How the World Works

By Andrew Leonard

Posts on Thursday, August 28, 2008

A booming economy?
"Incomprehensible" GDP growth numbers make "recession" a hard word to say. But we'll say it anyway.
Christianists gone wild
Is the GOP trying to ban private funding of embryonic stem cell research? Some Republicans certainly seem to think so.

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Uncle Sam needs to go shopping. Not us
You want that discounted flat-screen TV. You want to help boost the economy. But I've got news for you.
Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 14:23 EST
Dow plunges again, Friedman fans despair
Despite the best efforts of the Federal Reserve to follow the economic prescriptions of Milton Friedman, nothing is working. But Keynes' stock is rising.
Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 00:34 EST
It's official: We're in a recession
Remember when Phil Gramm said Americans were a "nation of whiners"? He was wrong. The recession started last December.
Monday, Dec 1, 2008 22:24 EST
The month the U.S. economy died
More bad numbers emerge detailing October's meltdown. Investors respond: The Dow goes into free fall.
Monday, Dec 1, 2008 19:45 EST

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Dow plunges again, Friedman fans despair
Despite the best efforts of the Federal Reserve to follow the economic prescriptions of Milton Friedman, nothing is working. But Keynes' stock is rising.
It's official: We're in a recession
Remember when Phil Gramm said Americans were a "nation of whiners"? He was wrong. The recession started last December.
The month the U.S. economy died
More bad numbers emerge detailing October's meltdown. Investors respond: The Dow goes into free fall.

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