online.wsj.com - 1/1/2009
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JAMES BACCHUS President-elect Barack Obama is rightly focused on preparing a stimulus plan to "jolt" the American economy toward recovery. Yet missing thus far is any mention of international trade as part of his plan. Democratic presidents -- Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Carter and Clinton -- ...
bloomberg.com - 1/2/2009
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Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama will
probably tear down long-standing barriers between the U.S.’s civilian...
and military space programs to speed up a mission to the moon amid the prospect of a new space race with China. Obama’s ...
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Obama Moves to Counter China With Pentagon-NASA Link ...
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Stimulus We Can Believe In
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... James Bacchus reminds Democrats that if they really want to stimulate the economy, they should pay attention to promoting trade liberalization. ...
Stimulus We Can Believe In
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
James Bacchus reminds Democrats that if they really want to stimulate the economy, they should pay attention to promoting trade liberalization. This advice will fall on deaf ears, it would seem. Democrats aren't exactly high on free trade, for reasons that have been discussed at length and have to do with a combination of the political attractions of economic populism and nationalism and some plain, old-fashioned ignorance. But if the advice does fall on deaf ears--and the economy suffers as a consequence--at the very least, there will be a clear and salient case to take ...
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