When it comes to financial hardship, American Airlines gets first-class treatment—the rest of us fly economy.
Robert Kuttner
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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 […]
Posted inAmerica and the World
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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Good News, Bad News for Europe
The good news? France and Germany seem to be in agreement. The bad news? They agree Europe needs more belt tightening so that bankers can get more relief. The leaders of France and Germany, reportedly, are discussing ways to compel European nations to have a common fiscal policy without resorting to the cumbersome process of […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Super-Duper Failure
We should be celebrating the failure of the Super Committee to come up with a deficit-reduction plan.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Post Hoc Fallacy
Wednesday’s Washington Post deserves some kind of perverse award for advocacy journalism-in this case, for advocating the proposition that dire economic consequences will ensue if the congressional Super Committee fails to cut a deal for drastic deficit reduction. This is, of course, one side of an argument. Those on the other side, including myself, have […]
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Don’t Save Republicans from Themselves
As the Super Committee deadline looms, Democrats have the upper hand.
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Che Warren?
A year before the Senate race in Massachusetts, the right is already making outlandish claims.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Super Dupes
The best thing for the Super Committee to do is what Congress does best: nothing.
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Bravo Papandreou!
The Greek prime minister takes the country’s fate out of the hands of the bankers.
