Archive for December, 2012
December 19, 2012
The Fiscal Cliff, the Republicans and the Ghost of Christmas Past
Co-authored with Don Frey[1] As reports thicken of a possible deal between the White House and the House Republicans – a deal which will supposedly avoid the rest of us going over some fiscal cliff on January 1 – it is worth remembering at least four reasons why such a deal is probably […] read more »
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December 5, 2012
Obama at Half-Time: The Big Question
Public conversation in and around Washington D.C. is currently preoccupied with the question of the fiscal cliff. And rightly so, for very big things are at stake. Not least whether or not a political crisis will tip the economy back into recession, and whether an election result that mandated a tax increase on the […] read more »
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