Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 6, 2013
In his latest column for The New York Times, the Nobel Prize-winning economists notes that before President Obama took office in 2009, seven of the 10 previous presidents left the Oval Office with debt ratios lower than when they entered it. The three who did not: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigApr 22, 2013
As lawmakers on both sides of the aisle spend copious amounts of time on their seemingly futile quest to reach an agreement about how to deal with the nation's burgeoning debt, there's an even bigger economic problem in the U.S.: unemployment. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 20, 2013
Economists from the University of Massachusetts appear to have debunked a Harvard paper that right-wing politicians have used to push economic austerity policies. The challengers explain where the Harvard economists went wrong in an interview with The Real News Network. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 12, 2013
Journalist Mike Whitney praised the Truthdig editor in chief for being "the only voice on the left" to defend former Reagan budget director David Stockman against an "army of toffeenose pundits" who failed to honor the essential truth of Stockman's controversial New York Times op-ed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigApr 8, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including speculation heightens about Hillary Clinton's 2016 prospects and new figures show just how well Dick Cheney's former company made out during the Iraq War. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 18, 2013
The New York Times columnist argues that the political elites and pundits who perpetuated the Bush administration's disinformation and calls for war seem to have learned nothing from that experience. Case in point: the deficit obsession. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 11, 2013
A Breitbart.com editor fell hook, line and sinker for a satirical story that claimed economist Krugman had filed for personal bankruptcy after accumulating more than $7 million in debt. The New York Times columnist took to his blog to respond to the hoax Monday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 11, 2013
Memo to congressional Republicans: You might want to stray from GOP talking points and stick to the facts when facing off against a Nobel Prize-winning economist unless you want to be called out for falsehoods. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 6, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including a major development in the confirmation hearing of John Brennan and Jeb Bush flip-flops on immigration reform once more. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 5, 2013
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough are taking their feud over the country's massive debt and lackluster economy to television. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 4, 2013
The “sequester” is actually, of course, the American form of austerity, or cutbacks in government spending during a recession. Austerity, or stingy government in Europe has kept employment extremely depressed compared to what it would have been with government stimulus, as Paul Krugman argues. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 4, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including John Roberts being called out for a big error in the Voting Rights Act case and former NBA star Dennis Rodman defends his "good friend" Kim Jong Un. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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