Right-wingers are just as fond of attaching demands to must-pass legislation across the pond.
Economic Policy
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Important Election News from Across the Pond
A reminder that what happens in Europe will mean more for the presidential election than almost anything the GOP does.
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Britain Hesitates
David Cameron’s veto of an EU integration plan reveals England’s deep skepticism about the union.
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Elizabeth Warren: Bailout Queen
Karl Rove’s latest ad has to set an all-time record for hypocrisy and factual inversion. The ad actually manages to blame Elizabeth Warren for the bank bailouts. As anyone who hasn’t spent the past three years in a cave must know, Warren has been the nation’s single most effective, relentless, and brave critic of the […]
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The Wrong Fix
The deal to save the eurozone will hurt countries that can afford it the least.
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Made in America — Again
Leaders discuss returning manufacturing to the U.S. in a Prospect roundtable.
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Europe’s Deal: So Who Wins?
The proposed solution to Europe’s debt crisis may save the euro, but it does little to regulate the financial industry.
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Obama Rejects Trickle Down Economics
Obama decried income inequality fostered by misguided economics during a rousing speech Tuesday.
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GOP vs. Job Creators
Despite their rhetoric about small businesses, Republicans side with millionaires when it comes down to it.Â
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Schooling Capitalism
This week, both coasts saw student marches on Monday and big-city police raids on Tuesday. As the chancellors of the University of California met by teleconference, students throughout the U.C. system held demonstrations and teach-ins opposing tuition hikes and police violence. At U.C. Davis, they called a student strike. Meanwhile, their counterparts at the City […]
