Sunday, April 28, 2013

Can the Fed offset contractionary fiscal policy? by Ryan Avent

Monetarism Falls Short (Somewhat Wonkish) by Krugman

Washington Post Editorial Condemns Austerity in Europe! by Dean Baker
I double-checked to see that this is in fact April 28 and not April 1. This does seem to be real, a Washington Post lead editorial on Europe that calls for Germany to ease up on austerity and to allow the peripheral euro zone countries to grow again. 
I could nit-pick and point out that the editorial doesn't get everything right (nothing wrong with Germany running trade surpluses, if the surpluses were with fast-growing countries in the developing world), but we should just sit back and enjoy this one for a moment. Perhaps evidence and logic can actually have an impact on economic policy debates, even at the Washington Post.

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