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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: CSA Images / Getty. Why Trade Deficits Matter
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Here’s how this came to be.
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Conservative commentators have been arguing that the uneven distribution of wealth and income in America isn’t a problem. They’re wrong.
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Progressives aren't telling the right story to distinguish between the policies that got us into the Great Recession and the policies that are helping us get out.
The Tyranny of Zombie Economics in America
How a stubborn misreading of dead, classical economists -- combined with a hyper-partisan Republican Party -- haunts the U.S. economy
