President Obama has repeatedly urged Congress to let the Bush tax cuts expire for those earning more than … - Christina Romer

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I see a bright future for the biotechnology industry when it follows the path of the computer industry, the path that von Neumann failed to foresee, becoming small and domesticated rather than big and centralized.

Christina Romer

President Obama has repeatedly urged Congress to let the Bush tax cuts expire for those earning more than $250,000 a year. Increasing rates on top earners is an obvious way to raise revenue from those who can afford it most.

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Fewer people working means permanently lower tax revenues.

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I think something that forces financial institutions to write down underwater mortgages, I think, would be a sensible thing to do.

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Making labor less expensive helps firms hire people.

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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem.

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There's a joke in economics about the drunk who loses his keys in the street but only looks for them under the lightposts. When asked why, he says, 'because that's where the light is. ' That's the problem with the deficit.

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