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Beyond the 'fiscal cliff': 6 reasons to be optimistic about America's future
As Americans take stock of 2012 and gear up for 2013, it's tempting to adopt "decline think" about the country, especially since there is still no deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" of steep budget cuts and tax increases. But here are six reasons Americans should still be optimistic about their future.
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Beyond the 'fiscal cliff': 6 reasons to be optimistic about America's future
As Americans take stock of 2012 and gear up for 2013, it's tempting to adopt "decline think" about the country, especially since there is still no deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" of steep budget cuts and tax increases. But here are six reasons Americans should still be optimistic about their future.
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Backchannels
Obama 'Mideast surprises'? Unlikely.There are plenty of reasons to question Niall Ferguson's musings about possible last-minute Obama 'surprises' aimed at winning the election. His most recent column in particular.
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Donald Marron
Economic data goofs make the case for metadataAnyone can look at a set of data and misinterpret it. That's why it should be fleshed out with pertinent information.
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Top Picks: Historian Niall Ferguson on PBS, Carole King's demos, and more
National Geographic's digital edition shines on the iPad, an old newsreel shows window washers in 1938, and more top picks.
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Chapter & Verse
Can you sue over a bad book review?Harvard historian and author Niall Ferguson received a bad review from the London Review of Books and now tells the editor he may take legal action.
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Obama in London: Ping-pong diplomacy and pomp bolster 'special relationship'
President Obama, on a three-day state visit to London, is stressing what he and Prime Minister Cameron call an 'essential relationship' between the UK and the US.
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The Daily Reckoning
How do you get 23 economists to agree? Criticize Bernanke.QE2 got a public rebuke from 23 economists, financial writers, and fund managers via an open letter to Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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High Financier
Niall Ferguson examines a German life of privilege, lived through a significant swath of European history.
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Chapter & Verse
10 books to help you understand the UK election resultsTen winning books that offer insight – in different ways – into contemporary Britain.
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The Circle Bastiat
Global Debt: A country-by-country look at spending for growth vs. deficit cuttingA look at the wave of debt crises spreading around the globe.
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China vs. America: Which government model will triumph?
If the 20th century was about the competition between democracy and totalitarianism, the 21st century pits the excesses of consumer democracy against capable governance with too little democratic accountability.
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Best books of 2009: nonfiction
The nonfiction books we liked best in 2009.
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Bestselling paperback books, according to Indie Bound*
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
National parks' fee-free weekends, a money tale from Niall Ferguson, opera for Bellini fans, and more.
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Write an inaugural speech for Obama, learn where the real dragons live, listen to Bonnaroo in the dead of winter, and more.
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The Ascent of Money
Scottish historian Niall Ferguson explores the links between money and human progress.
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