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Obama Economic Plan

Obama FT Interview: Call For Global Unity

Financial Times | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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merican presidents sometimes give interviews in the Oval Office. On this occasion Barack Obama chooses the nearby Roosevelt room, named after Teddy Ro...

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Stop Bashing the Obama Economic Plan

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

It remains astonishing that a variety of pundits and lawmakers continue to underestimate Obama. Will Obama rescue the economy? Yes, he can. But not if the Democrats try to stop him first.

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Obama and Volcker: Economic Solutions, Good; Summers and Geithner: Financial Solutions, Not Good.

Saskia Sassen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

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Saskia Sassen

The shadow banking system is not illegal or clandestine. It is in the open, but it has thrived on the opaqueness of the investment instruments, facilitated by their complexity.

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Obama Hits Road To Sell Economic Plan

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

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BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio — President-elect Barack Obama made a pitch for his massive economic stimulus plan at a Midwestern factory that manufactur...

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The Healthcare Crisis is the Employment Crisis

Deborah Burger | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

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Deborah Burger

If America summons the courage, and the will, to resolve our health care crisis, we can provide our national economy with a genuine and long-term stimulus.

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NYT Reporter Warns Of One-Term Obama

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Politico reports on a Sunday New York Times panel (part of the paper's Arts & Leisure Weekend), where reporters had nothing but bad news for President...

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Obama Releases Internal Analysis Of Economic Plan

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama countered critics with an analysis Saturday by his economic team showing that a program of tax cuts an...

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Conservative Bloggers Up In Arms Over GOP Cooperation With Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Congressional Republicans may have forged a fragile peace with President-elect Obama as he pushes his stimulus plan. But they face an insurgency on th...

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Krugman: Obama's Stimulus Doesn't Go Far Enough

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Paul Krugman has already criticized President-elect Barack Obama for appearing to rely too much on tax cuts in his economic plan. Now he's adding a mo...

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Conservatives Reluctantly Back Obama's Spending Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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Two top conservative Republicans ventured into enemy territory today -- the Senate press gallery -- armed with a blow-up graphic showing the budgetary...

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Obama: "The Economy Is Very Sick"

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national...

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Obama Plans National Marketing Blitz For Stimulus Package

LA Times | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics

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President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to lead a full-scale marketing blitz to pass the massive new stimulus package that he says is needed to revi...

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Biden: U.S. Economy in Danger of "Absolutely Tanking"

ABC News | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Vice President-Elect Joe Biden said the U.S. economy is in danger of "absolutely tanking" and will need a second stimulus package in the $600-billion ...

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Sources: Obama taps GOP lawmaker, senior regulator

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama intends to name former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Mary Schapiro to head the much-criticized age...

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A Whistle-Stop to Opportunity

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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Angela Glover Blackwell

We need smarter, more targeted spending. We must invest in the people, places and projects that will spread the most opportunity to communities that need it.

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Obama Pledges Massive Public Works Program (VIDEO)

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama said Saturday he's asked his economic team for a recovery plan that saves or creates more than 2 million ...

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Axelrod Praises Geithner As "Uniquely Qualified" (VIDEO)

ABC News | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

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David Axelrod spoke with George Stephanopolous on ABC News Sunday about President-elect Barack Obama's economic plan. The future White House senior ad...

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Obamanomics: Obama Explains His Economic Ideology

NY Times | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

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As Barack Obama prepares to accept the Democratic nomination this week, it is clear that the economic policies of the next president are going to be h...

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Obama: McCain Economy Is Bush Economy

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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ST. LOUIS — Democrat Barack Obama sought to link Republican rival John McCain to President Bush's economic policies as the two presidential cand...

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