Politics Archive
Krugman: Big Government Saved Us
So it seems that we aren’t going to have a second Great Depression after all. What saved us? The answer, basically, is Big Government.
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So what saved us from a full replay of the Great Depression? ...
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Krugman: Town Hall Health Care Reform Protesters Are Racist
That is, the driving force behind the town hall mobs is probably the same cultural and racial anxiety that’s behind the “birther” movement, which denies Mr. Obama’s citizenship. Senator Dick Durbin has suggested that the ...
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US Post Office To Run $7 Billion Deficit In 2009
Interesting article in today's New York Times on the US Postal Service: "Increasing Postal Deficits Intensify Talks On Solution", July 30, B1.
This highlights a key difference between the operations of a private company and a ...
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Newsweek Cover: The Recession Is Over
And here's Obama commenting on the cover at a Town Hall meeting in Raleigh, NC Wednesday morning:
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Krugman: Goldman Sachs Profits Are Bad For America
Krugman is relentless in his calls for increasing government involvement in the economy and regulation:
What’s clear is that Wall Street in general, Goldman very much included, benefited hugely from the government’s provision of a financial backstop ...
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Chorus Growing For Second Stimulus
But they should also be prepared to add to the stimulus now that it’s clear that the first round wasn’t big enough.
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He needs to remind the country that he’s trying to steer the country through ...
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Why All The Haters On Apollo Group?
Apollo Group (APOL), owner of The University of Phoenix, continues to hit the cover off the ball - but many commentators seem to prefer to focus on the negative.
Let's start with the positive. Apollo grew ...
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Republican Superstar Governor Sanford Admits Affair
June 24, 2009 · Category: Culture and Current Events, Politics
After a mysterious five day disappearance, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford admitted to having an affair with a woman in Argentina.
This is a huge disappointment to Republicans who rallied behind Sanford after he asked the Obama ...
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Cash For Clunkers: More Bad Economics From Washington
The program will provide a much needed boost to the automobile industry.
- Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich)
The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act ...
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Roger Lowenstein On The Pension Crisis
June 3, 2009 · Category: Macro Economics, Politics
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the federal agency that may have to bail out GM workers, is now $33.5 billion in the red. Many more private pension failures loom.
Pensions also pose a huge problem for ...
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