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Uncle Sam still living well beyond his means

Source: Reuters Blogs, Aug 8 2012, 3:52pm CDT

The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Uncle Sam just can’t seem to stop living beyond his means. While U.S. consumer credit failed to match its June 2008 peak, outstanding debt of dom ...

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2 days ago

EU austerity hawks shrug off criticism of flawed academic paper

Source: Christian Science Monitor  |   May 17 2013, 3:08pm CDT

In April, when several errors were discovered in a high-profile paper on the effect of government debt on economic growth, the fierce debate on austerity was once again ignited in Europe. Critics of budget slashing during the continent' ...

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3 days ago

Skousen CAFE: Austerity vs. Stimulus: Has Krugman Won the Debate?

Source: Confirm Them  |   May 16 2013, 2:30pm CDT

“The evidence has gradually piled up that, however well-intentioned they might be, the ‘Austerians’ were wrong.” Last week, Henry Blodget, CEO and editor of the Business Insider website, proudly announced that in the long-stand ...

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3 days ago

How The Case For Austerity Has Crumbled | Paul Krugman | New York Review Of Books | 16th May 2013

Source: The Browser  |   May 15 2013, 8:00pm CDT

As regards the economy, the idea that austerity measures could trigger stagnation is incorrect…. In fact, in these circumstances, everything that helps to increase the confidence of households, firms and investors in t ...

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5 days ago

When Debt Becomes a Problem

Source: The Daily Reckoning  |   May 14 2013, 1:28pm CDT

Last month, I wrote about the current debate over the 2010 paper by Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart (hereinafter referred to as RR) on the correlation between debt and GDP growth. I said that the most important part of their work, which is the c ...

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5 days ago

British families are the deepest in debt

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 14 2013, 6:17am CDT

Data compiled by the House of Commons Library show that British households' debts are equal to 98 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), more than any of their international peers. The Government's stock of outstanding debt is also more th ...

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6 days ago

You can't blame Brussels for Britain's debts

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 13 2013, 2:47pm CDT

From the directives that govern the way we do business, to the chilling effect of the eurozone crisis on our exports, the European Union pervades our daily lives like never before. Like many of my colleagues on the Tory be ...

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6 days ago

Austerity Advocates On The Run – OpEd

Source: Eurasia Review  |   May 13 2013, 12:49pm CDT

By now almost everyone knows of the famous Excel spreadsheet error by Harvard professors Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff. It turns out that the main conclusions from their paper warning of the risks of high public sector debt were driven by ...

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6 days ago

Economic study isn't inherently accurate

Source: TwinCities.com  |   May 13 2013, 11:30am CDT

the authors had made a typographical mistake that excluded a few key numbers when averaging a column in a spreadsheet. Moreover, the Harvard professors had chosen to not use some available data for one country that, when included, ...

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