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Things Are Not O.K.
The unemployment report was genuinely good, but there’s a downside: the calls to stop focusing on job creation.
Romney Isn’t Concerned
Mitt Romney has said that his comments about not caring about the very poor were taken out of context. But the more context you give them, the worse it gets.
The Austerity Debacle.
Look at Britain to see the tragic effects of a very bad idea.
Jobs, Jobs and Cars
Gov. Mitch Daniels got so much wrong in his reply to the president’s State of the Union address. To really create jobs, it takes a cluster, not just heroes.
Is Our Economy Healing?
There is a case for modest optimism.
NYT > Paul Krugman
Taxes at the Top
As Mitt Romney dances around calls for him to release his tax returns, a question about U.S. tax policy comes up: Why do the rich bear a startlingly light tax burden?
How Fares the Dream?
Martin Luther King would see a nation that judges people by the size of their paychecks.
America Isn’t a Corporation
What’s with the notion that this country needs a successful businessman as president? Making good economic policy isn’t at all like maximizing corporate profits.
America’s Unlevel Field
So where is that evidence that Mitt Romney or his party cares at all about equality of opportunity?
Bain, Barack and Jobs
Mitt Romney says that President Obama has been a job destroyer, while he was a job-creating businessman. But those claims border on dishonesty.
NYT > Paul Krugman
Nobody Understands Debt
The obsession with deficit reduction is wrongheaded and ill-informed.
Keynes Was Right
Once again, when politicians and policy makers decided to focus on deficits, not jobs, they proved Keynes right about a slump being the wrong time for austerity.
Springtime for Toxics
The E.P.A. just did a very good thing in releasing new rules on mercury and air toxics for power plants. And, of course, Republicans are furious.
The Post-Truth Campaign
Mitt Romney is blazing new trails in politics, where not telling the truth doesn’t seem to have any consequences.
Will China Break?
There’s a new danger spot in a world economy that really, really doesn’t need another one right now.