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The U.S. set the forces of globalization in motion, and now more than ever, it's clear we're suffering the consequences: high unemployment, stagnant or declining incomes, and rising costs for goods. Can the policies of the surging Tea Party provide solutions, or will they just make matters worse?

The basics of the American economy include rising incomes, high median wages, low unemployment, and declining poverty rates. To sustain this system, job growth is critical. Although we're still very early in the game, globalization is presenting several hurdles to this system, as a result of the...

I know it may sound like we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves, but . . . as we implement policies to stabilize the financial system and end the recession, one thing policy makers need to consider is the structure of the recovery ahead. And one important question is, how do we avoid creating the...

The Dow continued to fall the first day of March, as it did in February, as it did in January, as it has done for 18 months, basically, since peaking above 14,000 in the second half of 2007. What's more, February's plummet, like January's swoon, was another double-digit loss -- a drop of 11.7...