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Joseph E. Hight, PhD economics, Brown University. Joe has 30 years experience as a government and academic economist. His passion is reading, writing and talking about economic policy. Joe studied writing at the University of New Hampshire and is now a freelance writer.

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Economist great Paul Samuelson dies at 94: he left his mark on all of us

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Paul Samuelson died Sunday, December 13, 2009. During the 1950s, 60s and 70s countless undergraduate students learned economics using his textbook,...
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Obama proposes repaid TARP funds for Main Street job creation programs

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To Main Street the message was "Help is on the way...Your economic vitality is just as important as anybody who lives or works or breathes on...
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A note of optimism: The U.S. is still the world’s largest and strongest economy

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The U.S. economy is clearly the world’s largest 2008 U.S. annual Gross Domestic Product in current dollars is...
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Governors reject Obama unemployment stimulus funds,what’s this all about?

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Hundreds of job seekers lined up for the 30 positions advertised. New jobless claims fell more than expected for the second straight week, but the...
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President Obama announces help for small business: Treasury will buy up SBA loans with TARP money

When the owner of a small business that installs tile and granite in kitchens and baths told me he had to lay off eight full time employees –...
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Did excessive savings in China and Japan cause the world-wide recession?

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This column comes from one of the many ideas I get from readers and colleagues. In a response to an academic paper on price swings I had sent to him,...
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Finance expert says bank losses from toxic assets must be socialized if we want economic recovery

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On February 10, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled an overhaul of the federal government’s efforts to strengthen the U.S. financial...
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Why our economic situation so dire and why is the stimulus bill not the worst since 1930s?

What follows is some comment from a reader in Ohio. I appreciate the comments and questions from Ohio. Here are my...
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Is the stimulus the worst bill since the 1930s? Not by a long shot

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Paul Krugman applies the term ‘boneheaded’ to Robert Barro’s discussion disputing the existence...
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All Keynesians now: Would Milton Friedman support the stimulus package?