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The right and left's favorite new insult

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The little recession that shouldn't

A woman opens a glass door with a "Now Hiring" sign on it as she enters a Staples store in New York March 3, 2011. New U.S. claims for
unemployment benefits fell last week to their lowest level in
more than 2-1/2 years, signalling an acceleration in job
creation could be taking shape.

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The economy: Not quite dead, yet

President Barack Obama and former Vice President Walter Mondale (AP/Reuters)

Why American politics is stuck in the 1980s

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Why I went public about my unemployment

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The collapse of neoliberal capitalism

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm speaks during a Ford Motor Company news conference at the Ford Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. Ford said Monday it will invest $850 million in several Detroit-area plants to build its new six-speed transmissions and improve facilities. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (Paul Sancya)

Background image: Crowds of job-seekers wait to enter a job fair at Crenshaw Christian Center in South Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Where's the new New Deal?

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President Barack Obama delivers a speech to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speakst in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama is sacking a controversial proposed regulation tightening health-based standards for smog, bowing to the demands of congressional Republicans and some business leaders. In a statement Friday, Obama said he had ordered Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson to withdraw the proposal, in part because of the importance of reducing regulatory burdens and uncertainty for businesses at a time of rampant uncertainty about an unsteady economy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

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Jared Bernstein

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Crowds of job-seekers wait to enter a job fair at Crenshaw Christian Center in South Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign layoffs have stabilized. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) (AP)

Alan Krueger

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President Barack Obama exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, MD, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. The President cut short his Martha's Vineyard vacation by one day to return ahead of of Hurricane Irene. Urging everyone in Hurricane Irene's path to get ready, President Barack Obama decided to cut his vacation short Friday and return to the White House for a storm he described as potentially historic. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (AP)

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

In this March 6, 1930 file photo, groups of unemployed gather in front of the White House before parading in protest in Washington

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