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Countercyclical Capital
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And it's in the shadow of the dome, so to speak, that official Washington lives and works. If you spend your life helping businesses and banks escape gratuitous federal regulations or fend off... More
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Low-Wage Workers Are Often Cheated.
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Since I couldn't write it better myself, I borrowed the New York Times' headline to this story by Steven Greenhouse, which reports on a study finding that 68 percent of low-wage workers had... More
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Obama has reduced the deficit.
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One more post to round out this thrilling week of new budget projections. You've probably noticed that the storyline has been entirely about how the Obama administration has increased the deficit and... More
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The Banks Are Big Because the Financial Crisis Isn't Over.
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In response to a new Washington Post story on how the financial sector's major players have just gotten bigger as a result of the government's drastic rescue efforts, Matt Yglesias comments
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Where did the deficit come from?
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Both the CBO and the OMB show deficits falling to more sustainable levels at the end of the 10-year horizon. Key to achieving this goal, however, is a robust economic recovery. A focus on... More
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Mid-session budget review: don't panic about the deficit
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This morning, the Congressional Budget Office and the White House Office of Management and Budget released their mid-session budget reviews, essentially updates to future revenue, spending and deficit... More
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Interesting bailout fact of the day
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The FT takes a look at how governments have made out after investing in banks to keep them from failing. The U.S. has the best returns:
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Left Without Labor
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A party of professionals and young voters risks becoming a party that overlooks the core economic crisis facing American workers.
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Why Geithner Should Get Angry
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Despite an ambitious program from the Obama administration, millions of mortgage holders still face foreclosure.
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The Ultimate Bear Market | The American Prospect
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"We all fucked up," says Alan Schwartz in the final paragraph of House of Cards. "Government. Rating agencies. Wall Street. Commercial Banks. Regulators. Investors. Everybody."
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