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Bubble-Wrapped Inside Our Economic Stalemate

Carol Smaldino | Posted 09.16.2011

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Carol Smaldino

If you feel fed up by the stalemate over the economy and you want to know who to blame, watch Inside Job. They are all to blame. This past week as the...

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The Wages of De-Regulation

Stanley Kutler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stanley Kutler

The Toyota imbroglio further underlines the need for reform, and the road to reform is effective regulation. The rush to de-regulate has been costly; consumers have suffered, and the passion for "small government" has resulted in huge deficits.

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Part 2: Un-Spinning Healthcare Reform

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kimberly Krautter

The problem isn't a few highly specialized physicians as much as it is the gaping maw between the few zip codes where they practice and the rest of the country. This is the real class warfare.

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Restoring Faith in Finance

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ann Pettifor

If we are to restore stability to the financial system and to restore our faith, we will have to first revive the ancient truths and regulations, including the truth about limits.

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Economic Recovery Will Require More Than Just Confidence And Cash

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Herrington

In order to stimulate growth in the short term, public works projects, national goals like carbon reductions and even perhaps a national specialization, like India has focused on computer technology, are possibilities. At this point it is quite certain that finance is not a specialty about which we can claim preeminence.

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