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The Powerhouse French Finance Minister Takes on the World Economy
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In this lunchtime interview with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman goes right to the big issues-the world economy, the fate of the euro, and the plight of women.
The Woman Who Saved France
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Eric Pape has reported on Europe and the Mediterranean region for Newsweek Magazine since 2003. He is co-author of the graphic novel Shake Girl, which was inspired by one of his articles. He has written for the Los Angeles Times magazine, Spin, Reader's Digest, Vibe, Courrier International, Salon, and Los Angeles from five continents. He is based in Paris. Follow him at twitter.com/ericpape
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's strict banking regulations sustained her country while Europe melted down. She talks to Eric Pape about her tough-love strategies.
Women in the New Economy
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A Women in the World conversation about the new way world leaders are thinking about economic empowerment and human well-being. Watch the live-stream online Saturday March 13 at 12:10 p.m. at thedailybeast.com.
The Greek Threat
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Jeffrey E. Garten is the Juan Trippe professor of international trade and finance at the Yale School of Management, and served in economic and foreign policy positions in the Nixon, Ford, Carter and Clinton administrations.
The strikes in Athens are the least of it. Jeffrey E. Garten on the ripple effects of Greece's financial woes on world markets-and why nothing less than European unity is at stake.
Happy Birthday, Stimulus
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Jeffrey E. Garten is the Juan Trippe professor of international trade and finance at the Yale School of Management, and served in economic and foreign policy positions in the Nixon, Ford, Carter and Clinton administrations.
A year ago this week, Obama signed the biggest single spending bill in U.S. history. What followed has dismayed his fans and stretched our political fabric to the breaking point.
Palin's Favorite Republican
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Benjamin Sarlin is Washington correspondent for The Daily Beast. He previously covered New York City politics for The New York Sun and has worked for talkingpointsmemo.com.
Rep. Paul Ryan wants to balance the budget by slashing Social Security and Medicare. He talks to Benjamin Sarlin about the plan that's won Palin over and split the GOP.
Fiscal Death Spiral
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Edward Alden is the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. His expertise includes US immigration and visa policies, US trade policy, and the impact of homeland-security policies on US economic competitiveness. He is the author of The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration and Security Since 9/11, and is currently directing CFR’s independent task force on US immigration policy.
Obama's budget won't get America out of its fiscal hole. We need targeted spending cuts and tax increases-and both parties to go against their bases. Just like Canada.
The Budget's a Sham
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Jeffrey E. Garten is the Juan Trippe professor of international trade and finance at the Yale School of Management, and served in economic and foreign policy positions in the Nixon, Ford, Carter and Clinton administrations.
Obama's economic blueprint is based on rosy assumptions and political impossibilities. Yale Professor Jeffrey E. Garten on why it may take a scare from China to force America to get its financial house in order.
10 Power Food Combos
How Barack Beat Bibi
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, will be published by HarperCollins in June. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
Are Hospitals the New Killing Fields?
Kent Sepkowitz is an infectious disease specialist in New York City. He has contributed to The New York Times, Slate, and, oh-so-briefly, O Magazine. He also writes academic medical articles that are at times pretty tough sledding.
March 20: The Week in Viral Videos
The Daily Beast Video curates the most essential and entertaining video, and brings you original and exclusive productions from our talented contributors.
What If Dad Had Lived?
Adam Clymer is a former Chief Washington Correspondent of the New York Times and author of Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography.
