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Following the Fallout from Fukushima

Following the Fallout from Fukushima

April 24, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

What the hell was anybody doing building six nuclear power plants in an earthquake-prone zone?” Senator John Kerry asked during a speech the other day at the Commonwealth Club of California. “I don’t get it. It’s hubris, if not stupidity.”…

The Next China: A Powerful Consumer Society

The Next China: A Powerful Consumer Society

April 22, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

It looks like China finally is about to take a great leap forward. Beijing at last recognizes that an overheating economy is threatening to spin out of control and that it has a serious inflation fight on its hands. And…

Developing Countries Plan to Challenge U.S. Dollar

Developing Countries Plan to Challenge U.S. Dollar

April 20, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

New eras do not announce themselves with billboards or welcoming brochures. They arrive by way of many disparate events. Last week we witnessed one: the gathering in southern China of leaders from the world’s most dynamic emerging economies –the nations we now…

Vermont Leads on Health Care Reform

Vermont Leads on Health Care Reform

April 15, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Having spent part of my childhood in New Hampshire, I always thought there was something a little different about those Vermonters across the river. Now I’m sure of it: The state legislature in Montpelier is considering a  single-payer health care…

Why London Is Burning (Hint: It’s Not Just Thugs)

Why London Is Burning (Hint: It’s Not Just Thugs)

April 10, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

London is starting to look at lot like Athens did a few weeks ago—and so are Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and other British cities with large populations of underprivileged urbanites, white and minority alike. And it is no coincidence. These are…

U.S. Budget Crisis: Lessons from the Brits

U.S. Budget Crisis: Lessons from the Brits

April 9, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

The government shutdown may have been averted, but the fiscal dispute confronting Washington is about to get even louder.  Congress once again has to agree to raise the debt limit or default on our obligations which could have “catastrophic” consequences for…

Japan’s Economy Will Recover Quickly and Grow Fast

Japan’s Economy Will Recover Quickly and Grow Fast

April 5, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

While we continue to grieve for the victims of the Japanese earthquake and its aftermath, it is perhaps time to cast a colder eye on the consequences of the country’s worst disaster since the atomic attacks of 1945. What is…

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