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Issue of the week: The shape of financial reform
feature The Senate Banking Committee's reform bill would put the Federal Reserve in charge of overseeing all banks with assets of $50 billion or more, as well as large “non-bank” financial firms whose failure could threaten the financial system.
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Issue of the week: Can the euro survive?
feature The dream of a Europe-wide currency has turned into a nightmare.
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Issue of the week: Where will the jobs come from?
feature Industries that once provided jobs for millions of workers of all skill levels aren't expected to return to their former size anytime soon.
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Issue of the week: Is it time to tackle the deficit?
feature At long last, Congress is showing some “urgency to rein in budget deficits,” said former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in The Wall Street Journal.
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Issue of the week: Is China’s cheap-labor party over?
feature A strike at Honda's auto-parts plant in southern China is a signal that Chinese factory workers are no longer willing to accept rock-bottom wages for backbreaking labor.
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The duty of Republican opposition
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Issue of the week: How did Madoff get away with it?
feature Questions about the extent of Bernard Madoff's fraud and the failure of the Securities and Exchange Commission to detect it are multiplying.
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Will Republicans learn from history, too?
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Issue of the week: Is the SEC beyond repair?
feature If the problems at the SEC can't be fixed, Congress and the new president should scrap it altogether and replace it with a new regulatory agency.
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Obama’s national security dilemma
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Issue of the week: The Ponzi scheme that’s shaking Wall Street
feature In what may be the largest investment scam in history, Bernard Madoff was charged last week with securities fraud after confessing to running a $50 billion “Ponzi scheme.”
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Ehud Barak's mission in Gaza
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Bush's search for a legacy
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George W. Bush the uniter
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