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opinion samuelson
The Washington Post: Robert J. Samuelson
Panics 'R' Us!
Since its earliest days, the United States has suffered periodic financial crises. The first dates to 1792. In the 19th century, bank panics occurred regularly. Then, of course, came the great stock market crash of 1929 and the failure of two-fifths of the nation's banks in the Great Depression. Now we're in the midst of another crisis. It would be reassuring to think that the Obama administration's financial "reforms" — or, indeed, any conceivable alternative — would prevent these collapses for all time. Dream on. ( June 29, 2009)
Wrong Way on Health 'Reform' ( June 15, 2009)
The Obama Infatuation (Monday, June 01, 2009)
Obama's Risky Debt (Monday, May 18, 2009)
The Bias Against Oil and Gas (Monday, May 04, 2009)
Selling the Green Economy ( April 27, 2009)
Obama's Economic Mirage (Monday, April 13, 2009)
China's Dollar Deception (Monday, April 06, 2009)
Geithner's Hedge Fund (Monday, March 30, 2009)
American Capitalism Besieged (Monday, March 23, 2009)
The Shadow of Depression ( March 16, 2009)
Obama's Double Talk ( March 09, 2009)
Wrong Turn on Housing (Monday, March 02, 2009)
Obama's Stunted Stimulus (Monday, February 23, 2009)
Our Lost Decade? ( February 19, 2009)
Beyond Wall Street Bashing (Monday, February 09, 2009)
Too Little Bang for the Bucks ( February 02, 2009)
Three Crises in One ( January 26, 2009)
Obama's Health-Care Headache (Thursday, January 22, 2009)
The Limits of Pump Priming (Tuesday, January 06, 2009)
Humbled by Our Ignorance (Wednesday, December 31, 2008)
Bernanke's Burden (Thursday, December 11, 2008)
Obama's Economic Choice (Thursday, December 04, 2008)
A 'Wealth Effect' in Reverse (Wednesday, November 26, 2008)
How to Bail Out GM (Thursday, November 20, 2008)
A New Specter: Deflation (Thursday, November 13, 2008)
As the Rich Get Poorer (Thursday, November 06, 2008)
Stimulus for the Long Haul (Thursday, October 30, 2008)
In Good Times and Bad (Thursday, October 23, 2008)
The Engine of Mayhem; There Are Dangers in Deleveraging Too Fast (Wednesday, October 15, 2008)
Is It 1929 Again? (Thursday, October 09, 2008)
Bankrupt Economics: A Crisis Resists the Usual Remedies (Thursday, October 02, 2008)
What's the True Cost? (Monday, September 29, 2008)
Wall Street's Unraveling (Thursday, September 18, 2008)
The Real Economic Scorecard (Thursday, September 11, 2008)
The Rise of Fantasy Politics (Thursday, August 28, 2008)
The Real China Threat (Thursday, August 21, 2008)
The Great Energy Confusion (Thursday, August 14, 2008)
The Homeownership Obsession (Thursday, July 31, 2008)
A Baffling Global Economy (Monday, July 21, 2008)
The Candor Gap (Thursday, July 10, 2008)
Who's Behind High Prices (Monday, July 07, 2008)
