As of today, the U.S. government’s current deficit and debt are indeed currently at unprecedented levels for peacetime—once we account for them appropriately.
What will it take to build a better economics of climate
change, one that is consistent with the urgency expressed by
the latest climate science? The issues that matter are big,
non-technical principles, capable of being expressed in bumper-sticker format. Read more »
It is impossible to predict the course of the financial crisis.
But even if the financial crisis is contained, the
bursting of the housing bubble—which began in 2007 and
is bound to continue for some time—will have a powerful
downward impact on the economy.
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You don’t have to be an investor dabbling in the stock market to feel the power of finance. Finance pervades the lives of ordinary people in many ways, and its size and impact are only getting bigger.
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The current crisis has profound social roots in America’s households and families, and political roots in government policies. It did not start with finance, and it won’t end with finance.
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Isn’t the bailout like having a rotten tooth extracted? The extraction is unpleasant, but it beats the alternative. Shouldn’t people quit complaining and suck it up?
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It has become commonplace to describe the current financial crisis as the most serious since the Great Depression. Although we have more tools now to avoid a depression, the current crisis represents in some ways more significant challenges than did the banking crises of the 1930s. | Order this issue or subscribe.
Populism and Neoliberalism in Iran
By Rostam Pourzal
As much as the role of fundamentalist Islam
or the country’s foreign policy stance, it’s
economic issues that account for Iran’s
shifting political winds. | Order this issue or subscribe.
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