I believe this thinking was predicated on there being an actual economic recovery -- a recovery does wonders for a government's balance sheets. It never occurred to Yglesias -- or, for that matter, anyone in the White House -- that....
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We've written a couple of posts lately about the likely economic tailwind coming from more economic recovery. This weekend we wrote about the Balance Sheet Recovery, the notion that the ongoing reversal of the Financial Crisis/house... Read Post
I highly doubt whether anyone will obtain information linking Obama to either the IRS or phone records scandal. Say what you will about his “governance” style, but the man is able to keep his hands clean. Surely no emails, phone rec... Read Post
This will not surprise anyone who is familiar with Richard Koo and his work on balance sheet recessions, and his exhortations to use government deficits to balance out a deleveraging economy, but just in case... the Nomura economist... Read Post