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Baker, Krugman, Roubini, 375 Economists Agree: We Need a Massive Economic Stimulus
oxdown.firedoglake.com - 11/22/2008
Baker, Krugman, Roubini, 375 Economists Agree: We Need a Massive Economic Stimulus
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Dean Baker, whose earlier excellent post provides a compelling argument for a bridge loan to the auto industry, reminds us ( via TPM ) that the economy needs much more to keep a likely deep recession from becoming another depression. Baker's plea joins those we've seen from Paul ...
newsweek.com - 11/25/2008
Nouriel Roubini on Obama's Economic Team | Newsweek Business
— newsweek.com — President-elect Barack Obama 's administration's reaction to the current economy would have to be, in his words, "swift and bold." At a press conference Monday in Chicago, he unveiled his economic team, which will be led by Tim Geithner as secretary ... (more) Nouriel Roubini on Obama's Economic Team | Newsweek ...

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Will v. Krugman on the Depression
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/21/2008
Will v. Krugman on the Depression
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Nice work as the Nobel Prize winning economist takes on the conservative columnist. Will argues that New Deal policies made the Depression worse. Krugman retorts that the New Deal was working nicely until FDR’s concern with balanced budgets and ... (more) Will v. Krugman on the Depression

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Krugman schools Will
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/16/2008
Krugman schools Will
— washingtonmonthly.com — KRUGMAN SCHOOLS WILL.... On ABC's "This Week" earlier, George Will explained his belief that FDR financial/regulatory policies discouraged investment and created an environment in which the "depression became the Great Depression." Fortunately, Will ... (more) Krugman schools Will

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Hullabaloo — ... can't just sit on the sidelines waiting for Obama to wave his magic wand and make it all magically go away. Reid is wrong. The message they would be sending to the American people if they stayed on the job and fought this out, even if they had failed vote after failed vote, would be that they take this situation seriously and are trying to fix it. They go home and the only people talking about this are Rush and his army of evil yakkers. Scarecrow over at FDL wrote this earlier: Dean Baker, whose earlier excellent post provides a ...

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