January 18, 2011 — The American economy has undergone a radical transformation over the last 40 years: reduced barriers to competition, a weakening of organized labor, and a retreat from attempts at...view
Economy
Interviews
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Economy, Markets, Politics
December 21, 2010 — Updated with parts 4 and 5 of the interview. Jacob Hacker is co-author of the recently published “Winner-Take-All Politics.” Remapping Debate sat down with him to discuss how and...view
Original Reporting
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Banking, Economy, Monetary Policy
December 14, 2010 — Few institutions in the country today are less loved than the Federal Reserve. At a time when disillusionment with Washington and Wall Street is rife, the Fed — which is quite...view
Original Reporting
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Economy, Taxes
December 9, 2010 — President Obama’s recent agreement with the GOP leadership to extend all the Bush tax cuts included a series of other provisions. Among them: a 13-month extension of...view
Story Repair
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Deregulation, Economy, NYC, Taxes
December 14, 2010 — In a speech to business leaders at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Dec. 8, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg claimed that his policies had “laid the foundation” for what he...view
Book Reviews
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Economy
December 7, 2010 — For 40 years, I have worked as a journalist and trained thousands of other journalists from my former perches as a University of Missouri Journalism School professor and as...view
Story Repair
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Banking, Economy, Housing, Wall Street Journal
From the Editor:
In this feature, we select a story that appeared in a major news outlet and take it in for repairs. The stories we choose are not necessarily “fatally” flawed; on the contrary, in...view
Original Reporting
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Economy, Monetary Policy, Unemployment
October 12, 2010 — On the evening of Sept. 27, 1960, after a day of barnstorming up and down Ohio’s industrial Lake Erie waterfront, John F. Kennedy arrived at the Municipal Auditorium in Canton....view
Original Reporting
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Economy, Pensions
October 12, 2010 — Over the last two decades, pension cutbacks have left relatively few private sector workers with defined benefit pensions plans. Now, with health and pension funds for state and...view