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Krugman: Failure To Raise Debt Ceiling 'Not At All' Unthinkable

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Congress, Public Debt, John Boehner, President Obama, Jobs, U.S. Default, National Deficit, Economic Slowdown, Roosevelt Institute, Greece, Double-Dip Recession, Debt Limit, Gop, Economic Recovery, Paul Krugman, President George W. Bush, Republicans, Business News

In about a month, if nothing is done, the federal government will hit its legal debt limit. There will be dire consequences if this limit isn’t rais...

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Millenials reimagine America's future

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Craig Newmark

Okay, it's time for young Americans, millenials, to figure out what their version of the American Dream is, and to figure out how to get there. The f...

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A new Greatest Generation via the Roosevelt Campus Network

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Craig Newmark

Okay, the deal is the that the people of the Depression era changed the world, inspired by a President with a vision and who got stuff done.The Roose...

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The Message to Progressives

Andrew Rich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Midterm Elections, Economy, Progressives, Great Depression, Roosevelt Institute, College, Elections 2010, Tea Party, American Dream, Politics News
Andrew Rich

In yesterday's elections, Americans took the measure of some in elected office and said they wanted change. As progressives, we should recognize that the change called for is still one that we are equipped to provide.

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Fraud in Banking, Fraud in Message

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Reform Bill, Roosevelt Institute, Big Banks, Rachel Maddow, Too Big to Fail, Business News
Mike Lux

The banking wars are in full scale battle mode. We are going to see a lot more of this faux populism paid for by bailed out bankers before the year is through, and progressives have to be quick to expose it.

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How Social Security Can Gain Without Much Pain

Greg Anrig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roosevelt Institute, Social Security's Fiscal Fitness Series, New Deal 2.0 Blog, Business News
Greg Anrig

Advocates of cutting Social Security benefits often argue ruefully that they wish that there was some other way to "save" the program. In fact, Social Security's currently strong finances could be sustained beyond a 75-year time horizon.

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Social Security Protects Our Children

Eric Kingson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Senator Simpson, Social Security's Fiscal Fitness, Roosevelt Institute, New Deal 2.0, Politics News
Eric Kingson

The nation's children have a huge stake in the preservation of Social Security. Even more than their parents and grandparents, they stand to gain the most from the organized efforts of older Americans to strengthen the program, not cut it.

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Our Grandmothers, Ourselves: Social Security Under Fire

Lynn Parramore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's History Month, Deficit, Alice Rivlin, Frances Perkins, Roosevelt Institute, Social Security, Federal Budget Deficit, New Deal 2.0, Ben Bernanke, Medicare, Randall Wray, Health Care, Feminomics, Politics News
Lynn Parramore

It's true that the Wall Street-fueled recession has taken its toll on Social Security's revenues. But who do the deficit hawks want to pay for the greed that got us into this? Your grandmother.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-Winning Economist, Says Federal Reserve System 'Corrupt'

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Roosevelt Institute, Joseph Stiglitz, World Bank, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, New York Fed, Business News

One of the world's leading economists said Wednesday that the very structure of the Federal Reserve system is so fraught with conflicts that it's "cor...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Fresh Ideas From Leading Thinkers For True Financial Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Soros, Jim Chanos, Elizabeth Warren, Financial Reform, Cfpa, Financial Regulation, Roosevelt Institute, Tbtf, Rob Johnson, Erica Payne, Financial Crisis, Andrew Rich, Too Big to Fail, Make Markets Be Markets, Consumer Financal Protection Agency, Video, Business News

What will it take to fix the nation's broken financial system? If anyone really knows for sure, it's the great minds gathering in New York for a confe...

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Lessons From Black History: To Make Change, We Must Raise Our Voices

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

Did President Obama's supporters draw the wrong conclusions from his victory? Did they assume that this nation's problems would be quickly addressed without strife, without a voice raised?

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Time to Try Government as Employer of Last Resort

Marshall Auerback | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deficit, Roosevelt-Institute, Social Security, Unemployment, Federal Deficit, New Deal 2.0, Herbert Hoover, Business News
Marshall Auerback

The president still seems curiously hamstrung by his Herbert Hoover-like devotion to fiscal rectitude: he wants to spend but not add "one dime to the deficit."

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Three Cheers For Move Your Money

Time | Justin Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fleetboston, #Moveyourmoney, Bailout, Bank Fees, Community Banks, Institutional Risk Analytics, Move Your Money, Banks, Roosevelt Institute, Too Big to Fail, Wall Street, Ira, Business News

Dennis Santiago of Institutional Risk Analytics reports that in the first seven days of the joint IRA/Huffington Post/Roosevelt Institute Move Your Mo...

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Stiglitz And Chanos Argue For Short Selling (WATCH)

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Chanos, Roosevelt Institute, Joseph Stiglitz, Financial Crisis, Short Selling, Business News

Scroll down for video Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Jim Chanos, president of Kynikos Associates, one of the largest short selling...

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