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<title><![CDATA[Christina Romer - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17548.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Christina Romer]]></description><category domain="17548">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Business of the Minimum Wage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/business/the-minimum-wage-employment-and-income-distribution.html?pagewanted=all</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I don&#194;&#146;t believe that&#194;&#146;s because economists care less about the plight of the poor &#194;&#151; many economists are perfectly nice people who care deeply about poverty and income inequality. Rather, economic analysis raises questions about whether a higher minimum wage will achieve better outcomes...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fed Policy Drives Best at Higher Speeds]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/business/fed-monetary-policy-drives-best-at-higher-speeds.html?ref=business</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[First, what has the Fed done recently? Until September, its bond-buying program was explicitly limited in size and duration. Fed policy makers then replaced it with an open-ended program, whose pace was to be determined by progress in healing the labor market. And they adopted simpler,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fiscal Stimulus, Flawed But Valuable]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[AS a former member of President Obama&rsquo;s economic team, I have a soft spot for the fiscal stimulus legislation he signed just a month after his inauguration.But I&rsquo;m also an empirical economist who&rsquo;s spent a career trying to estimate the effects of monetary and fiscal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Would Cut Deficit, With Compassion]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/business/cutting-the-deficit-compassionately-economic-view.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ASIDE from the empty chair that Clint Eastwood debated, the main prop at the Republican convention was a debt clock, highlighting the federal deficit and the growing national debt. The importance of dealing with the deficit will clearly be a major Republican theme this fall. So far,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Only the First Step in Containing Health Costs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/business/health-care-law-and-cost-containment-economic-view.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here's a frightening thought: Despite the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, serious work on more health care legislation is still needed.Don&rsquo;t get me wrong: the new law is a great step forward. It is expected to expand health insurance coverage to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time for the Fed to Lead the Fight]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/business/its-the-feds-time-to-step-up-economic-view.html?ref=business</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The argument for additional monetary action is straightforward. By law, the Fed is supposed to aim for maximum employment and stable prices. But the unemployment rate is 8.2 percent &mdash; a good two percentage points above what even the most pessimistic members say is its sustainable...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hey, Not So Fast on European Austerity]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/business/austerity-is-no-quick-answer-for-europe-economic-view.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[EUROPEAN policy makers just don&rsquo;t get it. To hear them talk, you&rsquo;d think that Europe was on the right path. Troubled countries just need more of the same, they say &mdash; more fiscal austerity, more labor market flexibility, more price stability &mdash; and the European...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wishful Thinking About Tax Rates]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/business/marginal-tax-rates-and-wishful-thinking-economic-view.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[AT least since Calvin Coolidge, politicians have trumpeted the supply-side benefits of cutting marginal income tax rates. Lower rates will unleash economic growth and the cuts will largely pay for themselves &mdash; or so it&rsquo;s often said. Yet careful studies find little evidence of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/business/do-manufacturers-need-special-treatment-economic-view.html?ref=business</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[EVERYONE seems to be talking about a crisis in manufacturing. Workers, business leaders and politicians lament the decline of this traditionally central part of the American economy. President Obama, in his State of the Union address, singled out manufacturing for special tax breaks and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ben: It's Time For Your Volcker Moment]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/business/economy/ben-bernanke-needs-a-volcker-moment.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[IN October 1979, inflation was running at more than 10 percent a year, and the Federal Reserve&rsquo;s gradual interest rate increases weren&rsquo;t solving the problem. So Paul Volcker, the Fed chairman, dramatically changed how monetary policy was conducted. Today, an equally...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tax Hikes Should Be Part of Budget Plan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/business/economy/03view.html?ref=todayspaper</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DEALING with our nation&rsquo;s gaping budget deficit is going to hurt. So here is a question for policy makers: What would hurt more, raising taxes or reducing spending?The Republicans who walked out of budget negotiations the other week think they know the answer. They insist that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Strong Dollar Isn't Always a Good Thing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/business/economy/22view.html?ref=business</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[AT a recent news conference, Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, was asked about the falling dollar. He parried the question, saying that the Treasury secretary was the government&rsquo;s spokesman on the exchange rate &mdash; and, of course, that the United States favors a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jobless Rate Is Not the New Normal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/business/10view.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[IT takes a while to match people with jobs, so even in normal times the unemployment rate is never zero. Before the recent recession, in the view of many economists, the lowest sustainable rate of unemployment in the United States &mdash; a level known as the normal or natural rate of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Obama Should Say About the Deficit]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/business/16view.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[BY the time President Obama gave his State of the Union address last year, the speech felt like an old friend. It had been part of my life &#194;&#151; from the brainstorming sessions in late November 2009 to the last minute fact-checking. I knew when all of my favorite lines were coming. That led...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Long Run Debt is Creating Uncertainty]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/business/05view.html?ref=business</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[UNCERTAINTY is frequently blamed for the sorry state of the economy &mdash; for why businesses are not investing strongly in new equipment or hiring more workers, and for why consumers are not spending freely. On Wall Street, it&rsquo;s even said that government meddling is the main...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Our Long-Run Deficits Are Simply Unsustainable]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/business/24view.html?ref=business</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[THE clamor to cut the budget deficit is deafening. Blue Dog Democrats, Tea Party Republicans and doomsday economists are calling for immediate action. And the demands for austerity coming from abroad are even louder.Make no mistake: persistent large budget deficits are a significant...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Prevent Huge Teacher Layoffs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/26/AR2010052604597.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The emergency spending bill before the House would address the education crisis facing communities across America -- and the jobs of hundreds of thousands of teachers are at stake. Because of continued high unemployment, state and local budgets are stressed to the breaking point. Many...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Making Job Creation a Priority]]></title>
							<link>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/29/EDGE1BAFN9.DTL</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[These proposals are an important steppingstone in our  efforts to fix the economy - but they are only a part of our strategy. There is no single piece of legislation that will solve our problems. Our nation faces double-digit unemployment. Far too many Americans still are struggling to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putting Americans Back to Work]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christina Romer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama took office at the height of the worst downturn since the Great Depression. Following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the fall of 2008, both weak and strong financial institutions faced panic-induced runs, and by last November, job losses rose to over half a million...]]></description>
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