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Should We Cut 'Useless' Defense Spending?
With the deficit super committee’s deadline looming , debate is raging over whether to cut defense spending. Robert Samuelson calls that urge "dangerous," writing in the Washington Post that military...
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Krugman vs. Bernanke: Who's Reckless?
Call it the "battle of the beards," suggests Robert Samuelson of the Washington Post : Paul Krugman vs. Ben Bernanke. Both are prominent economists, both have facial hair aplenty, and each has called...
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OK, Obama, Romney: Stop Lying About the Budget
Truth may be the first casualty of war, but it's also in low supply on the campaign trail, writes Robert Samuelson in the Washington Post . The nut of the problem: "a yawning gap between the political...
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Seriously? We Can't Even Cut Farm Subsidies?
Farm subsidies are widely seen as the "low hanging fruit" of federal spending cuts, but with the milk cliff looming, Congress last week passed an agriculture bill that left them all essentially intact...
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No, America Doesn't Have a Skilled Worker Shortage
Employers have been complaining for years now that the US is short of skilled workers, which is fast becoming the conventional wisdom explanation for persistently high unemployment. After all, there...
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The Internet: Just Not Worth It
As more and more of our infrastructure, from power to hospitals to airlines, becomes dependent on the Internet, the dangers of cyberwar increase. And though Robert Samuelson admits that the Internet is...
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We've Got a Choice: Schools or Nursing Homes?
If anyone tries to tell you that Detroit's bankruptcy is an isolated incident, "don't be fooled," writes Robert Samuelson at the Washington Post . The truth is that for governments across the country,...
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Shutdown's Real Winner: Ideology
Ideology has taken over Washington like never before. It explains why Republicans are willing to suffer political blame for the shutdown: It's all connected to what Robert Samuelson has dubbed "the...
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The Government Is Growing, Dying at the Same Time
As the American people age, a pernicious paradox has taken hold of the federal budget: "We are slowly dismantling the federal government, even as its spending is growing larger," observes Robert...
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Should We Cut 'Useless' Defense Spending?
With the deficit super committee’s deadline looming , debate is raging over whether to cut defense spending. Robert Samuelson calls that urge "dangerous," writing in the Washington Post that military...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Krugman vs. Bernanke: Who's Reckless?
Call it the "battle of the beards," suggests Robert Samuelson of the Washington Post : Paul Krugman vs. Ben Bernanke. Both are prominent economists, both have facial hair aplenty, and each has called...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OK, Obama, Romney: Stop Lying About the Budget
Truth may be the first casualty of war, but it's also in low supply on the campaign trail, writes Robert Samuelson in the Washington Post . The nut of the problem: "a yawning gap between the political...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seriously? We Can't Even Cut Farm Subsidies?
Farm subsidies are widely seen as the "low hanging fruit" of federal spending cuts, but with the milk cliff looming, Congress last week passed an agriculture bill that left them all essentially intact...
View ArticleClik here to view.
No, America Doesn't Have a Skilled Worker Shortage
Employers have been complaining for years now that the US is short of skilled workers, which is fast becoming the conventional wisdom explanation for persistently high unemployment. After all, there...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Internet: Just Not Worth It
As more and more of our infrastructure, from power to hospitals to airlines, becomes dependent on the Internet, the dangers of cyberwar increase. And though Robert Samuelson admits that the Internet is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We've Got a Choice: Schools or Nursing Homes?
If anyone tries to tell you that Detroit's bankruptcy is an isolated incident, "don't be fooled," writes Robert Samuelson at the Washington Post . The truth is that for governments across the country,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shutdown's Real Winner: Ideology
Ideology has taken over Washington like never before. It explains why Republicans are willing to suffer political blame for the shutdown: It's all connected to what Robert Samuelson has dubbed "the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Government Is Growing, Dying at the Same Time
As the American people age, a pernicious paradox has taken hold of the federal budget: "We are slowly dismantling the federal government, even as its spending is growing larger," observes Robert...
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