Fiscal cliff

Obama delivers $3.77 trillion spending plan to Congress

The proposal would raise taxes further on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs like Social Security

Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 11:24 AM UTC
Business Associated Press, Barack Obama

Did Obama get played by the Republicans?

With the sequester taking hold, the New Year's Eve fiscal cliff deal is starting to look a lot different now

Steve Kornacki Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 11:30 AM UTC 45
Politics Opening Shot, Barack Obama

Sequestration: Our dumbest, most avoidable economic crisis yet

When Congress' scramble to find a last-minute fix fails, it will have only itself to blame

Tim Price, Next New Deal Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 11:11 PM UTC
Business Next New Deal, Sequestration

There is no one “stable” debt ratio

Lost in the debt ceiling hand-wringing: Different economies can support different deficits at different times

Jared Bernstein, On the Economy Monday, Feb 11, 2013 5:55 PM UTC
Business On the Economy, Barack Obama

Deficit reduction can’t reignite the economy

Defecit hawks and government-haters won't admit it, but we need to focus on bringing back better paying jobs

Robert Reich, ROBERTREICH.org Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 5:46 PM UTC
Politics budget deficit, Fiscal cliff

Has America become a slave to its own debt?

For a small minority, it's a blessing; for others, a curse. A history of our Jekyll-and-Hyde relationship with debt

Steve Fraser, TomDispatch.com Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 4:03 PM UTC
Politics TomDispatch.com, Debt ceiling

Is Jon Stewart turning off his fan base?

"The Daily Show" host's praise for "ZDT" and his dismissal of the platinum coin may be pushing liberal fans away

Daniel D'Addario Saturday, Jan 19, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 160
Entertainment Jon Stewart, Andrew Sullivan

Republicans are creating their own worst economic nightmare

Hitting the debt ceiling could set off a global financial panic -- and plunge us even deeper into our fiscal crisis

Jamelle Bouie, The American Prospect Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 7:28 PM UTC 21
Business The American Prospect

Obama’s debt ceiling strategy hinges on GOP sanity

The president is making a major gamble that Republicans are rational enough to bow to public pressure

Robert Reich, ROBERTREICH.org Monday, Jan 14, 2013 10:59 PM UTC 24
Politics RobertReich.org, Debt ceiling

South Florida Tea Party rebranding as not the Tea Party

The group no longer wants to be associated with "certain organizations that have the name 'tea party'"

Jillian Rayfield Monday, Jan 14, 2013 8:56 PM UTC
Politics Tea Party, Florida

Will Obama cave on Social Security?

With chained CPI a likely part of any debt ceiling deal, outraged progressives are organizing in advance

Josh Eidelson Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 63
Politics Fiscal cliff, Debt ceiling

The “fiscal cliff” deal’s fattest cats

Goldman Sachs is sitting pretty after Congress cut a deal larded with corporate tax breaks worth billions

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, BillMoyers.com Friday, Jan 11, 2013 7:31 PM UTC
Politics BillMoyers.com, Goldman Sachs

Obama must use the Constitution on guns and the debt ceiling

Republicans have shown they're incapable of compromise. It's time the president exerts his executive authority

Robert Reich, ROBERTREICH.org Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 2:43 PM UTC 17
All Salon RobertReich.org, Debt ceiling

Tax the annoying!

Why some economists want to tax the things we do that negatively affect others

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 9:38 PM UTC 12
Life Taxes, economy, pigovian taxes

This isn’t 2011′s debt ceiling fight

An increasingly rattled GOP heads into a new round of negotionations with the future of the party up in the air

Jamelle Bouie, The American Prospect Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 5:06 PM UTC 14
Politics The American Prospect

Why not mint a trillion-dollar platinum coin?

It may be silly, but the idea of lurching from one manufactured economic crisis to the next is a lot sillier

Joshua Holland, Alternet Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 46
Business AlterNet, Mint the Coin, Platinum

Obama’s Great Society

Does the president's legacy require chipping away at LBJ's', or building on it?

Joan Walsh Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 78
News Great Society, Social Security

IMF economists apologize for austerity forecasts

Economists admit that they failed to see how huge cuts would undermine growth in countries like Greece

Natasha Lennard Friday, Jan 4, 2013 9:13 PM UTC 16
News IMF, Austerity, Fiscal cliff

Congress: Worst reality TV show ever

The fiscal cliff was a manufactured crisis with an obvious ending. And the breathless coverage obscured the facts

David Sirota Friday, Jan 4, 2013 10:00 AM UTC
Politics Fiscal cliff, Debt ceiling

Give Obama a break on the “fiscal cliff”

The president deserves credit for his handling of the crisis -- so long as he doesn't cave on the debt ceiling

Steve Erickson, The American Prospect Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 4:58 PM UTC 20
Politics The American Prospect

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