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Europe risks going the way of Japan
The good news is that Europe is no longer going the way of Greece. The sad news is that it is threatening to go the way of Japan.
Honoring a slain ambassador
Whoever murdered Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three of his staff in Libya this week is our enemy. And so are the bigots who made a lurid amateur video denigrating Islam.
It’s time for the candidates to offer a strong education strategy
In contrast to relatively quick fixes like even more quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve or temporary deficit spending fiscal policies, addressing the challenges facing U.S. schools and students cannot be achieved over the course of a quarter (or even an election cycle).
QE3 arrives
It's basically the same thing that we're used to at this point, but it's got enough in the way of new bells and whistles to get people excited anyway -- and boost economic growth. So, it's a good thing, even if it's not in any way revolutionary.
(Business) haters gonna hate – but who gets hurt?
Business is a source of great good for society, with the power to create hope and opportunity like no other institution going. Indeed, the positives so outweigh the negatives that lately we’ve been trying to identify why some people hate business so fervently. After all, the risks of this movement’s efforts to demonize business are frighteningly high.
The Middle East needs its activist moment
In the U.S. and Europe, well-established interest groups that have sway in the marketplace give people influence well in advance of the need for any violence. But these groups were not allowed to assemble under dictatorships. Without such assets, Egypt’s devout have no good mechanisms for registering their offended feelings, and some groups have obviously taken to violence to fill the vacuum.
Why the current europhoria will likely fade
This week's decision by the German Constitutional Court, followed by the victory for pro-euro forces in the Dutch election, have created a sense that the worst of the euro zone crisis has passed. But these developments don't affect structural problems with the euro's future.MOST COMMENTED
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