Alberto Alesina News
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The National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the U.S. recession ended in June 2009, yet 2012 didn’t look like much of a resurgence.
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The public may shift from “banker bashing” to “corporate bashing” as companies go on a borrowing binge to help reduce taxes.
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For most of the past century, the U.S. and continental Europe have followed different paths. Social Democrats often ran European governments, which typically taxed and spent a greater share of their national incomes on social programs, such as public health care. The U.S. has been far more conservative.
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Alberto Alesina is a new favorite of fiscal hawks like former President George W. Bush’s chief economic adviser, Gregory Mankiw.
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“We Built It.” That was the Republicans’ rebuke last week to President Barack Obama’s line, “You didn’t build that.” The Democrats will respond this week at their convention.
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Tear down this Chinese wall.
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti is facing signs that tax increases are beginning to backfire as his new levy on real estate goes into effect.
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The Occupy Wall Street movement is fighting an almost unwinnable battle against the ghost of Steve Jobs.
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World leaders from the U.K.’s David Cameron to Naoto Kan of Japan are betting they can deliver fiscal austerity without derailing economic prosperity. History suggests they may be right.
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America has long channeled the spirit of its industrious, fertile Pilgrim forebears by working long hours and having many children. Yet since 2006, the number of adult Americans who have never married has risen by more than 5 million. And since 2007, the number of employed Americans has fallen by 7 million. Is the economic slump turning America into Europe?
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