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Steven Pearlstein

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Name: Steven Pearlstein

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

The $642 billion excuse

In any other time and place, $642 billion would qualify as a lot of money. But in the Washington of 2013, it has been reduced to pocket change. When the Congressional Budget Office announced that it has cut its projected 2013 federal deficit to $642 billion ... [Published Washington Post - May 16 2013]

Entities: Steven Pearlstein, Taxes, Matt Miller, White House

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

The Smith/Klein/Kalecki Theory of Austerity

Noah Smith recently offered an interesting take on the real reasons austerity garners so much support from elites, no matter hw badly it fails in practice. Elites, he argues, see economic distress as an opportunity to push through “reforms” — which basically ... [Published New York Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Michał Kalecki, Naomi Klein, Steven Pearlstein, Crisis

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Links for 05-16-2013

Snags await favourite for Fed job - FT.com The Real I.R.S. Scandal - NYT Cells as living calculators - MIT News Google’s Multi-Front War - Digitopoly Broken transmission mechanisms - Free exchange Why Did the U.S. Financial Sector Grow? - Tim Taylor ... [Published Economist's View - May 16 2013]

Entities: Steven Pearlstein, Gavyn Davies, Tim Taylor, Dean Baker

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Yes, countries make painful economic reforms without austerity

The case for austerity, the notion that steep budget cuts can spur economic growth, has taken a beating lately, for instance here and here . But austerity lovers are tweaking their argument: Austerity during crises doesn’t necessarily spur short-term ... [Published Quartz - May 15 2013]

Entities: Reformism, Peter Hartz, Budget Deficit, Steven Pearlstein, Paul Romer

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Greece & Germany: Things tend to get worse before they get more worse

Cutting your nose off to incentivise your face to implement much needed structural reforms.The young man stood up.“Mrs. Bylaxis came in this morning,” he said. “She said the proverb you did for her last week has stopped working.”Didactylos scratched his ... [Published New Statesman - May 15 2013]

Entities: Greece, Unemployment, Germany

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Structural Reform Goes Better With Stimulus

Follow all Blog articles.Follow the Moneybox blog.Follow stories by Matthew Yglesias.MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more.This ... [Published Slate Magazine - May 14 2013]

Entities: Andreas Solaro, Steven Pearlstein, Reformism, Inflation

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Google Inc

Assorted links

1. Google flu trends , and Google dengue trends . 2. Against empathy ? 3. Kevin Drum on robots . 4. Japanese butter grater , and the standing restaurant (Japan also, coming to New York), and more Edward Hugh on Abenomics . 5. Italian designed ... [Published Marginal Revolution - May 14 2013]

Entities: Géza Vermes, Steven Pearlstein, Kevin Drum, Google Inc, Dengue Fever

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Grassley aims for GOP political spin on federal judiciary

Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 14, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s stunning decision this week to strike down a National Labor ... [Published Reuters - May 10 2013]

Entities: Charles Grassley, National Labor Relations Board, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Bozell: Why Don't Reporters Protest Warren Buffett Owning Newspapers?

Employees of the Los Angeles Times have threatened to walk off the job if Charles and David Koch purchase the newspaper, as has been reported recently. Brent Bozell, president of Media Research Center, appeared on The Kudlow Report, Wednesday ... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 02 2013]

Entities: Warren E Buffett, David Koch, protest, Steven Pearlstein, Media Research Center

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

On Kudlow & Co., Bozell Slams Media Double Standard on Ideological Billionaires Investing in Media Companies

"If you're going to say that a known conservative entity like the Koch brothers should not be getting into the business of dictating what a news operation should do, what does that tell you about Warren Buffett," or the Sulzburger or Graham families ... [Published NewsBusters.org blogs - May 01 2013]

Entities: Steven Pearlstein, Media Research Center, George Soros, Warren E Buffett, Dictator

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Koch Brothers Eyeing Newspapers

Should the media industry fear the Koch brothers? Steve Pearlstein, The Washington Post, and Brent Bozell, Media Research Center, discuss. ... [Published NBCNews.com - May 01 2013]

Entities: Steven Pearlstein, Media Research Center

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Americans’ harsh reality check

