Brad DeLong is a professor of economics at UC-Berkeley, a blogger and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and was a deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury from 1993 to 1995.

Brad DeLong's Salon stories

Thursday, Sep 25, 2008 12:30 PDT

Why Ben and Hank are right, mostly

Our economic system is indeed on the verge of a serious meltdown, but lawmakers should not grant Bernanke and Paulson the far-reaching powers they call for in their plan.
Thursday, Apr 10, 2008 04:51 PDT

No, Hillary Clinton shouldn't be winning

Sean Wilentz spun a fantasy in his Salon piece about Clinton's electability. In the real world, it's Barack Obama who's more electable.
Monday, Jan 7, 2008 04:00 PST

Mike Huckabee wants to abolish the IRS

His loopy tax plan would be an economic disaster -- but it's more honest than the schemes being peddled by the establishment Republican candidates.
Friday, Nov 17, 2006 08:19 PST

A man who hated government

Conservative economic guru and liberal nemesis Milton Friedman disliked intervention of any sort, whether in the market or in recreational drug use.
Tuesday, Aug 8, 2006 13:03 PDT

The pause that might not refresh

Tuesday, for the first time in two years, the Federal Reserve didn't raise interest rates -- but is the damage already done?
Thursday, Aug 3, 2006 05:00 PDT

The odds of economic meltdown

With interest rates and oil prices rising and consumers spending beyond their means, we may be headed for recession -- and worse.
Tuesday, Jul 11, 2006 17:07 PDT

Deficit games

Today the Bush administration will once again claim its budget-busting tax cuts are working. And the press will once again buy it.

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