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Project Syndicate
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Leave Iraq to the Iraqis
The nation’s political problems can’t be fixed by the presence of U.S. troops.
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Don’t Believe the Good News
Consumers are income-challenged, wealth-challenged, and debt-constrained. That doesn’t bode well for 2012.
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So Much Hot Air
Negotiators achieved yet another hollow “breakthrough” in the latest round of climate talks.
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Break Up the Banks
It makes no sense to keep bailing out bankers while demanding austerity for everyone else.
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A Timely Passing
Kim Jong-il’s death should spur the U.S. and China into a serious dialogue about the future of North Korea.
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Going to Extremes
How activists and the media distort climate reports to make global warming sound scarier than it is.
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Why the Euro Is in Peril
Europe’s leaders are complaining about what went wrong instead of thinking about what they can do right.
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Europe’s Korean Option
What Europeans can learn from South Koreans about managing a financial crisis.
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Brains vs. Keynes
How neuroscience is transforming our understanding of economics.
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The Real Job Creators
America should glorify entrepreneurs less and managers more.
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Empty Green Promises
Why government attempts to encourage a “green economy” are almost always a bad idea.
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Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Save
The economic collapse of Italy will destroy the euro.
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The Global 99 Percent
The Occupy Wall Street protesters are part of a worldwide movement against inequality.
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Settling Up
Why the banks should welcome any settlement that finally resolves the mortgage mess.
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A Shot of Money
Should regulators require banks to hold more capital to insure against another crisis?
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The Five Best Ways to Fight AIDS
What happened when we asked economists to identify the most effective responses to the epidemic.
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“Really … Crummy”
Steve Jobs’ legendary attention to detail, and how it caused Apple’s success.
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Spend, Spend, Spend
There is only one way out of the global recession, and government must lead the way.
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Narrative Over Numbers
It has been a long time since Americans have been this depressed about the economy.
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Is China More Powerful Than America?
A fascinating new book argues that the United States has already been eclipsed as the world's dominant economic power.
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A Better, Cheaper Way To Fight HIV
Bjørn Lomborg's new Copenhagen Consensus project to identify the most cost-effective ways to battle the disease.
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The True Cost of 9/11
Trillions and trillions wasted on wars, a fiscal catastrophe, a weaker America.
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Internet Name-Calling
A new Web address system will confuse users and cost business, but Internet bureaucrats like it.
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What's French for "Totally Screwed"?
If France's economy is in trouble, then all of Europe is at risk.
