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<title><![CDATA[Josh Bivens - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/20987.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Josh Bivens]]></description><category domain="20987">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Problem With Trump's Affordability Victory Lap]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-economic-policies-affordability</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Bivens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's agenda harms typical families'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' incomes far more than it reduces their prices, writes economist Josh Bivens.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Are Right to Focus on Income Inequality]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/01/20/inequality-focus-not-bad-economics-political-candidates-editorials-debates/4525803002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Bivens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are two arguments for why political candidates should not center inequality in the economic narrative they present to voters: an inequality focus is bad economics, or it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not a short-term electoral winner. Both lack merit.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Worry About Trump Tariffs--They Might Do Some Good]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/opinion/trump-tariffs-trade-recession.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Bivens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They're not the end of the world, and may even do some good.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's OK to Add to Debt to Grow Jobs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/12/opinion/bivens-debt-economy/index.html?hpt=op_t1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Bivens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Casual observers of budget politics (that is, most voters) may know that the experts in such things are very concerned about rising public debt. They have also probably heard much talk about the "fiscal cliff" the nation is headed for in 2013.What they might not know is the real danger...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Avoid Deficit Phobia]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2010-07-01-editorial01_ST1_N.htm</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Josh Bivens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the recession hit in December 2007, revenues cratered and safety-net spending rose, increasing the deficit. To avoid a downward spiral into depression, Congress passed explicitly temporary policy initiatives such as the Recovery Act.And they worked; the non-partisan Congressional...]]></description>
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