nytimes.com - 7/3/2009
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O.K., Thursday’s jobs report settles it. We’re going to need a bigger stimulus. But does the president know that? Let’s do the math. Since the recession began, the U.S. economy has lost 6 ½ million jobs and as that grim employment report confirmed, it’s continuing to lose jobs at a rapid pace. ...
nytimes.com - 6/29/2009
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So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill.
In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement. But
212 representatives voted no. A handful of these no votes came from representatives who considered the bill too weak, but most rejected ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - Betraying the Planet
nytimes.com - 7/10/2009
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As soon as the Obama administration-in-waiting announced its
stimulus plan this was before Inauguration Day
some of us worried that the plan would prove inadequate. And we also worried that it might be hard, as a political matter, to come back for ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - The Stimulus Trap
nytimes.com - 6/26/2009
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When it comes to domestic policy, there are
two Barack Obamas. On one side there’s Barack the
Policy Wonk, whose command of the issues and ability to explain those issues in plain English is a joy to behold. But on the other side there’s Barack ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - Not Enough Audacity
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Paul Krugman: That ’30s Show
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... That ’30s
Show, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times:
O.K., Thursday’s jobs report settles it. We’re going to need a bigger stimulus.
But does the president know that?... ...
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naked capitalism —
... York City Sees Slide in Tourism Wall Street Journal Back to the Stimulus Debate: W, Timing, the States, and Baselines Menzie Chinn, Econbrowser. Someone is trying to still say we will have a recovery? The new hope is a "temporary and substantial recovery" aka Green Shoots v. 2.0. This is looking more and more like administering a jolt of electricity to a corpse. Even if you succeed in getting it to move does not mean you brought it back to life. That ’30s Show Paul Krugman, New York Times Banks own the US government Dean Baker, Guardian ...
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The Mess That Greenspan Made —
... Increase in Gulf as El Nino Shifts - Bloomberg • June jewellery sales soar in Abu Dhabi - Commodity Online • OPEC president satisfied with current oil price - Globe & Mail ECONOMY • Taking a weed whacker to green shoots - CNN/Money • American Jobs Data Are Worse than We Think - Pimco • Grim jobless numbers damp economic recovery hopes - LA Times • Is free checking on its way out? - CNN/Money • That ’30s Show - Krugman, NY Times INTERNATIONAL • World markets slide on ...
Is Krugman going to be really mad at Obama again soon?
Scrivener.net —
... Wow, back in my single days I applied the old "dinner, charm and a promise" routine many times, and never got results like that! Is Krugman a cheap date? (Or is dinner more seductive at the White House than at White Castle?) Since then, Krugman has been all over the place as an Obama supporter enthusiastically arguing for more stimulus. ...
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