Tag Archives: Paul Krugman

To D.C. Dems, compromise means capitulate


Unfortunately, the efficacy of slashing spending and taxes on the wealthy will become conventional wisdom now that Democrats have signed on to the program and the disaster capitalists will have won their war against egalitarianism and redistribution. The Democrats didn’t … Continue reading

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Summers, Geithner give elitism a bad name


Obama’s go-to guys botched economic recovery. Why do they still have jobs? Barack Obama thinks Ivy League grads who’ve worked on Wall Street have all the answers, which is why he ended up depending on Laurence Summers and Timothy Geithner … Continue reading

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NYT to 99ers: Chances for new benefits ‘slim to none’


Senate Democrats, on six-week vacation, seem to agree Reporter Michael Luo came through this week with a story on the long-term unemployed, which was more or less a case study of how dangerous it is to lose your job in … Continue reading

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