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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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Paul Ryan

This Time is Different

by Peter M. Robinsonvia Hoover Digest
Monday, January 23, 2012

Paul Ryan is a straight shooter, and health care is his target. An interview with Peter Robinson.

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A World with Genuine Opportunities

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Hoover Digest
Monday, January 23, 2012

Hoover fellow Richard A. Epstein sees economic inequality in the light of incentives, innovation, and mutual gain.

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The Green Tea Party

by Terry Andersonvia Hoover Digest
Monday, January 23, 2012

When it comes to the environment, both major parties are lost in the woods. Here’s a platform that makes sense. By Terry L. Anderson.

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Doubling the Domino Effect

by Edward Paul Lazearvia Hoover Digest
Monday, January 23, 2012

Europe misreads the deep causes of the financial crisis, and thereby ignores the remedies. By Edward P. Lazear.

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Figure 1. Militarized Disputes between Pairs of Countries

Puzzling Violence

by Mark Harrisonvia Hoover Digest
Monday, January 23, 2012

Democracy may be on the rise in the world, but so is a strange trend: more wars. By Mark Harrison.

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The Bright Side of British Colonialism

by Gary D. Libecapvia Defining Ideas
Thursday, January 19, 2012

English institutions—the common law, property rights, and banking—led to economic growth in the colonies.

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Analysis and Commentary

Mind over Market

by Michael Spencevia Project Syndicate
Friday, January 13, 2012

Most societies have important economic and other objectives that markets and competition are not designed to achieve. In today’s rapidly globalizing world, the most important of these objectives...are stability, distributional equity, and sustainability...

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Analysis and Commentary

Mitt Romney on Mercantilism

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Monday, January 9, 2012

[Romney has said] that the Chinese want to avoid a trade war with the United States more than the U.S. wants to avoid one with China because they have more at stake. But that's false...

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Stimulus and the Great Depression

by Lee Ohanian, Harold L. Colevia Hoover Digest
Monday, January 23, 2012

Neither the New Deal nor the war pulled the economy out of its worst crisis. What did? Wiser policies. By Lee E. Ohanian and Harold L. Cole.

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Social Justice and Empty Pockets

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Hoover Digest
Monday, January 23, 2012

“People before profits” is a perverse idea that ignores the very mechanism by which people are helped. By Richard A. Epstein.

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