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- A Bill That Deserved to Pass Vincent R. Reinhart 10/06/2008
- Henry Paulson has been granted broad authority to purchase troubled assets. Now it’s time for him to buy, buy, buy.
- Does This Happen Often? John Steele Gordon 10/06/2008
- A look back at the financial crisis of 1836, which triggered America’s first protracted depression.
- Main Street vs. Wall Street Arnold Kling 10/03/2008
- The financial bailout isn’t as bad as Main Street thinks. It’s worse.
- What Will the Election Mean for Latin America? Jaime Daremblum 10/03/2008
- A President Obama or a President McCain will have to address trade, immigration, Hugo Chávez, and more.
- A Bill That Deserves to Fail Diana Furchtgott-Roth 10/02/2008
- The pending bailout legislation does not offer realistic solutions to our current financial problems.
- Regulatory Lessons from Europe Grace-Marie Turner 10/02/2008
- Europeans have the right idea on how to regulate biologic drugs. American lawmakers should follow their lead.
- Inequality and the Sergey Brin Effect Arnold Kling and Nick Schulz 10/01/2008
- To understand what’s driving inequality in America, it helps to study the founder of Google.
- A Brief History of the Modern Presidential Debate Jessica Leval 09/29/2008
- Most Americans may not realize that formal presidential debates are a somewhat recent phenomenon.
- The American Scene THE AMERICAN 09/29/2008
- U.S. leadership in science and technology; CEO pay; political swing states; and more.
- The $700 Billion Man: A Symposium THE AMERICAN 09/25/2008
- What should we make of the proposed government bank bailout?