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    May 6, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  1. Lawrence Summers: 'Now is not the time for austerity'

    The economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate have been consumed recently with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff. Their work had been widely interpreted as...

    Tags: Research, Harvard University, Finance, Government Debt, Barack Obama

    2. Feb 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Weekend TV Talk: Charles Schumer; Denis McDonough; Maggie Smith

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    Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     --------------------   SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY The Chris Matthews Show...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Denis R. McDonough, Australia, China, Politics

    3. Feb 11, 2013 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  3. Why does Obama keep his cabinet all-stars on the bench?

    As his second term begins, President Barack Obama is in his comfort zone, surrounded by loyal lieutenants. What a contrast to the captivating candidate of 2008, who told Time Magazine's Joe Klein that as president he would be surrounded "by people who...

    Tags: Shaun Donovan, Regional Authority, Bill Clinton, Denis R. McDonough, U.S. Department of State

    4. Jan 9, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  4. Hey, AIG: F*** You

    Hey there behemoth insurer, American International Group! Allow me to speak for nearly all Americans left, right, and center when I say get f***ed and go f***ing f*** yourself.
    Hey there behemoth insurer, American International Group! Allow me to speak for nearly all Americans left, right, and center when I say get f***ed and go f***ing f*** yourself. Sorry, I usually try to keep such language to a minimum on this blog, but...

    Tags: Insurance, Finance, Maurice R. Greenberg, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Bill Clinton

    5. Apr 15, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  5. McManus: The bottom line on taxes

    On April 15, everyone's in favor of tax reform. Nobody can survive the ordeal of preparing a federal income tax return without concluding that there must be a simpler, fairer way to pay for the federal government. And so — as inevitably as death...

    Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Ronald Reagan, John McCain, Elections, 401K

    6. Feb 26, 2012 |Story| Reuters
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    7. Feb 25, 2012 |Story| Reuters
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    8. Feb 16, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. A World Bank success story

    The World Bank passed a big test in December when Congress quietly approved its request for additional funding, part of the development group's first general capital increase in more than 20 years. During a time of fiscal stress and partisan gridlock, the vote showed renewed confidence in an organization that not long ago faced doubts about its future &mdash; even whether it was worth supporting at all.
    The World Bank passed a big test in December when Congress quietly approved its request for additional funding, part of the development group's first general capital increase in more than 20 years. During a time of fiscal stress and partisan gridlock, the...

    Tags: World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, International Economic Institution, International Development Association, Hillary Clinton

    9. Dec 21, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  9. Tom Firey: The loss of a friend you didn't know

    Americans lost one of their few true friends in Washington this fall when economist William Niskanen shuffled off this mortal coil at age 78. You probably don’t recognize his name, and that’s unfortunate; he worked hard to get Washington to...

    Tags: Walter Mondale, Ronald Reagan, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Cato Corporation

    10. Sep 30, 2011 |Story| Reuters

  10. 'Confidence Men' by Ron Suskind

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    "The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job-training," Vice President Joe Biden famously quipped of his future running mate in 2007. That's exactly what President Barack Obama did in his first two years of office, according to a...

    Tags: General Motors Corp., Dick Cheney, Management Change, Sheila Bair, Mitch McConnell

    11. Sep 27, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Obama was warned of loan dangers long before Solyndra sank

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    Tim Geithner and Lawrence Summers warned Obama about the dangers of Energy Secy. Stephen Chu's loan program vetting process....
    12. Aug 24, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Free trade is destroying the American economy

    Your recent article ("Democrats press Obama on jobs tour" Aug 15) lists the people on President Obama's economic team who have come and gone: Larry Summers, Christina Romer, Paul Volker, Peter Orszag, Jared Bernstein and Austan Goolsbee. Only Ben Bernanke...

    Tags: Software Industry, India, Russell Feingold, Warren Buffett, Career and Workplace

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