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Finance & Development December 2010 |
Stimulus Worked Without the quick and massive policy response, the Great Recession might still plague the United States. |
Financial Advisor February 2010 Michelle Knight |
Exit Strategies The road out of the recession is fraught with risks that include spiraling budget deficits and out-of-control inflation. |
Finance & Development September 2011 Laurence Ball et al. |
Painful Medicine Although advanced economies need medium-run fiscal consolidation, slamming on the brakes too quickly will hurt incomes and job prospects. |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
This Is Killing the Recovery Why Washington won't fix the economy, and how it affects you. |
Finance & Development September 2010 Mark Horton |
How Grim a Fiscal Future? For most advanced economies, both the near term and the longer term are tight, but there are ways to ease budget pressures |
BusinessWeek April 8, 2010 Peter Coy |
U.S. Economy: The Case for More Stimulus The worst thing about the uptick in hiring? It could undermine a second wave of federal spending that may be needed to stave off a double-dip recession. |
Salon.com January 11, 2002 Damien Cave |
The dangers of overstimulation The right time to jump-start the economy may already have passed... |
Finance & Development December 2010 Dao & Loungani |
The Tragedy of Unemployment Governments can do more to alleviate joblessness and its human costs. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Carlo Cottarelli |
Paying the Piper The role of medium-term fiscal policy in rebounding from the crisis. |
Reason June 2009 Veronique de Rugy |
The Age of Debt Barack Obama's first budget promises "fiscal responsibility" but delivers the opposite. |
CFO March 1, 2010 Russ Banham |
The Shape of Things to Come L, V, or W? Perhaps a check mark, or something with a wiggly tail? Top economists debate what the recovery will look like. |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2009 Maria Bartiromo |
Treasury's Geithner on the State of the Economy Maria Bartiromo talks to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the current state of the economy. |
Finance & Development September 2010 Kevin Cheng |
The Long Run Is Near France, like many advanced economies, confronts the expensive needs of a rapidly aging population |
Finance & Development June 2009 Eyzaguirre et al. |
Latin America: When Is Fiscal Stimulus Right? For some Latin American countries stimulus is appropriate during the global economic crisis. But for others the answer is less clear. |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2011 Ilan Moscovitz |
From the White House: What's Going on With the Economy We've got a long way to go. |
Finance & Development June 2009 Horton & El-Ganainy |
Back to Basics: What Is Fiscal Policy? What is fiscal policy? And, how can fiscal tools provide a boost to the world economy? |
National Defense October 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Let's Face It: There Is No Shelter From the Fast Rising $$ Storm Defense faces a more than $50 billion reduction per year if sequestration is allowed to occur. Cuts through 2017 of 21 percent are less than the 35 percent reduction after the Cold War wound down, but sequester makes the cut totally arbitrary. |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
The Catalyst for the Market's Next Decade Political reverberations will affect the markets for years to come. |
The Motley Fool April 7, 2010 Thomas F. Cooley |
(Don't) Read My Lips: Higher Taxes Are Inevitable Given current fiscal realities, higher taxes are inevitable. |
Finance & Development March 2011 Irena Asmundson |
A History of World Debt How public debt has changed since 1880. |
U.S. Banker May 2010 |
Overspending Threatens Economic Recovery Consumers began to save and the government issued a tax cut. Now spending by both is on the rise again. Unless tough choices are made, this won't end well. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Baldacci & Gupta |
Fiscal Expansions: What Works There is a firm link between the composition of fiscal policy and the length of a financial crisis. |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2009 Thomas Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- An Exit Strategy for the Stimulus Plan We need to ensure that the government's intervention into the private sector is as brief as possible. |
BusinessWeek February 25, 2010 Charlie Rose |
Peter Orszag: Putting the Deficit on a Diet A conversation with Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management & Budget. |
U.S. Banker March 2010 Michael Widner |
A Long, Slow Slog For the first time in 50 years, consumers and businesses are shrinking their debt. Unemployment is higher than ever, and the jobs recovery will take years. So is the economic rebound sustainable? |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Roundtable: Keynes vs. Hayek! Who Was Right? Fool analysts chime in. |
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Laura D'Andrea Tyson |
