alan blinder

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Globalization and free trade: wonders of a past era, now enemies of America?

Summary:  Something is wrong with America, rendering our society incapable of connecting effectively to reality.  Who can tell what has caused this social illness, a form of cultural Alzheimer’s?  The symptoms appear in many aspects of our national public policy, an inability to effectively take collective action in critical areas such as energy, geopolitics, and management of our economy.  This is …

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Understatement can be a form of courage — a comment about the US economy

Summary:  a look at what our leaders are saying today, where we are going (with an ominous comparison with the past), what we can expect to hear from them in the future if America’s citizens continue to slide along, and a (not the) solution. After 12 years of obscure gibberish from Chairman Greenspan and two years of …

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