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Frank Rich, The New York Times. October 20, 2009.
We know Obama has good values, but we don't know if he has convictions.
Pam Martens, CounterPunch. June 2, 2009.
There's a cycle going on here: if you don't put money in consumers' hands, you get repetitive cycles of layoffs and growing unemployment.
William Greider, The Nation. January 22, 2009.
Dire events are going to push Obama toward economic solutions far more fundamental than those he had intended.
Paul Krugman, The New York Times. January 20, 2009.
Obama's team is talking a whole new economic voodoo: the belief that by performing elaborate financial rituals we can keep dead banks walking.
Michael Lewis, David Einhorn, The New York Times. January 6, 2009.
American capitalism is in a state of pure madness -- here's how we can bring the financial system to a saner place.