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Who's more productive: Switzerland or Wyoming?
Contrary to arguments that European social democracy is a success, a new ranking of US versus European states has American states ahead of fabled European powers.
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The pain of restoring investor confidence
Americans and Europeans have bailed out banks, run public deficits, and added to debts. What will it take to restore investor confidence?
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The ‘People’s Budget’ and high tax rates
The House GOP budget would only use spending cuts to reduce the deficit, but the left's would raise taxes and cut defense spending
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Can Obama win back liberals with his new attack on the GOP?
For months, President Obama heard grumbling from his left. Now he seems to have taken off the gloves – rhetorically, at least – going after Republicans and laying out a more progressive vision.
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Lowdown on the shutdown: The economy will be fine
Most of the economic setbacks from a government shutdown would be contained in Washington
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Dodge catastrophe by prepping for climate change
Catastrophe strikes when people are not given fair warning. By anticipating a catastrophe driven by climate change, we can avoid such a catastrophe.
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Behind Libya: rising food prices and US debt
Behind the popular discontent in the Arab world is food. And behind soaring food prices is Ben Bernanke.
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Smell a rat? Then buy some gold.
If you fear the Fed's up to no good printing money, it's time to buy gold.
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Just when I wanted to hate ... Biology
A refreshing change of topic – to the Biology AP exam.
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Oil prices rise. We adapt. (So don't panic.)
Oil prices are rising, but that doesn't spell doom, just opportunities for change and innovation.
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Is deficit commission wrong? Critics say there's no national debt crisis.
President Obama's deficit commission says the national debt requires urgent action. But economists are split on that basic premise.
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Don't believe the hype: The deficit proposals are plenty progressive.
Let's agree on the facts, regardless of the politics: the Bowles-Simpson plan and Rivlin-Domenici plan will raise taxes on the rich. Not marginal tax rates, but average tax rates.
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Government spending and the 1990s
The 1990s saw a surplus because of post-Cold War cuts in military spending and cuts in federal programs, not because the marginal tax rate went up.
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Do you blame the housing market on the Fed or the 'glut'?
Krugman and Wells argue that Fannie, Freddie and the Fed are innocent; the big bad global glut fed the boom that led to the crash.
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Bowles-Simpson plan raises everybody's taxes
Bowles and Simpson want to raise taxes across the board while lowering rates. How? Ending deductions and credits.
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Bowles-Simpson deficit plan: tax hike or tax cut?
Their deficit plan hikes taxes but lowers income tax rates at the same time.
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Yes, gold is at a record high...against the dollar. Just what does that mean?
On Tuesday, a NYT column pointed out that gold is only at a record high if you don't adjust for inflation. Just what are gold – and the dollar – worth?
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A yen to understand other people's money
The desire to sort out China's two different words for its money prompts the Monitor's language columnist to look into some of the vocabulary of currency.
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Boomtown USA? Try District Of Columbia.
Sign of federal government growth: Employment in Washington, D.C., grew faster than any state in September.
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Five stages of grief over the 'great recession' (officially 2007-2009)
Economists have declared the recession over. Now the grieving begins, one stage at a time.
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Council of Economic Bloggers?
President Obama has a formal Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), plus informal access to every economic blogger out there. Are these intellects used to create new plans or justify old ones?
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NBER: Recession ended last June
The recession is over, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Have you noticed the sudden upswing of the economy?
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War spending and the economy: You say boom, I say ka-boom!
Paul Krugman argues that WWII spending bought America out of the Great Depression. But what about the other side? What happened with military spending in Japan?
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Will China dominate the green economy? And if they do, should we worry?
China's recent investment in renewable energy technology prompts concerns that China will take over American control of 'the green economy'.
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Want to solve the housing slump? Let it be.
No more government intervention in housing would be a gift to future homeowners.
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