Dealing with Economic Challenges

David Brooks of the NYTIMES summarizes the problems of the past few years wonderfully:
"Over the past decades, Americans have developed an absurd view of the power of government. Many voters seem to think that government has the power to protect them from the consequences of their sins. Then they get angry and cynical when it turns out that it can’t."

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Will worker retraining help solve the unemployment problem?

Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme?

Robert Samuelson on the Eurozone Crisis

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