Jeff Madrick is a contributor to the New York Review of Books and a former economics columnist for the New York Times. He is editor of Challenge Magazine, visiting professor of humanities at Cooper Union, and senior fellow at the New School's Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. He is the author of Taking America, The End of Affluence (Random House) and The Case for Big Government.
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What Obama Missed
The president’s tone was strong—but he left some important things out, Jeff Madrick argues. MORE
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Geithner's Stock Plummeting
Tim Geithner hotly defended his job Thursday in front of angry Republican congressmen who asked him... MORE
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The Looming Banking Battle
Chris Dodd's proposal to reregulate Wall Street puts Obama’s efforts to shame—but it doesn't go far... MORE
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Why Washington Won't Prevent Another Meltdown
The U.S. can’t rely on the proposed House bill to protect the economy from another crash.... MORE
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The Do-Nothing G-20
They fled Pittsburgh with vague promises to rein in their financial systems.... MORE
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Bernanke Vs. Summers?
Nominating Ben Bernanke to a second term as Fed chairman may have been politically expedient for... MORE
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Bernanke’s Dangerous Game
This week, the Fed chairman unnecessarily raised fears with public statements about future... MORE
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Was the New Deal a Bust?
Today's all-day conference taking a "second look" shows the power of the right in even getting such... MORE
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Night of the Living Dead Banks
Ignore the Republican talk about Obama killing the economy.... MORE
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How the Entire Economics Profession Failed
At the annual meeting of American Economists, most everyone refused to admit their failures to... MORE
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Bob Rubin's House of Cards
How Rubinomics did us harm—and could yet do so again MORE
