mediamatters.org - 3/5/2009
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Was Scarborough listening when Krugman explained why "we can't" fix economy by doing "the things we did in the '80s"? Summary: Joe Scarborough stated that "the average unemployment rate for 1984" was the "same that the unemployment rate is right now" and then added: "[A]nd ... 1975, it was nine ...
airamerica.com - 3/2/2009
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The annual DC confab known as CPAC is
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huffingtonpost.com - 3/4/2009
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RNC Chair Michael Steele, who's made all of
the wrong kinds of news this week after he
offered Rush Limbaugh a stooping apology for comments he made on CNN's D.L. Hughley Breaks the News , was the subject of a series of acid-tipped disses on this ...
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I was alerted to this Media Matters post , revealing that people still don’t get why the current slump is different from the early 1980s, and why fiscal policy is necessary this time. Yes, I know, it’s Joe Scarborough; but still … Anyway, it’s the zero lower bound, stupid. And here’s the picture to make the point: INSERT DESCRIPTION Back at the bottom
Why this economic crisis is different than 1982
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From Media Matters: Joe Scarborough stated during the March 3 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe that "the average unemployment rate for 1984" was the "same that the unemployment rate is right now" and then added: "[A]nd ... 1975, it was nine [percent]; 1982, it was about 11 percent, and we didn't nationalize everything then and ... we didn't say we are going to put a stimulus bill out there to get people back to work right now and spend money we didn't have." From Nobel economist Paul Krugman: [I]n 1982, when the economy was deeply depressed, the ...
Why Today Is Like 1932, Not 1982
TalkLeft —
... I was alerted to this Media Matters post, revealing that people still don’t get why the current slump is different from the early 1980s, and why fiscal policy is necessary this time. Yes, I know, it’s Joe Scarborough; but still … Anyway, it’s the zero lower bound, stupid. . . . ...
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