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Naomi Klein, State Budget Fights

March 8, 2011
Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein disucsses privatization and its relation to state budget fights on the Rachel Maddow Show/MSNBC, March 8 2011.

Banking and Finance, Financial Markets, Globalization, National Debt

Thomas Palley, the Roots of the Crisis

Tom addresses the roots of the financial crisis at the New America Foundation, 2009.
Austerity, Budget and Tax Policy, Economic Theory, Federal Budget, Medicare/Medicaid, Middle Class, Social Investment

Bob Herbert On The Republican Ticket

Bob Herbert talks to Rachel Maddow about Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney’s fiscal policies, and Republican extremism, August 22, 2012.
Budget and Tax Policy, Federal Budget, National Debt

Jeffrey Sachs, the 2011 Budget

Jeffrey Sachs discusses the federal deficit on Bloomberg, February 14 2011.
Budget and Tax Policy, Federal Budget, National Debt

Historic Deficits and the Fiscal Cliff

Former IMF Chief Economist Simon Johnson discusses our annual trillion dollar deficits, the fiscal cliff, and historic United State deficits on PBS, November 27th, 2012.
Austerity, Budget and Tax Policy, Economic Theory

Obama’s Magic Bullet Economic Policy

Former Financial Regulator Bill Black derides the POTUS’ remarks on the state of the economy and his pro austerity policies more generally on the Real News Network.
Budget and Tax Policy, Labor Force

Impact of Sequestration

Former Chief Economist of the IMF Simon Johnson dissects the impact of sequestration on GDP, employment and government services on Morning Joe, MSNBC February 20th, 2013.