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A Truly Depressing Visit to JCPenney
Penney CEO—and former Apple retail czar—Ron Johnson thought he could reinvent the department store. Instead he’s destroying it.
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It’s Time for You To Lead, John Boehner
Stop blaming the president: The House speaker is the only one who can fix the budget mess.
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America’s Overpaid Doctors
Time’s long investigation of American health care prices missed one thing: We pay our doctors way too much.
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The End of Cheap Airfare
The US Airways/American merger will mean fewer flights, higher prices, and worse service. But that’s OK.
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Bushonomics Is Back
The GOP’s latest rebranding effort is a return to the gospel of George W. Bush.
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The Very Best War in the World
How so-called “currency wars” could boost the global economy.
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No More Good Cop
Now’s the time for Obama and his team to get tough with Wall Street.
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The Great Chicken Wing Shortage of 2013
Poultry interests point the finger at ethanol, but blame it on the rain.
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How To Open a Chain Restaurant
It’s all about finding the right size of chicken wing.
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The Idiocy of Sequestration
A trillion dollars in spending cuts nobody wants are coming, and they won’t even fix our real deficit problem.
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Don’t Repay the National Debt
It’s time to revive a British financial innovation from the 18th century: perpetual bonds.
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How Democrats Will Win the Budget Debate
The GOP has been demanding a Senate budget, but with Patty Murray in charge, they won’t like what they’re going to get.
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Obama’s Triumph of Low Expectations
What the president can and can’t do to boost growth in his second term.
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CFPB’s Mortgage Crackdown
It’s great that the bureau is making it harder to buy a house.
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What if Congress Doesn’t Raise the Debt Ceiling?
If the government doesn’t pay its bills on time, a 7 percent drop in GDP will be just the start of our problems.
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The Great Herbalife War of 2013
Dueling hedge funds battle over whether the nutritional supplement company is a pyramid scheme.
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The Tim Geithner Era
He was of one of the most important Treasury secretaries of all time—for good and bad.
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Keynes, Biden, and Dr. Evil on the $1 Trillion Coin
Slate readers’ best ideas for whose face should go on the platinum economy-saver.
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Design the New $1 Trillion Coin!
Who should be on the front? Reagan? MLK? Harry Truman giving the thumbs-up?
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Mint the Coin
The silly but totally legitimate loophole that lets the Obama administration avert the debt-ceiling showdown with a $1 trillion platinum coin.
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Economists Use Shoddy Data
All too often, economists’ and policymakers’ theories are based on terrible statistics.
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The Next Fiscal Cliff
Don’t celebrate yet—the next budget crisis is just two months away.
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The Winners and Losers in the Fiscal-Cliff Deal
Surprise! The rich and the elderly win again.
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Why I Miss Pork-Barrel Politics
The fiscal cliff fiasco is a reminder that there are worse things than earmarks and pork.
