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Economics / fiscal policy, jobs, Obama, stimulus, unemployment /

Obama’s Meaningless Speech

September 9, 2011

It has been well received. It had lots of nice things in it. It might have helped our unemployment problem. That’s it. It was a political speech designed to begin Obama’s re-election campaign. We have a year of this pointless stuff to come. Such is the total collapse of our political process that everything said, […]

Economics / deficits, GDP, interest rates, jobs, Keynes, recovery, unemployment /

Post Labor Day Pieces

September 8, 2011

Labor Day is gone again. Another year into our economic malaise and little to show for it. The feeling I sense most is one of frustration, mixed with a growing skepticism that anyone knows what to do to get the country rolling again. The most popular narrative in the media is that we need to […]

Economics /

Are We There Yet? Part Two

September 5, 2011

Are we there yet? As in our economies are growing again No. And the likelihood we will arrive at that point any time soon is diminishing. Austerity is preventing it. Austerity is the enemy of growth when an economy is down and out. Cutting government spending at such times makes matters worse, not better. That […]

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