by Daniel Marans | May 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
The research discrediting the Reinhart-Rogoff study is upending the economic policy discussion everywhere. Everywhere, apparently, except for HBO's new series "Vice," which recently featured Kenneth Rogoff as an expert on austerity. Episode 4 of "Vice" on HBO, "Love...
by Daniel Marans | Mar 20, 2013 | Blog
As the US kicked off the Iraq War on the evening of March 19, 2003, with the infamous "shock and awe" bombardment of Baghdad, I huddled into a small high school classroom for an antiwar gathering organized by several faculty members. Little did I know at the time...
by Daniel Marans | Feb 12, 2013 | Chained CPI, The Sequester
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has ruled out Social Security cuts in any plan to replace the sequester. In the State of the Union address, President Obama can either stand with Harry Reid and Senate Democrats--or betray them. Democrats' disagreement over cutting...