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COLUMNIST Devangshu Datta 1 Devangshu Datta 2 Thomas Friedman Paul Krugman NYT > Paul Krugman 1938 in 2010 The inadequacy of the Obama administration’s initial economic stimulus has landed it — and the nation — in a political trap. The Real Story Here’s hoping that President Obama goes big next week with new proposals for boosting the economy. It’s Witch-Hunt Season In a repeat from the 1990s, the Republicans appear bent on ugliness and paralysis. This Is Not a Recovery This isn’t a recovery, in any sense that matters. And policy makers should be doing everything they can to change that fact. Bush Tax Cuts: Now That’s Rich Republicans and conservative Democrats are eager to give hundreds of billions of dollars to the 120,000 richest people in America. NYT > Paul Krugman Appeasing the Bond Gods The policy elite are making a strange argument in demanding that we engage in human sacrifices to appease the anger of invisible gods. Attacking Social Security Critics of the program claim that its future is in peril. But their math doesn’t add up, and underneath their hostility is ignorance of the realities of life for many Americans. Paralysis at the Federal Reserve A decade ago, Ben Bernanke had some sharp criticism for how the Bank of Japan was handling a cool economy. Now he’s the Fed chairman, and that critique of Japan could be applied to the Fed today. America Goes Dark With infrastructure and education crumbling, we’re on the unlit, unpaved road to nowhere. The Flimflam Man The Beltway crowd gets fooled again, this time by Representative Paul Ryan’s plan for a major overhaul of federal spending and taxes. NYT > Paul Krugman Defining Prosperity Down There is growing evidence that a once-unthinkable level of economic distress is in the process of becoming the new normal. Curbing Your Enthusiasm President Obama rode into office on a wave of progressive enthusiasm. But, for many reasons, that has given way to progressive disillusionment. Who Cooked the Planet? Why didn’t climate-change legislation get through the Senate? The triumph of greed and cowardice. Addicted to Bush Republican leaders seem to want a complete return to the Bush agenda, but how can they embrace Bush’s policies given his record? The Pundit Delusion Instead of focusing on how its policies play in the news, the Obama administration should be worrying about their actual effect on the economy.