Originally appeared in Business Insider. I’m flattered that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman – Nobel prize winning economist and darling of crunchies everywhere – has seen fit to attack me not once, but twice, over a recent Times Op-Ed column of mine about the Eurozone mess. The nub of my sin, says Krugman, is […]
Originally appeared in The New York Times. TOO often the debate over how to restart Europe’s economy veers into the conveniently crisp alternatives of stimulus versus austerity. Should the pressure to reduce government deficits be relaxed? Should central bank actions to lower interest rates have come sooner and been more aggressive? That simplistic debate has […]
Originally appeared in the Daily Beast. The Democratic attacks on Obama’s Treasury undersecretary nominee are ill-informed and can only lead to pointless fratricide. My friend and former partner Antonio Weiss has poked his head above the parapet and volunteered for government service, only to be met with a volley of friendly fire from fellow Democrats. […]
“[a] surprisingly modest account…Rattner has a journalistic talent for the telling detail, resulting in a memorable tale of life in the middle of the economic meltdown...Rattner deftly draws portraits of the inhabitants of "the Oval" and the West Wing...Rattner has proved himself a gifted chronicler.”
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