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The latest fad among economic forecasters is to talk about the growing probability of a double-dip recession. They have raised fears that…
The Washington Post and Robert Samuelson did their part in publicly passing along the marching orders from the rich and powerful to Ben Bernanke and the…
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The United States is suffering the enduring effects of a collapsed housing bubble, not a financial crisis. This is an important distinction,…
A front page story in Sunday’s New York Times gave the country the bad news. President Obama is no longer paying attention to economists and economics…
The New York Times decided to have a special dialogue around a letter to the editor that called on President Obama to take "decisive action"…
The stock market’s recent plunge has caused normally sane people to panic about the economy’s prospects. It is important to recognize that…
An AP article on the latest productivity data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was a bit confused on the relationship between productivity,…
Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgrade of US debt should be seen as the joke it is. The rating agency, which gave investment…
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