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OH, NOW THEY'RE DEFICIT HAWKS (www.washingtonmonthly.com) TMC

Dick Cheney declared during Bush's first term, "Deficits don't matter." Congressional Republicans agreed, spent freely, and gladly put two wars on the national charge card. The results were trillions... More

Tags: bush administration,deficit,republicans,tmc

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Deficit or Depression? (chelseagreen.com) TMC

Here is a fine example of why a despairing President Truman once said, "Bring me a one-armed economist." Our quote of the day comes from Martin N. Baily, an economist at the Brookings Institution, who... More

Tags: deficit,depression,tmc,economic crisis

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Deficit? (www.prospect.org) TMC

Paul Krugman has a nice column on the circumstances in which we should concern ourselves with deficits. The answer? These ain't them. As I've been arguing on this blog, the deficit obsession of the... More

Tags: tmc,the american prospect,ezra klein,deficit,paul krugman,economics,economy,interest rates,borrowed money

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

IN PRAISE OF MASSIVE DEFICITS. (www.prospect.org) TMC

Matt Miller, a longtime deficit hawk who cops to reading Peter Peterson's deficit-scare books on his honeymoon, says that

Tags: tmc,deficit,keynesian,economy

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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