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Issue of the week: Does the deficit really matter?feature Are lawmakers exaggerating in their portrayal of the deficit and the national debt as apocalyptic threats? By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Issue of the week: The corporate costs of surveillancefeature When your firm hosts personal data for millions of people, “privacy is a big selling point.” By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Issue of the week: The rise of a part-time economyfeature The economy has created new jobs for the 34th month in a row, but most of them are low-paid and part-time. By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Issue of the week: Who should head the Fed?feature Larry Summers is pitted against Janet Yellen as the White House’s top picks to replace Ben Bernanke. By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Issue of the week: Why Summers bowed outfeature Has choosing the Fed chairman become too overtly political? By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Issue of the week: JPMorgan in Washington’s crosshairsfeature The biggest U.S. bank is discussing an $11 billion payment to settle government investigations related to the mortgage crisis. By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Issue of the week: Phasing out quantitative easingfeature U.S. markets sank, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted that the Fed might end its bond-buying program. By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Issue of the week: A disappointing jobs reportfeature The economy added just 88,000 jobs in March, less than half of Wall Street’s expectations. By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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What not to ‘like’ about Facebookfeature Be careful what you “like”—it might just be part of the latest Facebook scam. By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Issue of the week: Is the U.S. headed for fiscal collapse?feature According to David Stockman, the U.S. economy is doomed and the government is to blame. By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Issue of the week: More jobs and a skittish marketfeature Let’s have some perspective on the latest jobs report. By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Fleecing BP on the bayoufeature Since 2012, the British oil giant has been tied up in litigation over the Gulf Coast oil spill. By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Issue of the week: Why was hiring so slow in December?feature A very disappointing jobs report for December douses a budding era of good feeling with “a great deal of uncertainty.” By The Week Staff Last updated feature
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Issue of the week: Facebook’s $19B WhatsApp dealfeature Facebook agreed to pay $19 billion for WhatsApp, a 5-year-old business with 50 employees and revenues of $20 million. By The Week Staff Last updated feature