from Arianna at Huffington Post on why financial crises are a lot like having babies . . .
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from Robert Reich also at Huffington Post on Fair Growth--(and why Romney's got it all wrong)
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Economically, Obama is no Jimmy Carter by Nate Silver--sorta quashes this comp that is often made . . .
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*I think all four of these pieces are worth checking out (of course, that's why they're here), but please read this last one by Krugman. Very succinct explanation of why austerity is a loser fix for what ails us.
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from Robert Reich also at Huffington Post on Fair Growth--(and why Romney's got it all wrong)
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Economically, Obama is no Jimmy Carter by Nate Silver--sorta quashes this comp that is often made . . .
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And so writes Paul Krugman in The Austerity Agenda, which talks about bad metaphors and using a struggling economy as an excuse to weaken social programs.“The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity.” So declared John Maynard Keynes 75 years ago, and he was right.
*I think all four of these pieces are worth checking out (of course, that's why they're here), but please read this last one by Krugman. Very succinct explanation of why austerity is a loser fix for what ails us.
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