Epstein Secrets

ression, they probably won't blame fear, per se. Instead, they'll castigate our leaders for doing the wrong things as a result of unnecessary fear. Krugman: For the overriding fear driving economic policy has been debt hysteria, fear that unless we slash spending we'll turn into Greece any day now. Afte

mption that today's good news somehow is attached to a bad story as negative consequences could begin, not too far in the future. As Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman wrote this week in his op-ed in the New York Times - The Jobless Trap — We are creating a permanent class of unemployed Americans as a result of our

sources on controlling marijuana, maybe the ONDCP should concentrate its efforts on the treatment of prescription and designer drugs addiction. As Robert Reich wrote yesterday in The Huffington Post — Earth to Washington: Repeal the Sequester. Economic forecasters exist to make astrologers look good. Most

d have been to return Mr. Monti — who was essentially imposed on Italy by its creditors — to office, this time with an actual democratic mandate. As Paul ICrugman wrote this week in the New York Times — Austerity, Italian Style — things aren't looking good as Mr. Monti's party appears likely to come in fourth

n if you believe Samuelson's numbers. the US's economy is not nearly as bad as most other countries. EFTA00692529 The week in The Huffngton Post, Robert Reich wrote — Why Obama Must Meet the Republican Lies Directly — that he believes that the White House is wrong believing that the best way to strengthen

eaking rank with ultra-conservatives that have moved the GOP to the far, far right. In the article — Makers, Takers, Fakers — in the New York Times, Paul Krugman points out that while acknowledging that the many in the G.O.P. made stupid statements and pushed initiatives that are out of step with a majority

atch the dock workers union fight against container shipping and film & television unions pad production shoots with unnecessary workers. This week Robert Reich — The Non Zero-Sum Society — in The Huffington Post — that because the super-rich have done well in the economic recovery while almost everyone else

d before the protests in Cairo began.)" This is further evidence that Romney is an irresponsible opportunist who is not ready for prime-time. And as Paul Krugman said in an op-ed piece this week in the New York Times (on another issue), the Republican strategy is to 'Obstruct and Exploit's— and the same can b

governments replace many of the teachers, police officers, social workers, and fire fighters they've had to let go over the last several years. As Robert Reich says in his article this week in The Buffington Post, 'The Biggest Economic Challenge of Obama's Second Term,' -- "in truth, not even the Jobs Act w

tions leading to a "grand bargain." Compromise again would have to be almost entirely on the Democrats' side. More importantly, economist including Paul Krugman, Evan Soltas of Wonkblog and Joe Weisenthal say that the current budget deficit is overwhelmingly the result of the depressed economy, and it's not

bad (and fundamentally dishonest) politics. We're looking not so much at a Grand Bargain, as much as the Big Scam being continued. That's why like Robert Reich, recommend going over the cliff and forcing the Republicans' hand. It's a risky strategy but it would at least expose the Republican tactic and put