There's Nothing Macho About Soaring Deficits Those concerned about trends in the economy during the Bush Presidency aren't wimps or pessimists but thinking men and, yes, women. |
Finance & Development September 2011 |
Fiscal Neighbors Canada and the United States confronted growing budget deficits and public debt but the results differed. |
CFO March 1, 2009 Edward Teach |
Lost and Foundering? Why we (probably) won't repeat Japan's infamous "lost decade." |
Finance & Development September 2009 Francesco Giavazzi |
Growth after the Crisis If the world economy is to recover, a replacement must be found for the newly frugal U.S. consumer. |
Finance & Development June 2009 Berglof et al. |
A Tale of Two Crises Russia is still a resource-dependent economy that must diversify in a market-friendly way |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2008 Brian Lawler |
The President's Stimulus Plan Misses the Mark The current proposal to distribute billions of dollars in rebate checks would boost the wrong part of the economy. |
Reason May 2009 Nick Gillespie |
Will We Be Stimulated? Suspecting that there was more disagreement out there than the president was letting on, reason magazine asked 10 economists what they expect from the stimulus package. The results were not very optimistic. |
BusinessWeek February 24, 2011 Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Nassim Taleb The Black Swan's author saw that spiraling risk in financial markets could spark a global crisis. Now he's warning of the risk in delaying deficit cuts |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2010 Christopher Barker |
Abominable Obamanomics The President's infrastructure plan addresses the right need at the wrong time. |
Finance & Development December 2010 Baldacci et al. |
Getting Debt under Control In dealing with the aftermath of the Great Recession, policymakers must pay attention to the mix of austerity policies. |
National Defense May 2010 Conetta & Knight |
For National Security's Sake, The Pentagon Has to Tighten its Belt President Obama has called for a freeze on most federal agency spending, notably exempting national defense. |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
Ron Paul: "Slash Spending, Get the Government Out of Our Lives" Congressman Ron Paul weighs in on U.S. fiscal policy. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2009 Jacob Sullum |
Hawk in Hock: Obama pretends to be frugal as we sink deeper in debt The president wants to signal that he's serious about cutting the federal budget. Unfortunately, his plan hinges on the assumption that Americans do not know how to calculate percentages. |
BusinessWeek January 7, 2009 Peter Coy |
What the U.S. Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decade By studying how Tokyo dealt with its decade-long slump, Washington may be able to avoid Japan's mistakes and engineer a quicker recovery. |
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Caroline Baum |
Commentary: The Good Old Bad Days It's easy to be nostalgic for the 1990-91 recession that gave way to the Clinton boom. What will it take to ignite that kind of growth today? |
Entrepreneur June 2003 Joshua Kurlantzick |
The Small Picture How does the federal deficit affect your business? |
BusinessWeek January 19, 2004 |
Bush's Borrowing Is Sapping Our Strength The GOP-led Congressional Budget Office says tax cuts will likely slow growth |
BusinessWeek November 20, 2006 Mandel & Dunham |
Can Anyone Steer This Economy? Global forces have taken control of the economy. And government, regardless of party, will have less influence than ever |
The Motley Fool February 15, 2007 Mike Norman |
Balance the Budget and Unbalance the Economy From time to time the idea of a balanced budget amendment has been floated, but so far it has never come to pass. Thankfully. We need to fear a balanced budget more than deficits. |
Reason May 2009 Matt Welch |
Obama's Double-Talk While the president talks sobriety, his policies take America on an economic bender. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 25, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Obama Says Stimulus is for Helping People, Not Banks In his speech before Congress President Obama expressed his confidence in the banking system itself, reassuring Americans that their money was safe in the nation's banks. What he said was of concern to him was the credit crisis. |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2009 Jordan DiPietro |
3 Stocks to Battle a Double-Dip Recession Dividend-paying stocks like Chevron, Yum! Brands, and 3M, may be the safest investment in this case. |
National Defense March 2011 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Follow the Bouncing Ball of Defense, Federal Budgets: Disoriented Yet? Across the entire spectrum of military programs, affordability has become a predominant theme. As one senior official said, "It is no longer readiness at any cost, it is readiness at best value." |
Finance & Development June 1, 2005 |
Country Focus: Turkey Charts depicting the rapid and powerful economic recovery in recent years as well as issues that still need watching. |