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Mr. President, Call It Something!

Andrew Ruben | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Economy, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Obama, Fdr, Medicaid, Medicare, Health Care, Schip, Barack Obama, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
Andrew Ruben

If we've really survived the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression thanks to government intervention, and if health care reform is so integral to fulfilling the American promise, where is Obama's "New Deal"?

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Alert The TV News Media: Obamanomics Isn't Working

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.01.2009 | Media

Read More: John Cassidy, Job Losses, The New Yorker, Ronald Reagan, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, Fdr-New-Deal, Jobs, News Media, Media, Franklin Roosevelt, Diane Tucker, Barack Obama, Recession, Barack Obama Ronald Reagan, Cnn, Unemployed, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Fox News, Unemployment Benefits, Work Projects Administration, Charles Gibson, Banks, NBC News, Layoffs, Msnbc, Bank of America, Aig, Cnbc, Citibank, Bankruptcy, Timothy Geithner, Financial Crisis, The Recession, The Bailouts, Careers, Labor, CBS Evening News, ABC News, Small Business, Economy, Michelle Obama, Capitalism: A Love Story, Media News
Diane Tucker

Ronald Reagan governed over high unemployment numbers, and he was covered by a hyper-critical media. Yet today, most TV news outlets are giving President Obama a free pass on equally bleak statistics.

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Obama's "New Beginning":
Delivering on the Issue of Settlements

Wael Nawara | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Obama's Speech in Cairo, Obama New Deal, Obama's New Beginning, Lebanese Election 2009, Iranian Election, Fdr New Deal, World News
Wael Nawara

Just like Roosevelt's "New Deal" made it to history books, Obama's "New Beginning" is also making a historical ripple effect that has approached Arab and Persian shores.

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Newsweek: Obama's Job Is Harder Than FDR's

Newsweek | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama FDR, President Obama, Obama Fdr, Obama Administration, Obama, Fdr, Fdr Free Trade Agreements, Barack Obama, Fdr New Deal, Politics News

As the financial markets pause at the edge of the abyss, deciding whether to back away, we should take a moment to mull over all the Blame Obama rheto...

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Fighting the New Deal All Over Again

Kim Phillips-Fein | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, New Deal, Stimulus Package, Obama Fdr, Economic Stimulus, Fdr, Republicans Stimulus, Stimulus, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
Kim Phillips-Fein

As the idea of the New Deal comes back in style, so does opposition to the vision of activist government.

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Zelizer's Book Corner: Jason Scott Smith, Building a New Deal Liberalism

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Works, Obama Public Works, New Deal, Economy, Zelizer's Book Corner, Fdr, Building a New Deal Liberalism, Jason Scott Smith, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
Julian E. Zelizer

Building a New Deal Liberalism offers a fascinating history of New Deal public works programs, challenging the conventional arguments about the problems with these projects.

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Bush's Last Month Sees Unemployment Hit 22%, According to Wingnuttia's Math

David Sirota | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Unemployment, Unemployment Rates, Wingnuttia, New Deal, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
David Sirota

Based on conservatives' arguments, unemployment rates right now are in the neighborhood of unemployment levels not seen since the height of the Great Depression.

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The Great Depression, Part IV

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Jobs, Unemployment, New Deal, Fdr New Deal, Amity Shlaes, Great Depression, Business News
Hale

New Deal doubters cannot dispute the numbers and the overwhelming accomplishments of this era, so they focus instead on the few incomplete successes.

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The Great Depression Pt. III

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, New Deal, Great Depression, Fdr New Deal, Business News
Hale

Whether or not the increase in government spending as a percent of GDP is good or bad is a judgment call and is an issue that is still hotly debated today. In my opinion it was warranted.

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The Great Depression, Pt. II

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 02.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Fdr, Franklin Roosevelt, New Deal, Fdr New Deal, Great Depression, Business News
Hale

In 1934 and 1936, the GOP made many of the same arguments against the New Deal that the right-wing echo chamber is parroting now. The electorate's verdict was overwhelming.

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Zelizer's Book Corner -- Anthony J. Badger's FDR: The First Hundred Days

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, First One Hundred Days, First Hundred Days, New Deal, Obama Hundred Days, Fdr, Zelizer's Book Corner, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
Julian E. Zelizer

Anthony Badger's FDR: The First Hundred Days reveals the truth behind the myths circulating in Washington about whether a president can undertake major initiatives during a crisis.

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Democracy Is The Only Economics That Works

Dave Johnson | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Economy, Fdr, The Great Depression, Financial Crisis, Fdr Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
Dave Johnson

FDR believed that the depression was caused by wealth flowing to the top (as today) and would be corrected by asserting that We, the People take back control of our common resources.

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What Centrist Huh? Beyond Obama's 2.5 Million Jobs

Beau Friedlander | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change to Win, Jason A. Lefkowitz, Chuck Schumer, Yes We Can, Change, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, Economy, President Elect Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Fdr, Unite Here, Barack Obama, 2.5 Million Jobs, Fdr New Deal, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Beau Friedlander

Obama may well assume a fairly radical solution to the economic problems facing the nation, one that eclipses the craziest notions dreamt up by the progressive fringe.

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The Obama Honeymoon

Donald Cohen | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Medicare, Lbj, New Deal, Barack Obama, Fdr, Clinton's First 100 Days, The Great Depression, Obama Inauguration, Obama First 100 Days Policy, President Obama Policy, President Obama, Obama Administration, Lyndon B Johnson First 100 Days, Obama Inauguration Day, Fdr New Deal, Fdr First 100 Days, Obama White House, Clinton Gays in Military, First 100 Days, Obama First 100 Days, Obama Honeymoon, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Donald Cohen

Barack Obama has the chance to create an impressive and paradigm-shifting package of legislation and new public programs. People voted for change. Now let's do it.

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Buy American, Again

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Buy American Act of 1933, Economy, Detroit Crisis, Buy American, US Auto Industry, Buy American Act of 2009, Barack Obama Financial Crisis, GM Bankruptcy, New Deal, President Obama, Obama Administration, Fdr New Deal, Obama White House, Obama Financial Policy, General Motors, Financial Crisis, Auto Industry, President Elect Obama, Great Depression, Politics News
Patrick Takahashi

When the second economic stimulus package is passed, the President should suggest that, as an act of loyalty to country, those planning to use this gift as down payment for a car, Buy American.

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Conservative Fiction: The New Deal Sucked!

Bill Scher | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Deal, Economy, New New Deal, Obama New Deal, Fdr, Recession, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fdr New Deal, Great Depression, Politics News
Bill Scher

Conservatives are stuck in their default position, preferring fictional history to actual history, refusing to acknowledge what clearly has worked to stimulate the economy, and what clearly hasn't.

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Here's My Take #3: Here's What I think The Next Administration Should Do In Its First 100 Days...

Jennifer Bogut | Posted 11.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Energy, Issues, Administration, Civil Rights, Economy, John Mc Cain, Foreign Policy, Citizen Think Tank, Prosecute George W. Bush, Infrastructure, Education, Fdr New Deal, First 100 Days, Barack Obama, Election 2008, Healthcare, 100 Days, Home News
Jennifer Bogut

The results of the third in the "Here's My Take" series, where we pose a question and get YOUR take on it. The issue we worked on in this post was "Your Administration: The First 100 Days".

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Wanted: A Good Keynesian. Massive Public Investment Will Fix the Economy

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Balanced Budget, Economy, Herbert Hoover, Great Depression, Fdr, New Deal, Public Investment, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
Paul Abrams

If anyone did not think a McCain presidency would be both a foreign policy and a domestic disaster, you now have proof positive.

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