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Everyone Should Have The Retirement Plan Federal Employees Enjoy
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by Teresa Ghilarducci, Kevin Hassettvia The Washington Post
Solving The Puzzle Of Stagnant Wages
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by Edward Paul Lazearvia Wall Street Journal
Five Reasons For Slow Growth
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by Michael Spencevia Project Syndicate
An Autopsy for the Keynesians
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by John H. Cochranevia Wall Street Journal
Immigration Isn’t Killing The Middle Class
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by Timothy Kanevia Washington Post
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The Federal Reserve's Too Cozy Relations With Banks
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by Stephen Haber, Ross Levinevia Wall Street Journal
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Behind the Productivity Plunge: Fewer Startups
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Infrastructure in a Stimulus Package

by Gary S. Beckervia Becker-Posner Blog
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Last week we blogged on how much stimulus to GDP and employment might be expected from a version of the Obama fiscal stimulus plan...

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’08 Bankruptcy Filings Swelled With Faltering Economy

with Niall Fergusonvia Memphis Daily News (TN)
Friday, January 16, 2009

Public television audiences around the U.S. watched Tuesday night as historian Niall Ferguson narrated and hosted “The Ascent of Money,” a two-hour PBS documentary about the evolution of money within a global context...

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Nitin Desai: China, America or Chimerica?

with Niall Fergusonvia Business Standard (India)
Thursday, January 15, 2009

There is the old story about an American and a Chinese being chased by a tiger, where the punch line is the Chinese telling the American: “I do not have to run faster than the tiger— I only have to run faster than you!”...

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Bank of America CEO takes lumps on Merrill merger

with Kenneth E. Scottvia Reuters
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Somewhere in Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis' rear-view mirror, his old Charlotte, North Carolina rival Ken Thompson lurks...

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Obama's daunting challenge: A bridge to a brighter future

with Gary S. Beckervia Globe and Mail (Canada)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Etched into rocks along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Washington, D.C., are subtle reminders of the greatest economic stimulus package in U.S. history - Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal...

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The stimulus rush

with Gary S. Becker, Thomas J. Sargentvia Chicago Tribune
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

In recent weeks, just about every economic indicator has gone from bad to worse—the latest being unemployment, which is now at the highest level in 16 years...

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OSAC: Terrorism main risk for private sector in 2008

with George P. Shultzvia Security Director News (ME)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Terrorism loomed as one of the top security concerns of 2008 for U.S. businesses, nongovernmental organizations and academic institutions operating overseas, according to private sector constituents of the Overseas Security Advisory Council...

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Economic patriotism in a downturn

with Gary S. Beckervia BBC News
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

"I'm backing Britain…", crooned Bruce Forsyth in 1968...

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Democratic Death Wish On Labor Relations

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Forbes
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

American labor markets are in horrible shape...

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Save—But Not Yet

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Monday, January 12, 2009

Many economists have been wringing their hands for years over the lack of domestic saving in the United States, which has increased our financial dependence on foreigners...

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