Aram Zucker-Scharff

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Confused about the financial crisis and the recession? Wondering about austerity? Well, austerity doesn’t work, and here’s a great video from Mark Blyth explaining why. It’s actually kind of fun, and very informative. Looking at this f…

Obama’s first full week in office will be over in three days. I wish I was more impressed. When I started blogging here I was absolutely thrilled that Obama had won. I am a self-identified liberal and though I was never as happy with Obama as a candidate as the general populace, I did vote for him. […]

America’s debt is ballooning with little end in sight. The Federal Reserve has signaled that it anticipates a huge deficit for years to come and President-elect Obama just covered his reputation over the bailout. The charts? Legit. Either work hard or you might as well quit That’s word because you know You can’t touch this, you can’t […]

Image via Flickr by Rachael Dickson. More news about Obama’s stimulus package is constantly leaking out from the President-elect’s associates. The more news I get, the more I wonder, where exactly is this change I was promised? Obama’s plan to build the economy is conventional, at best. The economy continues to fall and it sees unlikely that Obama’s plan […]