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«But the federal government's lethal ineptitude [no caso do furacão Katrina] wasn't just a consequence of Mr. Bush's personal inadequacy; it was a consequence of ideological hostility to the very idea of using government to serve the public good. For 25 years the right has been denigrating the public sector, telling us that government is always the problem, not the solution. Why should we be surprised that when we needed a government solution, it wasn't forthcoming? (...) That contempt, as I've said, reflects a general hostility to the role of government as a force for good. And Americans living along the Gulf Coast have now reaped the consequences of that hostility.» (Paul Krugman, New York Times)
- Sensible Keynesians See No Easy Way Out
By Raghuram Rajan, Financial Times In the long run we are not dead, we will still be recovering from the Great Recession. We should therefore weigh stimulus policies not just on their immediate effect but on their consequences over time. Sensible...
- Why We Can't Escape The Eurocrisis
By GERALD P. O'DRISCOLL JR., WSJ When is a bailout not a bailout? When the bailor is short of funds. The recently announced debt plan in the European Union comes up short in almost all respects. The debt crisis is not just an EU problem, but a trans-Atlantic...
- The Economy Needs A Regulation Time-out
By SUSAN COLLINS, WSJ Last year, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to a company that sells packaged walnuts. Believe it or not, the federal government claimed the walnuts were being marketed as a drug. So Washington ordered the company...
- Brazil’s Business Environment: Baby Steps
The Economist AROUND 11am on September 13th, a “1” followed by 12 zeros lit up on a sign in downtown São Paulo. Brazil’s impostômetro (taxometer) hit one trillion reais ($582 billion) 35 days earlier this year than in 2010. Brazil’s tax take...
- Escute Mais Seu Pai, Sr. Buffett
From a speech by Howard Buffett, a congressman from Nebraska (and father of Warren Buffett), reprinted in the Freeman, December 1956: The last 40 years have seen a gigantic expansion of political power over economic affairs by the federal government....
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Hostilidade ideológica
«But the federal government's lethal ineptitude [no caso do furacão Katrina] wasn't just a consequence of Mr. Bush's personal inadequacy; it was a consequence of ideological hostility to the very idea of using government to serve the public good. For 25 years the right has been denigrating the public sector, telling us that government is always the problem, not the solution. Why should we be surprised that when we needed a government solution, it wasn't forthcoming? (...) That contempt, as I've said, reflects a general hostility to the role of government as a force for good. And Americans living along the Gulf Coast have now reaped the consequences of that hostility.» (Paul Krugman, New York Times)
- Sensible Keynesians See No Easy Way Out
By Raghuram Rajan, Financial Times In the long run we are not dead, we will still be recovering from the Great Recession. We should therefore weigh stimulus policies not just on their immediate effect but on their consequences over time. Sensible...
- Why We Can't Escape The Eurocrisis
By GERALD P. O'DRISCOLL JR., WSJ When is a bailout not a bailout? When the bailor is short of funds. The recently announced debt plan in the European Union comes up short in almost all respects. The debt crisis is not just an EU problem, but a trans-Atlantic...
- The Economy Needs A Regulation Time-out
By SUSAN COLLINS, WSJ Last year, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to a company that sells packaged walnuts. Believe it or not, the federal government claimed the walnuts were being marketed as a drug. So Washington ordered the company...
- Brazil’s Business Environment: Baby Steps
The Economist AROUND 11am on September 13th, a “1” followed by 12 zeros lit up on a sign in downtown São Paulo. Brazil’s impostômetro (taxometer) hit one trillion reais ($582 billion) 35 days earlier this year than in 2010. Brazil’s tax take...
- Escute Mais Seu Pai, Sr. Buffett
From a speech by Howard Buffett, a congressman from Nebraska (and father of Warren Buffett), reprinted in the Freeman, December 1956: The last 40 years have seen a gigantic expansion of political power over economic affairs by the federal government....