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Economics / austerity, debt ceiling, Federal deficit, fiscal cliff, government spending, Keynes, Obama, Republicans /

Back to the Budget

January 29, 2015

One of the least remarked upon aspects of the President’s State of the Union address last week was that it made no reference to the federal budget or to the deficit. Nor, for that matter did any of the seven – yes seven! – official or quasi-official Republican rebuttals. Why has the budget become a […]

Economics / austerity, economic policy, economic theory, Greece, Varoufakis /

The Greek Experiment

January 27, 2015

Let me congratulate the Greeks for taking the first, but only the first, step towards a more civilized economic policy. I am intrigued by the prospect of Yanis Varoufakis as economic minister deep in argument with any of the large number of radicals that infest European economic posts. And, yes, they are the radicals. The […]

Commentary, Economics / austerity, plutocracy /

Feel The Love – Davos Style

January 22, 2015

You will have seen or heard by now that our rich and beautiful are ensconced in their annual self-congratulatory power meet-up in Davos. This is where they all make what they consider to be important statements about the state of the world, where they have lots of important conversations, and make, or reinforce, lots of […]

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