm Independence Day may be the best day to ask ourselves -- what is the greatest preventable threat to Americans' life, liberty, and pur...

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Happy July 4th!A reader asked for my two cents on foreign country selection.This may be difficult to articulate into something that usable because the...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 day ago

Will the Rovian tactics that the McCain campaign has started to employ such as willful misinterpretation and distortion of remarks so as to impugn the...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 day ago

National Economic Update - FRB Dallas The Everyday Economics Bubble - Zubin Jelveh Better Living Through Game Theory: At the Dentist - Econ...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 days ago

I don't know much about the specifics ofthis market, but Thomas Palley says it is far from competitive, and a recent Bush administration decision will...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 days ago

Since the topic of another stimulus package is coming up more and more, e.g. see below, here's a discussion of Research on the Effects of Fiscal Stim...

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In GristMill - Posted 2 days ago

By Meredith NilesLast week, we witnessed the dairy industry hold their first ever Sustainability Summit for U.S. Dairy. The week long conference culmi...

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