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Is Capitalism Doomed?
by Nouriel Roubini of Project Syndicate, 8/15/11
The massive volatility and sharp equity-price correction now hitting global financial markets signal that most advanced economies are on the brink of a double-dip recession. A financial and economic crisis caused by too much private-sector debt and leverage led to a massive re-leveraging of the public sector in order to prevent Great Depression 2.0. But the subsequent recovery has been anemic and sub-par in most advanced economies given painful deleveraging.

A Contagion of Bad Ideas
by Joseph E. Stiglitz of Project Syndicate, 8/5/11
There has been much concern about financial contagion between Europe and America. After all, Americas financial mismanagement played an important role in triggering Europes problems, and financial turmoil in Europe would not be good for the US-especially given the fragility of the US banking system and the continuing role it plays in non-transparent CDSs. But the real problem stems from another form of contagion: bad ideas move easily across borders, and misguided economic notions on both sides of the Atlantic. The same will be true of the stagnation that those policies bring.

Washington and the Art of the Possible
by Raghuram Rajan of Project Syndicate, 8/4/11
The big necessary decisions on curbing entitlement growth and reforming the tax code will probably have to wait until after the next election, giving the divided electorate an opportunity to reflect on its own inconsistency and send a clearer message. In the meantime, US politicians might have done just about enough to convince debt markets that Americas credit is still good. For that, Americans and others around the world should stop pillorying them and give them their due credit.

The Second Great Contraction
by Kenneth Rogoff of Project Syndicate, 8/2/11
Why is everyone still referring to the recent financial crisis as the Great Recession? The term, after all, is predicated on a dangerous misdiagnosis of the problems that confront the United States and other countries, leading to bad forecasts and bad policy. The phrase Great Recession creates the impression that the economy is following the contours of a typical recession, only more severe. That is why, throughout this downturn, forecasters and analysts who have tried to make analogies to past post-war US recessions have gotten it so wrong.

Read Chinas Lips
by Stephen S. Roach of Project Syndicate, 7/27/11
China, the largest foreign buyer of US government paper, will soon say, enough. Yet another vacuous budget deal, in conjunction with weaker-than-expected growth for the US economy for years to come, spells a protracted period of outsize government deficits. It is no longer willing to risk financial and economic stability on the basis of Washingtons hollow promises and tarnished economic stewardship. The Chinese are finally saying no. Read their lips.

Debt and Delusion
by Robert J. Shiller of Project Syndicate, 7/21/11
The problem that much of the world faces today is that investors are overreacting to debt-to-GDP ratios and demanding fiscal-austerity programs too soon. They are asking governments to cut expenditure while their economies are still vulnerable. Households are running scared, so they cut expenditures as well, and businesses are being dissuaded from borrowing to finance capital expenditures. The lesson is simple: We should worry less about debt ratios and thresholds, and more about our inability to see these indicators for the artificial and often irrelevant constructs that they are.

The Eurozone?s Last Stand
by Nouriel Roubini of Project Syndicate, 7/18/11
The eurozone crisis is reaching its climax. Greece is insolvent. Portugal and Ireland have recently seen their bonds downgraded to junk status. Spain could still lose market access as political uncertainty adds to its fiscal and financial woes. Financial pressure on Italy is now mounting. By 2012, Greek public debt will be above 160% of GDP and rising. Alternatives to a debt restructuring are fast disappearing. A full-blown official bailout of Greece?s public sector would be the mother of all moral-hazard plays: extremely expensive and politically near-impossible.
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