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03/03/08
Arguments mount for a national healthcare system
Some reformers say a government-run system has become an 'economic necessity.'

02/25/08
Subprime fallout: Who's stuck with $400 billion in losses?
How asset-backed securities tied to risky mortgages and US consumer debt are affecting investors around the world.

02/11/08
Election-year politics: Why immigration reform will have to wait
Despite the public's cry for reforms, election-year politics will keep politicians from plain talk and solutions.

02/04/08
The economic stimulus package: How does spending help?
A reader wonders why government is attempting to spend its way out of an apparent recession.

01/14/08
Why a new president may slow population growth
A Democrat in the White House would free up funding for legalized abortions abroad

12/31/07
Economists cover everything from fertility to football in 2007
The National Bureau of Economic Research published more than 700 reports this year. Here are some of the more interesting ones.

12/24/07
Housing slump tarnishes a Fed leader's legacy
Critics say Alan Greenspan could have wielded his regulatory muscle to curb shady tactics by greedy lenders.

12/17/07
The one-word answer to sky-high oil prices
Iraq has the third-largest oil reserves in the world � if its government could agree on how to share oil revenues.

12/10/07
U.S. defense outlays keep growing and growing
How much is enough? And could the money be better spent on domestic programs?

12/03/07
Social Security in crisis? Hardly.
Despite doomsayers' predictions, the program is solvent, effective, and highly likely to continue that way.

11/26/07
Will Sovereign Wealth Funds rule the world?
These enormous government-owned funds may turn their economic clout into political gain.

11/05/07
U.S. falls to No. 15 on income scale
An OECD study downgrades per-capita American income. But there are other factors to consider.

10/29/07
The mystery of the missing $2.9 trillion
Economists scour the US to find out why we're more in debt than the Department of Commerce says we are.

10/22/07
Some thoughts on the Nobel Prize in economics
Columnist David R. Francis talks with former Nobel laureates.

10/15/07
Why a falling dollar spells trouble for U.S.
Weaker currency hurts nation's ability to 'call the shots' on international economic issues.

10/01/07
Supply-siders take some lumps
Bush and others who believe that tax cuts pay for themselves are skewered by critics.

09/10/07
Government regulation stages a comeback
Subprime mortgage troubles and other shady business practices have helped to revive interest in restraining aspects of capitalism.

08/06/07
Why 'peak oil' may soon pique your interest
World oil production peaked in 2005, says one expert, and that presents serious problems in the future.

07/30/07
Yawning rich-poor gap could hobble economy
Income equality may lead to protectionism and slow down trade, among other things.

07/23/07
New insights on the Soviet Union's collapse
A former Russian official blames the threat of famine, not Gorbachev's reform policies.

07/16/07
Wall Street wakes up to more risk
Big investors looking for higher returns may have exposed themselves to more risk than they thought.

07/02/07
The vanishing American computer programmer
Move to increase number of foreign worker visas fails in Senate, but that has not stopped what critics call a push for cheaper labor.

06/25/07
Still waiting for the tax-cut boost
The US economy has nearly stalled four years after several major tax breaks took effect.

06/18/07
Michael Moore refocuses healthcare debate
His latest film, 'Sicko,' may boost efforts for a national healthcare system, an idea that still faces stiff resistance in Washington.

06/11/07
Time to rein in the alternative minimum tax
US lawmakers have differing ideas on how to reduce the effect this tax has on millions of Americans.

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