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Krugman's Right. Again.

I wonder sometimes if Paul Krugman ever gets tired of being right. Or does he get bored with it, given how often it happens? This week, at the Take Back the American Dream conference, Krugman shared the stage with Chris Hayes for the "End This Depression NOW!" plenary...

Mitt Romney: Deficit Increaser

Originally published at Capital Gains and Games. This post from the libertarian Cato@Liberty blog by Christopher Preble about the sizeable increase in the deficit Mitt Romney's military spending plans will cause caught my eye yesterday thanks to the ever-watchful...

Progressive Breakfast

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Closing the...

Taxes -- A System Turned Upside Down

The Bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year. For more than 30 years the public has been told that low taxes promote economic growth and jobs, and now we have low taxes, low economic growth and a no job growth. Oh,, and really, really high deficits from the revenue...

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