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Influential Liberal Magazine May Close

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: The Backstory, Robert Kuttner, Ezra Klein, Kit Rachlis, Harold Meyerson, Josh Marshall, The American Prospect, Matt Yglesias, American Prospect, Paul Starr, Magazines, Media News

The American Prospect, an influential liberal politics and policy magazine, could shut its doors at the end of May unless the nonprofit publication ra...

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Both Sides: Watch the Track, Not the Horse Race: Gas, Health, Afghanistan

HuffPost Radio | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, President Obama, Titanic, President Karzai, Mary Matalin, Newt Gingrich, Gas Prices, Dutch Reagan, Strategic Petroleum Reserves, Steven Chu, Judge Napolitano, Goldman Sachs, Ezra Klein, Mass Hysteria, Affordable Health Care Act, Malcolm Gladwell, Mean Girls, Afghanistan, Jerry Maguire, Ron Reagan, Obamacare, Judge Harvie Wilkinson, Politics News
HuffPost Radio

2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgReagan and Matalin skip who's up-down in the GOP contest to debate spurting gas prices, the constitutionality of "Obamacare" and our exit strategy from Afghanistan post- massacre. Then: do presidential speeches ever matter, Mr. Reagan?

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The 35.9 Percent

The Daily Princetonian | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Ivy League, Organization Kid, Ezra Klein, Wall Street, Princeton University, Wall Street Jobs, Finance, College News
The Daily Princetonian

The fact that the subject of Ivy League students entering finance arouses curiosity reveals some of the prejudices of the curious. If we agreed that Wall Street were a great place to begin a career, the question wouldn't be worth thinking about.

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Media Power Couples: Who's The Ultimate Media Duo? (PHOTOS)

Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Media Power Couples, Ezra Klein, Meredith Vieira, JuJu Chang, Les Moonves, Tina Brown, Julie Chen, Valentine's Day, Mika Brzezinski, Diane Sawyer, Slidepollajax, Media News

Power couples are everywhere in the media -- from TV reporters and anchors to executives, all the way through to newspaper and magazine writers. We're...

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Republican Politics and the Unemployment Conundrum

David Coates | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Costs of Empire, Ezra Klein, Unemployment, New Growth Model, Structural Unemployment, Republican Party, Social Compact, Cyclical Unemployment, Politics News
David Coates

Instead of judging the job plans of any of the leading Republican candidates against a mythology of their own making, let's instead examine them against the real causes of American job loss since 2008.

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Wonk Bloggers And The Vanishing Voices Of Workers

In These Times | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Mike Elk, Matthew Yglesias, Wonk Bloggers, Blogging, Ezra Klein, Media News

The hiring of wonky bloggers  like Yglesias--Slate hired him as its "business and economics correspondent" last November--is a labor issue that not o...

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As Obama Mishandles the Economy, Pundits Misjudge the Politics

Jim Sleeper | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: New York Review of Books, Fareed Zakaria, Jonathan Chait, Ron Suskind, Ezra Klein, Beltanschauung, Politics News
Jim Sleeper

About bare-knuckled politics, Beltway commentators have little to say. Ezra Klein gives us the inevitable, inexorable, crippling worldview in which the people don't exist, except in Pew polls.

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Writer Naomi Klein On Occupy Wall Street: 'The Sky's The Limit'

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Naomi Klein Occupy Wall Street, Video, Msnbc, Ezra Klein, Occupy Wall Street, Naomi Klein, Rachel Maddow Show, Media News

Two Kleins spoke about the growing Occupy Wall Street movement on Thursday's "Rachel Maddow." The Washington Post's Ezra Klein was filling in for M...

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Chutzpah! Obama's Black Caucus Speech

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Obama Speech, Ezra Klein, Obama Leadership Style, Obama Governing Style, Barack Obama Speech, Obama Black Caucus, Obama Cave, Obama Lack of Leadership, Obama, Bipartisanship, Obama Compromise, Obama Weak Leader, Black Voices News
Leonce Gaiter

If the President wants anyone to follow him, he had better start leading -- something he has consistently failed to do since his inauguration.

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Some Myths About Social Security and Medicare

Linda Bergthold | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Medicare, Social Security, Michelle Bachmann, Ezra Klein, Politifact, Rick Perry, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

It's the season of political misinterpretations and outright lies. Websites like Politifact try to sort things out. But people still seem willing to believe the most negative things about two of our most durable social programs: Social Security and Medicare.

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"Helpless President Lit" - The Latest Trend in Political Tragedy

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Ezra Klein, Helpless President Lit, Citizen Activism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Call it "Helpless President Lit." A recent Ezra Klein column is the latest in a growing genre which celebrates our Commander-in-Chief, not as a powerful leader, but as a perennial victim.

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Why Are Discredited "Agencies" Like S&P Dictating Our Economic Future?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.23.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, Standard & Poor's, AAA Rating, U.S. Economy, Ezra Klein, David Beers, Matt Miller, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

S&P knows exactly what it is, and so should everyone else. It's the for-profit company which, while masquerading as an "agency," bartered its coveted AAA ratings for increased profits. The real question is why?

