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7 Great Books By Economists

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Adam Smith, Economics, Milton Friedman, Amartya Sen, Money, Books, Economics Books, Making Globalization Work, Slidepoll, Globalization, Stiglitz, Obama, Capitalism, Books by Economists, The Next Stage, The Wealth of Nations, Economic Policy, Keynes, Galbraith, Economists, Paul Krugman, Peddling Prosperity, Books News

There's a major panel discussion going on today in Washington, D.C. called "The Next Stage," in which economists are coming together to discuss the pr...

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Time for Economic Polluters to Pay Up? Tobin or not Tobin...

Sony Kapoor | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Merkel, Financial Transaction Taxes, G-20, Sarkozy, Tobin Tax, Keynes, Economic Bailout, Economic Collapse, Bailout, Economics, Economy, Government Spending, Finanical Crisis, Fiscal Policy, Business News
Sony Kapoor

The financial crisis, the biggest in living memory, has tilted the political and financial landscape in a direction that makes Tobin Taxes not just more desirable but also much easier to implement.

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Other Economists in the Room

Jane Smiley | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: New York Times Magazine, No-Nothing, External Costs, Dickens, Marx, The Shock Doctrine, Hoover Institution, Trollope, Amazon, Palo Alto, Alan Greenspan, Finance, Keynes, Communist Manifesto, Proust, Oil, New York Times, Exxon, Frued, Kiev, Paul Krugman, Business News
Jane Smiley

I don't disagree with Paul Krugman, but he is missing out on some big issues that also need to be discussed and understood before we actually know what is going on in our world.

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The Fiscal Stimulus Will Pay For Itself

Ann Pettifor | Posted 03.18.2009 | Business

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Ann Pettifor

It is simply wrong to suggest that the fiscal stimulus "will cripple us long-term." It will not. The fiscal stimulus will pay for itself -- here's how.

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Stimulus Plans Don't Work

Alan Schram | Posted 02.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Keynes, Obama, Libor, Stimulus, S&P 500, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Dollar, Wall Street, Business News, Tax Cuts, Bank Deposits, Saving Money, Deficit, Dow, Tarp, Financial Crisis, Economy, Business News
Alan Schram

Spending is the problem that caused this crisis in the first place. We cannot fix the problem using more of its root cause.

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Economic Recovery -- Five Lessons from the Depression

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business

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John Tepper Marlin

The Washington Consensus is that whatever measures are needed to ensure economic recovery should be taken. This is especially true of the incoming te...

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The Lure of Keynesianism

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 01.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Free Market, Economy, Robert Reich, Money, Keynes, Socialism, Capitalism, Free Market Ideology, Keynesian Economics, Business News
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

The way out of our crisis is to limit further the influence of government over the economy, so that even if someone could afford to buy political influence, there would be very little to sell.

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