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The New York Times 9:32 pm on April 6, 2021
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A K-Shaped Recovery, This Time on a Global Scale

Emerging markets are at risk of falling far behind their advanced counterparts. That’s the whole world’s problem, officials warned.

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The New York Times 11:39 pm on March 19, 2021
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House Votes to Avert Deep Medicare Cuts to Pay for $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan

The measure is likely to become the subject of negotiations later in the year over government spending and debt.

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The New York Times 9:43 pm on February 25, 2021
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Give Biden a Chance? On Covid Aid, Some Trump Voters Just Might

Republican leaders in Washington firmly oppose the president’s stimulus plan, but a sizable number of Trump voters support it, interviews and polls show.

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The New York Times 9:43 pm on February 25, 2021
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Give Biden a Chance? On Covid Aid, Some Trump Voters Just Might

Republican leaders in Washington firmly oppose the president’s stimulus plan, but a sizable number of Trump voters support it, interviews and polls show.

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The New York Times 11:25 am on February 23, 2021
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Janet Yellen on Jobs, Debt, Taxes, Climate and Cryptocurrency

The Treasury Secretary dropped hints about her priorities — if you know how to interpret them.

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The New York Times 1:50 am on January 29, 2021
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The First Post-Reagan Presidency

So far, Joe Biden has been surprisingly progressive.

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The New York Times 3:36 pm on January 27, 2021
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Pandemic Rescue: It’s ‘And’ Not ‘Or’

Why you shouldn’t nitpick over the details.

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The New York Times 12:39 am on January 20, 2021
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Biden’s Stimulus Plan Will Bring Relief, but There’s One Flaw

The new administration’s aid needs to last as long as the emergency.

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The New York Times 12:00 am on January 15, 2021
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Four Rules That Should Guide Bidenomics

Basically, damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.

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The New York Times 4:50 am on January 13, 2021
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The Most Important Thing Biden Can Learn From the Trump Economy

A “hot” economy with high deficits didn’t cause runaway inflation.

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The New York Times 9:17 pm on January 12, 2021
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Atop the Powerful Budget Committee at Last, Bernie Sanders Wants to Go Big

To the chagrin of Republicans, the democratic socialist senator will play a central role in shepherding Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s agenda through Congress.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 2, 2021
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As Some Deficit Hawks Turn Dove, the New Politics of Debt Are on Display

Some Republicans who once scolded about fiscal austerity are now embracing government spending, underlining that the public supports more generous relief.

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The New York Times 10:11 pm on November 24, 2020
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Yellen Would Assume Vast Policy Portfolio as Treasury Secretary

From trade and sanctions to tax policy and financial regulation, the former Fed chair will be at the center of the new administration’s agenda.

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The New York Times 12:01 am on November 9, 2020
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Why the Election Worked Out Well for Libertarians and Deficit Hawks

Libertarians are pleased to have likely dodged the bullet of one-party government control.

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The New York Times 7:03 pm on October 31, 2020
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Biden and Surrogates Hit Trump on Taxes in Closing Argument

“Why should you pay more taxes than Donald Trump?” Joseph R. Biden Jr. asked as he took aim at the president’s taxes and tax policy.

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The New York Times 11:00 pm on October 15, 2020
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How the G.O.P. Can Still Wreck America

Even if Trump loses, his party can do immense damage.

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The New York Times 6:30 pm on September 5, 2020
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‘I Keep My Promises,’ Trump Said. Let’s Check.

Here’s a report card on whether the president met his 2016 campaign pledges.

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The New York Times 11:09 pm on September 2, 2020
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Federal Borrowing Amid Pandemic Puts U.S. Debt on Path to Exceed World War II

Federal debt, as a share of the economy, hit 98 percent in the 2020 fiscal year. Many economists are pushing lawmakers to add even more to it.

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The New York Times 5:27 am on August 28, 2020
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Trump Heads Into General Election He Casts as a Crusade for Law and Order

As President Trump accepted the nomination for a second term, he baselessly accused Democrats of giving “free rein” to violent anarchists and criminals, while allies and friends provided explicit rebuttals to his vulnerabilities — on racism, sexism and the coronavirus.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on August 21, 2020
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We Just Crossed the Line Debt Hawks Warned Us About for Decades

The country’s debt now exceeds the size of its gross domestic product. For decades, this was considered a doomsday scenario that would wreck the economy. So far, that hasn’t happened.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 23, 2020
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Your Climate Disaster Tax Bill Is Growing

The federal government’s spending on calamities related to global warming is a rapidly rising fiscal threat.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on May 18, 2020
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Government Spending? In This Economy?

Congress is debating how much to spend on economic relief. Every plan will require borrowing money the U.S. doesn’t have.

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The New York Times 4:36 pm on May 16, 2020
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How Washington Learned to Embrace the Budget Deficit

Many economists who once warned of mounting debt are now urging lawmakers to spend more to combat economic pain from coronavirus.

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The New York Times 11:00 pm on April 27, 2020
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What Will the Coronavirus Do to Our Deficit?

The only fiscal thing to fear is deficit fear itself.

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The New York Times 12:51 am on April 25, 2020
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Congress Shovels Trillions at Coronavirus Stimulus, With No Endgame in Sight

As lawmakers scramble to assemble the largest government relief effort in decades, they are locked in a cycle of reacting to events and hoping for better economic news.

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The New York Times 11:16 pm on April 24, 2020
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Congress Shovels Trillions at Virus, With No Endgame in Sight

As lawmakers scramble to assemble the largest government relief effort in decades, they are locked in a cycle of reacting to events and hoping for better economic news.

#coronavirus-aid-relief-and-economic-security-act-2020, #federal-budget-us, #house-of-representatives, #national-debt-us, #senate, #unemployment, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 3:50 pm on April 18, 2020
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No Fight Over Red Ink Now, but Virus Spending Will Force Tough Choices

The surge of deficit spending to “never-before-seen levels” is viewed as necessary, but dangerous for the future.

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