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washingtonmonthly.com - 2/8/2009
History lesson
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HISTORY LESSON.... The director of the White House National Economic Council, Lawrence Summers, is known for having a rather brusque personality. I think he was clearly holding back this morning. George Stephanopoulos just showed Obama economic adviser Larry Summers a...
Commentary: A history lesson for Rush Limbaugh
cnn.com - 2/2/2009
Commentary: A history lesson for Rush Limbaugh
— cnn.com — James Carville says Rush Limbaugh's new bipartisan strategy could have served the country well in 2000.... (more) Commentary: A history lesson for Rush Limbaugh

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forbes.com - 2/13/2009
The Real Lesson Of The New Deal
— forbes.com — One reason why Republicans strenuously oppose the Obama administration's fiscal stimulus plan is because it repeats the... errors of Franklin D. Roosevelt. To them, the New Deal was mainly about vastly expanding government spending and deficits, which ... (more) The Real Lesson Of The New Deal

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 2/15/2009
An Important Lesson
— swampland.blogs.time.com — It is a basic law of human nature that when vast sums of money are distributed rapidly... by government agencies, corruption ensues. Hence, this story , which scratches the surface of the free-range robbery that took place in Iraq. It will behoove the ... (more) An Important Lesson

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J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... The Washington Monthly: HISTORY LESSON.... The director of the White House National Economic Council, Lawrence Summers, is known for having a rather brusque personality. I think he was clearly holding back this morning. ...

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