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“The GOP Sounds Of Silence”: From ‘Where Are The Jobs?’ To ‘Where Are...
The economic news on Friday was even better than optimists expected: the United States added nearly 300,000 jobs in December, wrapping up the second best year for the American job market in over a...
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“I’m No Math Genius, But…”: In Elections, Addition is Always Better Than...
In the November/December 2015 issue of the Washington Monthly, I wrote a review of Stanley Greenberg’s book America Ascendant. One of the main points Greenberg makes is to outline a reform agenda that...
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“Loose Money”: Paul Ryan Just Twisted Himself Into A Knot Trying To Undermine...
It is not surprising that House Speaker Paul Ryan is unimpressed with President Obama’s economic record. What is surprising is who Ryan thinks does deserve credit for helping the recovery: the Federal...
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“No Recipe For Addressing Economic Inequality”: The Republican Candidates...
One of the most striking and mystifying aspects of the Republican presidential primary has been the candidates’ inability—or unwillingness—to offer up any kind of coherent economic prescription for the...
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“Prophet’s Of Doom”: The GOP Debate Was A Master Class In The Republicans’...
Every presidential campaign is a choice not just between two paths forward, but also two visions of where the country is right now. If things are going well, the incumbent party says, “You’ve never had...
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