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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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Auto expert says it will take bankruptcy to ‘save’ GM-Chrysler but car czar would have been better

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George Hoffer, Professor of Economics at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia and an auto industry expert doesn’t think there...
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Obama-Geithner plan vs. nationalization of the banks: The difference is in the subtlety

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Fist off, let’s make this clear. The current argument among pundits and economists over the latest Obama...
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Don’t let outrage over the AIG bonuses get us off course from fixing the financial system

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Outrage is understandable. Lots of people have lost lots of money in the financial and economic melt down; money they were living on, money they were...
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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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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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After the PBS video and the NPR audio, read about Addie Polk

In a comment on my last post, “Wall Street credit rating firms earned millions in fees. Does this make you...
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Wall Street credit rating firms earned millions in fees. Does this make you angry?

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If you want to know what happened to cause the mega financial crisis of 2008 you can’t do much better than to watch the Public Broadcasting...
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Should we bail out the U.S. auto industry?

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This is a tough one. I wish I could duck the question, but as an economist interested in public policy, I need to take a stand. So here goes. Yes....
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Bailout scam? Take your pick

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In my column on Secretary Paulson’s November 12th press conference, I tried to decipher why the Treasury...
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Paulson comes up short on bailout explanation

So what is a bank and what is a non-bank financial? And what is an investment program and what is a spending program? And why is Treasury Secretary...
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