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October 16, 2017
Emmett Rensin
Yanis Varoufakis’s Doomed Fight Against Austerity
In his new book, the former Greek finance minister reveals how Europe's leading powers forced harsh economic policies on his country.
October 5, 2017
Bryce Covert
Trump Is Right: We Need to Forgive Puerto Rico’s Debt
The president may have stumbled upon one idea that might actually help the island territory.
August 25, 2017
Sarah Jones
Emmanuel Macron Is No Model For Democrats
The French centrist is floundering in the polls, a warning for those who want to mimic his politics.
July 17, 2017
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Kim Phillips-Fein
Trump’s Austerity Politics
How the president’s budget proposal grew out of New York’s financial crisis in the 1970s.
April 13, 2017
Kim Phillips-Fein
How the Rich Seized Control of New York
Today's stark inequality is a consequence of the city's crisis in the 1970s.
August 18, 2016
Jeet Heer
“An Utter Failure”: Joseph Stiglitz on the Euro and Europe’s Uncertain Future
The Nobel Prize–winning economist discusses Brexit, globalization, and the perils of austerity.
February 6, 2014
Ryan Cooper
The Silence of the Austerians
Here's Why 2014 Could Be the Year America Finally Ditches its Inane Deficit Obsession
January 6, 2014
Ryan Cooper
The Silence of the Austerians
Here's Why 2014 Could Be the Year America Finally Ditches its Inane Deficit Obsession
August 9, 2013
Peter Jukes
Obama's Campaign Manager Sells Out for Austerity
May 21, 2013
Michael Kinsley
I'm Not a Sadist, You Sadists!
Anti-austerians: Probably wrong about the debt, certainly wrong about me
May 16, 2013
Michael Kinsley
Paul Krugman's Misguided Moral Crusade Against Austerity
May 1, 2013
Ruy Teixeira
Austerity: The History of a Pernicious Idea
April 18, 2013
Robert Long
The Weird and Very Real World of Excel-Error Research
The Rogoff-Reinhart blunder is a prominent example of a very common problem
February 28, 2013
Perry Stein
Will the Sequester Start Another Recession?
Answers from actual economists from across the political spectrum
February 12, 2013
William Galston
Two Roads Diverge
The budget fight will determine the fate of the Republican makeover
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