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A Five-Step Plan For European Prosperity
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by Michael J. Boskinvia Project Syndicate
Athens, Greece
No Exit For Greece
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by Josef Joffevia New York Times
European Economic Errors for the U.S. to Avoid
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by Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Lee Ohanianvia Wall Street Journal
Avoiding the Global Slowdown Blues
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by Michael J. Boskinvia Wall Street Journal
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Analysis and Commentary

Misguided Macroeconomics

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Forbes
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The arrival of the new year always is an occasion to reflect on past failures and to make resolutions for the future...

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Unions in the American Economy

by Gary S. Beckervia Becker-Posner Blog
Sunday, December 28, 2008

Union members constitute a mere 7.5 percent of the private sector American labor force, only one third of its share 25 years ago...

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Analysis and Commentary

An imaginary retrospective of 2009

by Niall Fergusonvia Financial Times
Saturday, December 27, 2008

It was the year when people finally gave up trying to predict the year ahead...

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Follow the Money

with Niall Fergusonvia New York Times Book Review
Thursday, December 25, 2008

Niall Ferguson, it is fair to say, is a one-man book factory...

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Analysis and Commentary

Vietnam's War With Progress

by William Ratliffvia Far Eastern Economic Review
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Vietnam today is in many respects “the darling of foreign investors and multinationals,” or at least that’s how the Economist magazine put it in a special report earlier this year...

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Analysis and Commentary

McCain's economic plan boosts middle class

by John B. Taylorvia San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, October 5, 2008

John McCain's economic plan is designed from the ground up to raise incomes and create jobs for Americans - especially middle-class Americans - and get our economy moving again...

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Learning the wrong lessons

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Friday, October 3, 2008

A nice piece by William Easterly in the WSJ on what poor nations learned from the myth of the Great Depression...

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Jewell lecture examines globalization issues

with Niall Fergusonvia CollegeNews
Thursday, October 2, 2008

Dr. Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, will deliver the Hall Distinguished Lecture at 7:30 p.m. October 16 in John Gano Memorial Chapel on the William Jewell College campus in Liberty, Mo...

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Finding Common Ground

by George P. Shultzvia Tribune Media Services
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The crisis over Georgia raises an issue familiar from history: In 1914, an essentially local issue was seen by so many nations in terms of established fears and frustrations that it became global in scope and led to the First World War...

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Time is Running Out

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Sunday, September 28, 2008

Obama’s constant deference to McCain as in “John is right…”; the worried side-looks over at McCain, who, in contrast, addressed the audience; and the desire for false intimacy (employing “John” instead of “Sen. McCain”) reflected the relative lack of gravitas on Obama’s part—something that transcends education, eloquence, and youthful vigor...

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