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Anyone Who Thinks That The Last 80 Years, Ever Since Fdr Took Us Off Gold, Have Been A Doomed Venture, That Strikes Me As Kind Of Cranky.

The Real Danger With Debt Is What Happens If Lots Of People Decide, Or Are Forced, To Pay It Off At The Same Time.

Generous Unemployment Benefits Can Increase Both Structural And Frictional Unemployment. So Government Policies Intended To Help Workers Can Have The Undesirable Side Effect Of Raising The Natural Rate Of Unemployment.

In Fact, I'd Say That The Sources Of The Economy's Expansion From 2003 To 2007 Were, In Order, The Housing Bubble, The War, And - Very Much In Third Place - Tax Cuts.

Close The Weak Banks And Impose Serious Capital Requirements On The Strong Ones...you See, It May Sound Hard-hearted, But You Cannot Keep Unsound Financial Institutions Operating Simply Because They Provide Jobs.