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The Best Policy
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Google Diplomacy
The U.S. must fight for technological freedom in China and the Islamic world. But what's the best strategy?
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Two Crises Wasted
Washington's perverse refusal to grapple with the energy crisis or to genuinely reform Wall Street.
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Regulators and Risk-Takers
Didn't Big Pharma or the FDA learn anything from the Gulf oil spill or the Wall Street meltdown?
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The ABCs of Reform
How Washington blew its chance to bring real change to Wall Street.
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The Incentives Catastrophe
The same policy mistake caused both the Wall Street meltdown and the BP spill.
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Stop Playing Defense, Obama
How the president can stop the spreading plume of national despair.
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Read the Gettysburg Address
Americans have lost their commitment to shared sacrifice. Lincoln's speech can help them recover it.
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Democrats Can Win in November
How Tuesday's election results should encourage them.
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Keeping the Fed Honest
Why is the Federal Reserve so afraid of openness and accountability?
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Two Disgraceful Failures
How Congress and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission are botching their only chance to reform Wall Street.
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The Pushover
Obama's choice to lead the SEC, Mary Schapiro, has some explaining to do.
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Without Merit
Even as politics, the states' lawsuit against health care reform makes no sense.
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Seize Power, Shareholders
More regulation won't fix Wall Street, but a shareholder revolution will.
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Apostles of Nihilism
Republicans are winning the war of political rhetoric. Here's how the president needs to fight back.
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Don't Waste the Crisis!
Six strategies that could save Obama's ambitious reform agenda.
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We Own You!
How technology can help stockholders take control of the corporations they own.
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Inventing a New Economy
What patent applications can tell us about America's economic prospects.
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These Three Books Explain the American Crisis
Looking for a gift for the policy wonk in your life? Here are some recommendations.
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Geithner's Disgrace
The new AIG report reveals how the Treasury secretary—and U.S. taxpayers—were fleeced by Wall Street banks.
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How Obama Can Bounce Back
He needs to show Americans how health care reform, Wall Street reform, and the stimulus are connected.
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Commission Impossible
How the Angelides Commission can crack open the Wall Street scandal—if it dares.
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Chamber of Horrors
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce must be stopped. Here's how to do it.
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Break the Banks
Why don't any of the Obama administration's financial reforms help middle-class Americans?
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Nine Questions for Ben Bernanke
He'd better answer them before the Senate confirms him to another term as Fed chairman.