washingtonpost.com - 2/20/2009
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washingtonpost.com - 2/27/2009
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Michael Kinsley - Words for a Shaken People
fivethirtyeight.com - 2/17/2009
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Ask yourself the following: is momentum a good
thing or a bad thing? One of the more...
persistent trends in the United States' postwar economic history is that the volatility in the performance of the economy has decreased over time. For example, from ...
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Why We're Probably in For a Long Recession
truthdig.com - 2/22/2009
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In his weekly address, President Barack Obama hailed
the stimulus bill he recently signed, the American Recovery...
and Reinvestment Act, as “the most sweeping economic recovery plan in history.” Here’s what he had to say to back up ...
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Obama: Let’s Get to Work
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Daily Kos —
... Michael Kinsley: Let me explain what Brooks meant. Do we save or do we spend? Does the government? What's really the "responsible" thing for each to do? ...
Morning Skim: Kinsley on Debt, Testing Obama, Israel's Direction
Opinionator —
Washington Post : Michael Kinsley says that inflation must be the secret plan to pay off the federal debt incurred by all the various bailouts and the stimulus plan: “If that’s not the plan, what is?” Also, Charles Krauthammer says ...
Obama’s Secret Plan: Inflation?
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... Michael Kinsley has a rather rambling column about the “upside-down economics” of the stimulus plan that’s subtitled (or, whatever one calls the SEO-driven title tag that appears at the top of the browser and in search results) “Recession Economics - How Do We Repay the Stimulus Spree?” But even if the stimulus is a magnificent success, the money still has to be paid back. The plan of record apparently is that we keep borrowing, spending and stimulating, faster and faster, until suddenly, on some signal from heaven or Timothy Geithner, we all stop spending and start saving in ...
The Looming Inflation
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Here's the kind of column you long for in times like these. And this, alas, is quite obviously what American profligacy these past two decades will lead to: ...
Quotes of the day
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Don’t pay the money back… Anyone who regards the prospect of double-digit inflation with insouciance is either too young to have lived through it the last time (the late 1970s) or too old to remember. Among other problems, inflation works only as a surprise or betrayal. It can never be part of any public, official plan. Plan for 10 percent inflation, and you’ll get 20. Plan for 20 and you’ll need a wheelbarrow to pay for your morning Starbucks. But if that’s not the plan, what is ?” *“I thought 8,000 was the floor, and it looks like 6,000 is the floor. People are angry, ...
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