nytimes.com - 11/28/2008
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The story of how we failed to see this coming has a clear policy implication — that financial market reform should be pressed quickly, and that it should not wait until the crisis is resolved. >
nytimes.com - 11/22/2008
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Thanksgiving is next week, and President Bush could
make it a really special holiday by resigning. Seriously....
We have an economy that’s crashing and a vacuum at the top. Bush who is currently on a trip to Peru to meet with Asian leaders who no ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - Time for Him to Go
nytimes.com - 11/21/2008
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The prospects for the economy look much grimmer
now than they did a week or two ago....
Yet economic policy, rather than responding to the threat, seems to have gone on vacation. >
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Op-Ed Columnist: The Lame-Duck Economy
nytimes.com - 12/5/2008
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One of the biggest choices of Barack Obama’s
presidency is picking a reformist secretary of education. This...
will be a tough call, because it will mean offending people. >
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Op-Ed Columnist: Who Will He Choose?
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Calculated Risk —
... Nouriel Roubini writes, Given the recent flow of dismal economic indicators, I now believe that the odds of a U.S. recession by year end have increased from 50% to 70%. For these pundits, the most dismal indicator is that we have a Republican Administration. They have been gloomy for six years now. Sure Roubini was early (I thought so at the time), but show me someone who has been more right! And this brings me to Krugman's column: Lest We Forget ... Why did so many observers dismiss the obvious signs of a housing ...
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Daily Kos —
... Schultz: The point is it's rough out there. All of this affects the little church that I pastor. Retirees see the value of their pensions collapse, and a little less turns up in the collection basket. The economy sours, and we worry about neighbors who might not have enough for food or clothes or heat. Yet at our annual Thanksgiving Eve service tonight, we will thank God for our good fortune with full and grateful hearts. Paul Krugman: A few months ago I found myself at a meeting of economists ...
Dr. Carol's Hindsight Parade
The Sideshow —
Krugman: A few months ago I found myself at a meeting of economists and finance officials, discussing - what else? - the crisis. There was a lot of soul-searching going on. One senior policy maker asked, "Why didn't we see this coming?" There was, of course, only one thing to say in reply, so I said it: "What do you mean 'we,' white man?""The Most Dangerous Woman in the World" - But some people have doubts that this woman was anything but a victim of BushCheneyCo.'s war of terror, and outside of the United States, her story is ...
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