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Another thought on the ME

…consistent U.S. effort throughout the next administration at least to win either war. Any American political debate that ignores or denies the fact that these are long wars is dishonest…

What are we going to do now? Your choice.

…advocates for homeless veterans use words like “surge” and “onslaught” and even “tsunami” to describe what could happen in the coming years, as both wars continue and thousands of veterans…

WTO GATS and protectionism or nationalism

…trade war.There’s no need for that. After all, trade wars are expensive and end up hurting everybody, while, as the Index proves year in and year out, free trade builds…

Free Trade vs the World Bank

…as some kind of sliding scale based on only the tangibles. Wine vs wool was it? We’re loosing the trade wars as a nation because we’re writing trading agreements to…

THE GREAT MODERATION

…and the 1960s was due to the stimulus and demands stemming from the Korean and Viet Nam wars. Of course that just leads to the conclusion that the Bush administration…

…to worsen. … And it is not only the soldiers that are worn out. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have led to the destruction, or wearing out, of 40…

Katrina Relief & Ricardian Equivalence

…increased domestic spending and fought two wars. And the president did all this without rolling back any of his tax cuts—in fact, he expanded them—and refused to veto a single…

Oil Prices Revisited

…than the specific changes in oil prices, that leads the economy into recession. The wars may lead to anxiety about future energy prices and availability or have other psychological effects…

Krugman: That Hissing Sound

…overnight – in many cases triggering bidding wars – are on the market for weeks,” reports The Los Angeles Times. The same thing is happening in other formerly hot markets….