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Beyond A Default: Catastrophic Calculations

The Washington Post | Ezra Klein | Posted 09.15.2011

Read More: Business News, Politics News, Ezra Klein, Capitol Hill, National Debt, Debt Ceiling, Money, Default, Borrowing, Business News

It’s easy to understand why the government will have more trouble borrowing if it fails to pay its debts. It’s a bit harder to see why ordinary Am...

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Morgan Stanley Exec: Debt Deal Could Be 'Exactly' What The Economy Needs

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Taxes, Deficit, Entitlements, Steve Benen, Congress, Ezra Klein, Morgan Stanley, Debt Ceiling, John Boehner, Andrew Leonard, Deficit Reduction, Paul Krugman, David Greenlaw, Entitlement Reform, Barack Obama, Business News

On the news that President Obama and Congressional Republican leaders may have laid the groundwork for a debt-ceiling agreement, Morgan Stanley econom...

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When Moderation Fails, Part 1: Simpson & Bowles, Standard & Poor's, and Ezra Klein

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Ezra Klein, Austerity Economics, Deficit Commision, Simpson Bowles Recommendations, Dick Durbin, Business News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

A great many moderately-minded individuals seem to have been lulled into accepting a Washington consensus in which the "new normal" means accepting that the only remaining choice is an assault on the middle class.

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Show Me the Money -- Obama vs. Ryan

Linda Bergthold | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Medicare Vouchers, Medicare Cuts, Ezra Klein, Rep. Paul Ryan, President Obama, The New Republic, Congressional Budget Office, Federal Budget Reform, Affordable Care Act, Medicaid Block Grants, Path to Prosperity, Tax Reform, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

The president is making a major policy proposal this week, and the Republican proposal, "The Path to Prosperity," has now been released as well. The two approaches could not be more different.

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The Shut Down Was Averted, But the War Over Money Is Next

Danny Schechter | Posted 06.10.2011

Read More: Howard Kurtz, Harry Reid, Bernard Madoff, Debt Celling, Ezra Klein, Housing Disaster, Barack Obama, Politics News
Danny Schechter

The Capitol Hill battlefield is still for the moment as the Easter holidays approach and the combatants get a break from the heated polemics and overn...

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'Tax Freedom Day' May Overstate Middle-Class Tax Burden

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Ezra Klein, Kail Padgitt, Federal Deficit, Tax Freedom Day Critique, US Government, Tax Freedom Day, Net National Product, Tax Foundation, Robert Stoker, Taxing the Poor, Cbpp, Criticism, Business News

One hundred and one days. That's how long it will take Americans to earn enough income to pay off their total 2011 tax obligation to the U.S. gover...

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Don't Do It, Mr. President. Don't Cut Social Security or Medicare.

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Social Security, Alan Simpson, Austerity Economics, Spending Cuts, Ezra Klein, Medicare, Entitlement Reform, Barack Obama, Sling Blade, Redistribution of Wealth Mm-Hmm, Kaiser Blade, Billy Bob Thornton, Boxmasters, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Social Security doesn't add to the deficit, and the only way to fix Medicare is by reducing the profit motive's influence on health care costs. Could the president really be planning to cut these programs anyway?

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Health Care Repeal -- More Annoying than Head On

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: H.R.2, Affordable Care Act, Repeal Health Care Reform, Ezra Klein, Congressional Budget Office, Malpractice Reform, Obama State of the Union Speech, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

If Rep. Paul Ryan mentions health care at all on Tuesday, it is likely be the same old same old. After all, if they had any new ideas that could actually cut costs and improve quality, wouldn't we have heard about them already?

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Obama's Enablers, Obama's Adversaries, and the Fight to Save the New Deal

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Ezra Klein, Bob Cesca, Steve Kornacki, Barack Obama, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

The Democratic base seems to have coalesced around two opposing realities: Either Obama is a cynical hack, or he's doing the best any human being could possibly do. Both positions lead to inaction, and both are wrong.

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Washington Post's Ezra Klein: A Millennial Perspectives Interview

Natalia Brzezinski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran Green Movement, Twitter, Ezra Klein, Millennials, Millennial Generation, Facebook Movement, Washington Post Ezra Klein, Blogging, Media News
Natalia Brzezinski

Through blogs, tweets and Facebook movements, Millennials are staging a cyber coup d'etat that's forcing their way to the decision-making table. One of the leaders in this crusade is undoubtedly Washington Post's Ezra Klein.

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Klein: 4 Candidates The White House Should Hire

Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ezra Klein, Mark McClellan, Christina Romer, Obama Advisers, Obama, Karen Kornbluh, Dean Baker, Politics News

First Peter Orszag turned in his ID card. Then Christina Romer went. In short order, Larry Summers and Rahm Emanuel announced their exits. Jim Jones i...

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Infrastructure: The Best Bargain In The U.S. Economy

washingtonpost.com | Ezra Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Ezra Klein, Infrastructure Investment, Unemployment, Federal Aviation Administration, Roads, Construction, Schools, American Society of Civil Engineers, Business News

People say that the government should be run more like a business. So imagine you are CEO of the government. Your bridges are crumbling. Your schools ...

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Friday Talking Points [140] -- Pledging Nonsense

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The White House has been in the news this past week, mostly for who will be leaving it soon. One is tempted to insert the old "will the last to leave...

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