The American Scholar • Posts Tagged ‘economy’

This week Jon Stewart and Paul Krugman did battle over the trillion-dollar coin, an idea the White House squelched on Saturday. Our cover story last winter explains the reasoning behind the tactic.

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In this issue’s cover story, How to Pay for What We Need, historian Richard Striner proposes solutions to shock the American economy back to life.

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