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China’s inevitable crisis
feature Subsidized companies keep building “unnecessary and unprofitable” factories, and government-directed banks keep pumping out money that will be wasted, said Michael Schuman at Time.com.
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The myth of strategic defaults
feature The threat of “walkaway” homeowners has been vastly overblown, said Michael Hiltzik at the Los Angeles Times.
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Outdated economists are failing us
feature Most economists still cling to ideas that no longer hold true in our “overconnected world,” said Bill Davidow at TheAtlantic.com.
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Viewpoint: Bert Stratton
feature From The New York Times: “I’m a landlord in Lakewood, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb near where I live that is predominantly prewar apartment buildings...
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No reason to favor manufacturing
feature We would foster more growth with strategic economic policies, like investment in education and infrastructure, than with targeted aid to manufacturers, said Christina D. Romer at The New York Times.
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Reaganomics won’t help us now
feature Republican candidates vying to claim Reagan’s mantle “misunderstand the premises” of his policies, said Bruce Bartlett at The Washington Post.
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Your Prius will bankrupt the highways
feature In short, “we can’t keep relying on fuel taxes” to keep highways from crumbling, said Jordan Weissmann at TheAtlantic.com.
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Viewpoint: David Sirota
feature From Salon.com: “No matter what the high-tech industry is telling Obama, there remain thousands of highly skilled engineers in America...
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A grim fate awaits brick-and-mortars
feature But before buying an item for a steal on Amazon, many people like to see it first at Best Buy or Target, said Megan McArdle at TheAtlantic.com.
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Why the Fed missed the crisis
feature “The Fed slept’’ for a simple reason: Its own policies helped create the bust, said Robert J. Samuelson at The Washington Post.
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Viewpoint: Kevin Carey
feature From The New Republic: “Everyone currently in the four-year higher-education business has a host of strong incentives to raise prices...
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Viewpoint: Rich Karlgaard
feature From The Wall Street Journal: “Businesses located in places where success is the norm, and innovation is built into the ecology...
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Issue of the week: Facebook’s new approach
feature Will Facebook's 1 billion active users “like” the first major redesign since 2006?
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Issue of the week: Jamie Dimon’s Whale nightmare
feature The CEO of JPMorgan Chase is in hot water after a Senate report revealed that he had signed off on risky deals made by a London trader.
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