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THOMAS SOWELL: DEMOCRACY VS. MOB RULE IN ‘OCCUPY WALL STREET’ PROTESTS

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UNIONLEADER.COM Published Nov 8, 2011 In various cities across the country, mobs of mostly young, mostly incoherent, often noisy and sometimes violent demonstrators are making themselves a major nuisance. Meanwhile, many in the media are practically gushing over these “protesters,” and giving them the free publicity they crave for themselves and their cause — whatever […]

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BOOK REVIEW – BILL CLINTON’S ‘BACK TO WORK’ – CLINTON TRIES TO REWRITE HISTORY

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011 Like the ’90s Never Happened A former New Democrat known for his centrist economic policies, Bill Clinton now favors vast new government spending and higher taxes. By STEPHEN MOORE Bill Clinton ascended to the White House as a New Democrat, wisely repudiating what had been a quarter-century of big-government liberalism and embracing

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WHY GERMANY IS LEADING FROM BEHIND

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011 Angela Merkel’s uncertain trumpet in the great euro crisis reflects her country’s history, and a new kind of politics in the West. By JOSEF JOFFE In the European currency war, Germany has the biggest arsenal and the strongest interest in forestalling the collapse of the euro. So why is it playing Hamlet:

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WHY WE CAN’T EXCAPE THE EUROCRISIS

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011 EU and U.S. debt are interlinked through the banking system. By GERALD P. O’DRISCOLL JR. When is a bailout not a bailout? When the bailor is short of funds. The recently announced debt plan in the European Union comes up short in almost all respects. The debt crisis is not just an

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A SLOW-GROWTH AMERICA CAN’T LEAD THE WORLD

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011 After World War II, the U.S. promoted international economic growth through reliance on the market and the incentives it provides. Times have changed. By JOHN B. TAYLOR When President Obama meets with his counterparts from other G-20 countries in Cannes later this week, American economic leadership will, unfortunately, largely be absent. At

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THE MORTGAGE CRISIS – PLACING THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGS

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OCTOBER 27, 2011, 11:44 A.M. ET The Mortgage Crisis: Some Inside Views Emails show that risk managers at Freddie Mac warned about lower underwriting standards—in vain, and with lessons for today. By CHARLES W. CALOMIRIS Occupy Wall Street is denouncing banks and Wall Street for “selling toxic mortgages” while “screwing investors and homeowners.” And the

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LOSING THE ECONOMIC BATTLE

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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The global debt apocalypse approaches. David M. Smick October 31, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 07 On the issue of public debt, Washington is experiencing what psychologists call “learned helplessness.” The financial news is so relentlessly terrible that people have become numb to it and assume nothing can be done

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WALL STREET PROTESTS – PROTESTERS ONLY THE MEDIA CAN LOVE

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THE WEEKLY STANDARD Protesters Only the Media Can Love October 24, 2011 As you likely recall, the media lost their collective minds when the Tea Party movement first emerged. The Fourth Estate turned Fifth Column and went out of its way to portray earnest and concerned citizens as racist, paranoid, and violent. The Scrapbook is

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OBAMA’S RE-ELECTION MODEL IS FDR

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OCTOBER 24, 2011 With the economy sinking in 1937, Roosevelt accused business of sabotage. By PAUL MORENO President Obama is cozying up to the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, intending to make resentment of big business a central theme of his re-election campaign. Here he’s following the lead of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who tried to convince

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THE EURO IS CLOSE TO COLLAPSE

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THE TELEGRAPH The single currency is close to collapse With Europe on the brink of a disaster, the euro must be reconstituted as an entity based on economic reality, not ideological folly. Crisis: the Franco-German partnership which lies at the heart of the European project is fracturing as never before Photo: AFP By Telegraph View 21 Oct

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