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Blog Entries by Robert Kuttner from 07/2009

Three Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call

| Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics
Read More: State Budgets, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Economic Recovery, Foreclosure, Recession, Politics News

Several events of the past week should be a wake-up call to the Obama administration. The bottom line: the medicine isn't working. Stronger stuff is needed.

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Smoking the Green Shoots

| Posted 07.19.2009 | Business
Read More: Downdrafts, Goldman Sachs, Green Shoots, Gdp, Recovery Bonds, Recession, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News

The fevered activity at Goldman is a sign of lingering economic illness, not economic health. With purchasing power still declining and unemployment still rising, where will the recovery come from?

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Wall Street on Speed

| Posted 07.26.2009 | Business
Read More: High-Frequency Trading, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News

If the financial crisis has proven anything, it is that capital markets have become an insiders' game in which trading profits crowd out the legitimate business of investment.

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