emily x

The Unsustainable Lie of Inflation

oh brother... after 8 years of Bush & Cheney, THIS is the "lie" that upsets you?

Does Bad Economic Policy Lead to Greater Financial Regulation?

I agree that the economic policy (if you can call it that) of the last 8 years has "created incentives for undisciplined behavior" (to say the least). But it looks to me like the slide in the value of the dollar is the result of several forces coming together, the main one being the administration's desire to make, or allow, the dollar go as low as possible. Far from being the result other nations' losing faith in us, the extremely weak dollar is very much a feature of current republican economic policy. It's a cause, not an effect.

Seven Reasons Why a Weak Dollar Hurts America

If by "cutting federal spending," you mean ending the money drain that is the Iraq war, absolutely. Simplify the tax code -- YES: how about a flat 1/10th tax for everybody, including corporations, excluding the poor, the elderly and those on unemployment?

Great article. Nobody is talking about the damage that the falling dollar is doing. It's almost like heresy to say it -- the business people think it's helping them; everyone else thinks it doesn't matter.