We are passing through something more than a period of disappointing economic growth and increasing political polarization. Whats happening is more powerful: the collapse of entitlement. By this, I do not mean primarily cuts in specific government benefits, ... [Published Washington Post - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Steven Pearlstein, Social Security, Derek Thompson

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David Dayen: Hedgies Bet on Fannie/Freddie Stat... [Published naked capitalism - May 17 2013]
The $642 billion excuse [Published Washington Post - May 16 2013]
The Smith/Klein/Kalecki Theory of Austerity [Published New York Times - May 16 2013]
Links for 05-16-2013 [Published Economist's View - May 16 2013]
Yes, countries make painful economic reforms wi... [Published Quartz - May 15 2013]
Wonkbook: All the latest on all the scandals [Published Ezra Klein - May 15 2013]
Greece & Germany: Things tend to get worse befo... [Published New Statesman - May 15 2013]
Structural Reform Goes Better With Stimulus [Published Slate Magazine - May 14 2013]
Assorted links [Published Marginal Revolution - May 14 2013]
Grassley aims for GOP political spin on federal... [Published Reuters - May 10 2013]
Wonkbook: Marking up immigration reform — and t... [Published Ezra Klein - May 06 2013]
The Massive Open University [Dynamics of Cats] [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - May 05 2013]
Europe has no exit [Published Washington Post - May 02 2013]
Bozell: Why Don't Reporters Protest Warren Buff... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 02 2013]
The Morality of the Market [Published Mises.org - May 02 2013]
On Kudlow & Co., Bozell Slams Media Double Stan... [Published NewsBusters.org blogs - May 01 2013]
Koch Brothers Eyeing Newspapers [Published NBCNews.com - May 01 2013]
Americans’ harsh reality check [Published Washington Post - Apr 29 2013]
Could There Be A Conservative LA Times? [Published Daily Beast - Apr 26 2013]
Wonkbook: Can immigration really get 70 votes i... [Published Ezra Klein - Apr 26 2013]
The Reinhart/Rogoff brawl [Published Washington Post - Apr 24 2013]
Moral Markets and Immoral $Capitalism$ [Published Progree Report - Apr 02 2013]
Links 3/18/13 [Published naked capitalism - Mar 18 2013]
Open thread for night owls: Market didn't redis... [Published Daily Kos - Mar 18 2013]
Is Capitalism Moral? [Published RealClearPolitics - Homepage - Mar 17 2013]
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up [Published Daily Kos - Mar 17 2013]
Sequestration Shock: Smart D.C. Metro Will Figu... [Published Brookings Topics - The Federal Budget and Seque ... - Mar 12 2013]
Sequestration Shock: Smart D.C. Metro Will Figu... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Mar 12 2013]
Programming notes [Published First Read - Feb 20 2013]
Wonkbook: So many sequester replacements [Published Ezra Klein - Feb 15 2013]

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David Dayen: Hedgies Bet on Fannie/Freddie Stat... [Published naked capitalism - May 17 2013] By David Dayen, a lapsed blogger, now a freelance writer based in Los Angeles, CA. Follow him on Twitter @ddayen The new CBO budget projections showing debt stabilization over the next decade and a reduction of the expected FY 2013 deficit to $642 ...
Links for 05-16-2013 [Published Economist's View - May 16 2013] Snags await favourite for Fed job - FT.com The Real I.R.S. Scandal - NYT Cells as living calculators - MIT News Google’s Multi-Front War - Digitopoly Broken transmission mechanisms - Free exchange Why Did the U.S. Financial Sector Grow? - Tim Taylor ...
Wonkbook: All the latest on all the scandals [Published Ezra Klein - May 15 2013] Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas’s morning policy news primer. To subscribe by e-mail, click here . Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot com. To read more by Ezra and his team, go to Wonkblog . (Photo by JIM ...
Assorted links [Published Marginal Revolution - May 14 2013] 1. Google flu trends , and Google dengue trends . 2. Against empathy ? 3. Kevin Drum on robots . 4. Japanese butter grater , and the standing restaurant (Japan also, coming to New York), and more Edward Hugh on Abenomics . 5. Italian designed ...
Wonkbook: Marking up immigration reform — and t... [Published Ezra Klein - May 06 2013] Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas’s morning policy news primer. To subscribe by e-mail, click here . Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot com. To read more by Ezra and his team, go to Wonkblog . Wonkbook’s Number ...