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... classics as "H-E-D-G-E," "In the Hamptons," "The Greek Debt Crisis" and "Inflation or Deflation?" He shared one of his latest hits, "Fiscal Cliff," with us on Making Sense. You can access his entire oeuvre here. Today, he conducts an interview with Andrew Smithers, a British economist ...
... about the former, but the latter inevitably flickers across our minds. It didn't take long -- in fact it was right after the January 1 fiscal cliff agreement, and decidedly not in the Christmas spirit -- that the emphasis here in Washington shifted from giving to getting. Both sides engaged in ...
... over raising the debt ceiling in 2011. As White House chief of staff, he worked behind the scenes to broker an agreement to avert the fiscal cliff at the end of last year. And with a series of fiscal hurdles ahead in 2013, President Obama has chosen Lew to head ...
HARI SREENIVASAN: President Obama is ready to name a new treasury secretary, his own chief of staff, Jack Lew. It was widely reported today that the announcement will come tomorrow. Lew played a key role in the recent fiscal cliff negotiations with Congress, and he previously headed the Office of ...
... security priorities in his second term. Watch the discussion here or below: EmbedVideo(5398, 482, 304); CONSERVATIVES TESTING POWER AHEAD OF DEBT SHOWDOWN With the fiscal cliff compromise one week in the rear-view mirror, some fiscal conservatives in Congress are itching for the next fight. As Mr. Obama insists ...
... now that sequestration cuts to the defense industry were delayed. The NewsHour took to the streets to speak with taxpayers for their take on the fiscal cliff tax deal. Catch up with the most recent posts of Gwen's Take and Judy's Notebook. Beschloss and fellow historian Richard Norton ...
The December jobs report showed positive but slow growth, while worries of imminent recession were calmed by the passage of a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff." Is the economy moving in a positive direction? Jeffrey Brown talks to public media journalists about economic concerns for the coming months.
... by his "War on Our Children" argument. Neither, however, do I think it ridiculous. This post, then, begins with Larry's bitter denunciation of the fiscal cliff deal and ends with a sparring match in which I question his argument, he questions my questions, etc. Let's begin with the ...
EmbedVideo(5387, 514, 320); After a protracted battle that culminated in dramatic votes in the wee hours of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the White House and Congress finally agreed upon a deal that kept the country from falling over the the so-called "fiscal cliff." On New Year's Day, Congress agreed to a plan...
A job seeker looks over material during a HIREvent job fair in San Jose, Calif. Photo by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Nothing dramatic on the jobs front this month. December's unemployment rate held steady at 7.8 percent. The U.S. added 155,000 new jobs during the month, bringing the grand total of net new...
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