Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Robert J. Samuelson on the many economic challenges facing Obama: The temptation will be to press ahead with a 'bold' legislative agenda - to ape the New Deal. This would be a mistake. The psychology of bruising legislative battles will...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
The downside of too much belt-tightening
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Robert Samuelson: As he assembles his economic team, Barack Obama faces a central strategic decision that only he can make. Starting with his "economic stimulus" plan, will he focus mainly on reviving the economy and relieving the financial crisis? Or will he use the economic crisis as a vehicle to advance a more ambitious social and economic agenda? The two approaches are at odds. The first...
Mickey's Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday
Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson urges President-elect Obama to focus on stimulating the economy first, and then worry about the environment and health care reform later. Obama won the election, and in normal times, his campaign agenda ought to be front and center. But these are not normal times, and what's most important now -- as he repeatedly emphasizes -- is to prevent the recession...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... is currently comprised of three independent directors, including Mr. Daniel Mingdong Wu, Mr. Samuelson S. M. Young and Mr. Peng Hui Liu. About VanceInfo VanceInfo Technologies Inc. is an IT service provider and one of the leading offshore software development companies in China. VanceInfo was the first China software development outsourcer listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... is currently comprised of three independent directors, including Mr. Daniel Mingdong Wu, Mr. Samuelson S. M. Young and Mr. Peng Hui Liu About VanceInfo VanceInfo Technologies Inc. is an IT service provider and one of the leading offshore software development companies in China. VanceInfo was the first China software development outsourcer listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... is currently comprised of three independent directors, including Mr. Daniel Mingdong Wu, Mr. Samuelson S. M. Young and Mr. Peng Hui LiuAbout VanceInfoVanceInfo Technologies Inc. is an IT service provider and one of the leading offshore software development companies in China. VanceInfo was the first China software development outsourcer listed on the New York Stock Exchange.The Company ranked...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Buon giorno. Laura Bush together with Afghanistan's Ambassador Said Jawad - NBC. The terror attacks in Mumbai - ABC, CNN. Saxby Chambliss - Fox. Jane Hamsher hosts Erica Payne for FDL Book Salon. Tomorrow is World AIDS Day, noted on Religion & Ethics. Washington Journal : 7:30am – Peter Wehner , Ethics & Public Policy Center, Senior Fellow -- Wehner Blog in Commentary Magazine. 8:00am – Robert Samuelson...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Robert J. Samuelson is a conservative from a time when conservatism was more a sensibility than an ideology. His business columns in The Washington Post and Newsweek preach old-fashioned virtue on a macroeconomic scale: don’t promise more than you can deliver; weigh the unintended consequences of your actions; beware hucksters bearing easy fixes. Samuelson often directs this advice to...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... Oren R Lyons of the Native American Indian Onondaga tribe, Professor of History Hava Tirosh-Samuelson of Arizona State University and Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren. Wejryd said several delegates who supported the manifesto were unable to attend the gathering as a result of current events in Mumbai, India and Bangkok, Thailand. Wejryd told Deutsche Presse-Agentur
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... professor Oren R Lyons of the Native American Indian Onondaga tribe, history professor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson of Arizona State University and Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren. Delegates were later Friday to sign a manifesto calling for action and change. Wejryd said several delegates who supported the manifesto were unable to attend the gathering as a result of current events...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... professor Oren R Lyons of the Native American Indian Onondaga tribe, history professor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson of Arizona State University and Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren. Delegates were later Friday to sign a manifesto calling for action and change. Wejryd told Deutsche Presse-Agentur Copyright, respective author or news agencyArticle : Swedish archbishop: Faith can help...
The Visible Hand in Economics (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... Keynes Agnitio Profession: Industrial economist Studied: Economics Favorite Economist: Paul Samuelson maybe, he’s made some funny calls over the years and has his finger in many a pie within Economics. Rauparaha Profession : At this rate he will never leave university and become an academic! Studied: Economics Goonix Profession: Economist Studied: Economics Raupara, Agnitio, Matt and Goonix...
Across the Great Divide (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... jobs for greeters and Thai knitting mills. Writing about the recent economic shocks, Robert J. Samuelson speaks to the same barely noticed phenomenon. The “wealth effect” refers to the tendency of people to adjust their spending as their wealth — concentrated heavily in housing and stocks — changes. When wealth rises, spending strengthens; when wealth falls, spending weakens. For the past...
Preemptive Karma (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... be granted three Michelin stars - molecular gastronomy guru Grant Achatz or Ethiopian-born Marcus Samuelson of Aquavit restaurant. Such an arrangement would allow the president to "capture some of the star power but in a practical and realistic way," Ryan said.
