A Brief History of the Dollar
This year's derby between the euro and the dollar is nothing but an extension of age-old trade relationships across the Atlantic, and as unstable as the last few years have been, it's astonishing how...
View ArticleProbing the Depths of the ‘Submerged State’
In 2009, when President Obama negotiated a stimulus bill that included $288 billion in tax cuts, his advisers decided to structure their "Making Work Pay" tax credits so that workers' regular paychecks...
View ArticleMerkel May Have Rescued the Eurozone
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel made progress last week toward a long-term rescue of the euro, along with other EU leaders, by imposing some discipline on wobbling European economies that may need...
View ArticleGerman Conservatives Discover Populism In Euro Crisis
A visceral disgust for handing out cash to "save the euro" has seized German leaders like a gag reflex in the declining weeks of summer. The idea of paying for the mounting debts of euro-zone countries...
View ArticleReport Paints Grim Picture of Arts, Culture Economy
Pretty much every sector of the economy was battered during the great recession, but the artistic and creative community suffered more than most. And, at least as of two years ago, there was little...
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