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The Supreme Court. I might be making too much of this, but they always seem to argue cases on election day. I take it as a sign that they pr...

More on white collar crime - and the ability of white collar criminals to avoid jail - along with trials and convictions. - Click here for t...

We introduced the phrase "laboratories of democracy" in 2306 and mentioned that it is considered to be one of the benefits of gran...

The gap has become more pronounced since the housing crash of 2008. Here's a look at why - which might help determine whether raising ...

Here is an argument that it has . In recent recessions, government spending has increased. Not in the current recession. Here's one fact...

Texas, New York, and a few others already recovered. Nevada and Michigan wont until 2018. The oil and finance industries have done well, an...

More from Wonkblog : The Fed is doing two things right now to stimulate the economy. One is holding their interest rates pretty much at ...

Wonkblog reminds us that the fifth anniversary of the crash of Lehman Brothers is looming. The Treasury Department has issued a slew of gra...

Both look at factors that retard the ability of people to spend, whcih is critical in a consumer based economy like ours. 1 - It's hig...

Adding to the posts below about the causes of high unemployment - and whether it might stick around for a while - here's detail on job p...

Here's another article helping us understand what's keeping the unemployment rate up. Automation means that employers don't nee...

I'll post a few items that try to help explain why the unemployment rate is so high, especially since corporate profits are up, and the ...

Stockman was once Ronald Reagan's head of the Office of Management and Budget and became a firece critic of the administration - along ...

When we covered the executive branch in both 2305 and 2306 we discussed the rulemaking process, which is the way that executive agencies cha...

The New Republic has an interview with the outgoing Treasury Secretary. Worth a quick read to get an inside look at how the financial cra...

Story in the NYT and Washington Post . This marks a significant shift for the Fed. It will no longer focus strictly on inflation. It will a...

Volcker was chair of the Federal Reserve from 1979 - 1987 and is credited with bringing down high rates of inflation during that time. In t...

A noted economist takes the president and Congress to task for pursuing short terms fixes to the economy when the problems we face - in hi...

For various points of view about the feds recent decision (see post below): - Wonkbook: Everything you need to know about the Fed's big ...

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernacke announced that the Fed will begin a third round of " quantitative easing ." This means that th...