Columns, Reviews, Op-Eds and other essays:

2015

• US must rally to Greece– The Washington Monthly –(Feb. 19^th 2015)
• The great Greek hope– The Daily Beast –(Feb. 4^th 2015)

2013

• Is This the End for the Deficit Drones?– The Daily Beast –(Jan. 23^rd 2013)

2012

• The coming debt battle– The Daily Beast –(Nov. 8 ^th 2012)
• Quantitative easing isn't magic– The Daily Beast –(Sep. 20^th 2012)
• We Told You So– Naked Capitalism –(May 23^rd 2012)

2011

• The crisis in the eurozone– Salon –(Nov. 10^th 2011)
• Fixing the economy: We got it wrong– The LA Times –(Aug. 15^th 2011)
• Myths and realities about our long-term deficit– CBS –(Aug. 9 ^th 2011)
• The Jobs Question– The New America Foundation –(July 19^th 2011)
• Hawk Nation: A Guide to the Catastrophic Debt Ceiling Debate– New Deal 2.0, HuffPo and Salon –(July 11^th 2011)
• Unless it's reformed, Europe's project is doomed–Deutsche Welle–(July 8 ^th 2011)
• Deficit Hawks Down: The Misconstrued "Facts" Behind Their Hype– Huffington Post, Salon and New Deal 2.0 –(Feb. 14 ^th 2011)
• When Should We Retire? Two Views – The American Prospect –(Feb. 8 ^th 2011)
• The Pillars of Economic Transformation – The American Prospect –(Feb. 1 ^st 2011)

2010

• Casting Light on "The Moment of Truth" – The American Prospect –(Dec. 3 ^rd 2010)
• The Income Gap Will Grow –The New York Times – (Nov. 30 ^th 2010)
• Help Businesses, Not the Wealthy –The New York Times –(Sep. 8 ^th 2010)
• Thoughts on a Plan B – The American Prospect –(Sep. 6 ^th 2010)
• Champions The Beast Manifesto – The Daily Beast –(Aug. 2 ^nd 2010)
• Why Progressives Shouldn't Fall For the Deficit Reduction Trap – Alternet –(Jan. 25 ^th 2010)
• Who Are These Economists, Anyway – Thought & Action –(Fall 2010)

2009

• The Geithner Plan Won't Work– The Daily Beast –(March 24^th 2009)
• No Return to Normal– The Washington Monthly –(March 9^th 2009)

2008

• Stimulus is for Suckers– Mother Jones –(December 8^th 2008)
• Plan– Harper's –(November 2008)
• A Bailout We don't Need– The Washington Post –(September 25^th 2008)
• Trust But Verify– The Nation –(September 23^rd 2008)
• How I Would Improve the Conventions– The New Republic –(August 18^th 2008)
• How to Burn the Speculators– Mother Jones –(September-October 2008)
• The GOP's December Surprise– Mother Jones –(July-August 2008)
• What Kind Of Economist Is Phil Gramm?– ThinkProgress Wonk Room –(July 11^th, 2008)
• Digging a Hole– The Texas Observer –(May 16^th, 2008)
• A criminal idea– The Guardian –(Jan 25^th, 2008)

2007

• JFK's Plans to Withdraw– The New York Review of Books – Volume 54, Number 19 (December 6^th, 2007)
  In response to The Adventures of Arthur (November 8^th, 2007)
• Why Populists Need to Re-think Trade – The American Prospect – (May 10^th, 2007)
• “What Kind of Economy?” – The Nation –(March 5^th 2007)
• “Bush's Beltway Bubble,” – Mother Jones – (March-April 2007)
• “Funnier Than Me,” – The Texas Observer – (February 8^th, 2007)

2006

• “Taming Predatory Capitalism,” – The Nation –(April 17^th 2006)
• “Mission: Control,” – Mother Jones – (November-December 2006)
• “The Kids are All Right,”– Mother Jones –(July-August 2006)
• “The Immigration Marches,” – The Texas Observer –(May 2006)
• “The Predator State,” – Mother Jones – (May-June, 2006)
• “Withdrawal Symptoms,” – Mother Jones –(March-April 2006)
• “Inflated Ego,” – Mother Jones –(January-February 2006)

2005

• "Smith vs. Darwin," – Mother Jones –(December 2005 Special Issue)
• “Europe's New Inequalities,” – Mother Jones – (November-December 2005)
• “Dragon Tales,”– Mother Jones –(September-October 2005)
• “Katrina and the Public Sector,” – The Texas Observer –(September 2005)
• The Flood-Gates Have Opened – The American Prospect – (September 12^nd, 2005)
• “Fair, Not Balanced,” – Mother Jones – (July-August 2005)
• “The Parent Trap,”– Mother Jones – (May-June, 2005)
• "Reasonable Doubt," – The American Prospect – (June 27^th, 2005)
• “Boasting on Demand,” The American Prospect, p. 31(June, 2005)
• The Deficit Trap – Salon – (March 22^nd, 2005)

2004

• Apocalypse Not Yet - TomPaine.com (December 6, 2004)
• US in precarious spot over weak dollar - San Jose Mercury News (December 12, 2004), also here and:
• US privilege becomes even more exorbitant - The Guardian (December 6, 2004), originally at:
• The dollar's decline is not yet cause for alarm - Newsday (December 3rd, 2004)
• Democracy inaction - salon.com - (November 30th, 2004)
• Abolish Election Day -- TheNation.com - (November 29, 2004)
• Waiting to vote - salon.com - (November 3, 2004)
• What economic recovery? - salon.com - (October 8^th, 2004)
• Dissecting Cheney - salon.com - (October 5^th, 2004)
• Debate topics: More than foreign policy– NPR Marketplace – (September 30^th, 2004)
• A little more reasoning called for on the subject of US interest rates - Financial Times - (September 14^th, 2004)
• Boom times for War Inc. - salon.com - (September 30^th, 2004)
• The voters Democrats can't reach - salon.com - (September 13^th, 2004)
• To be engaged, scholars must share their ideas - Austin American Statesman - (September 13, 2004)
• The issue isn't Vietnam - salon.com – (September 8^th, 2004)
• The Plutocrats Go Wild– Washingtonmonthly.com – (September , 2004)
• Social Security scare campaign – salon.com (August 31^st, 2004)
• November surprise – salon.com – (August 20^th, 2004)
• Our sinking ship – salon.com (August 10^th, 2004)
• Dazzle them with demographics - Book Review – The Coming Generational Storm” from Kotlikoff and Burns – The Texas Observer - (August 13^th, 2004)
• Fed Ache - washingtonmonthly.com – (July/August 2004)
• Coming to our senses? – salon.com (May 22^nd, 2004)
• Fidel the fall guy – salon.com - (May 4^th, 2004)
• Armed and dangerous – salon.com – (July 22^nd, 2004)
• Commentary in A People’s Democratic Platform – thenation.com – (July 15^th, 2004)
• Length matters – salon.com – (July 7^th, 2004)
• Squeezing workers – salon.com – (June 28^th, 2004)
• The rich got richer – salon.com – (June 8^th, 2004)
• A Few Words on Iraq – The Texas Observer – (June 4^th, 2004)
• The man who stayed too long – salon.com – (May 20^th, 2004)
• Drowning, First – Class Style – tompaine.com – (May 7^th, 2004)
• Bankers Versus Base – The American Prospect – (May 5^th, 2004)
• Guest-worker Plan – NPR Marketplace – (May 3^rd, 2004)
• Debunking the Economist – again – salon.com – (March 22^nd, 2004)
• War in Iraq Aims a Bullet at the Heart of the Economy – (April 26^th, 2004)
• How will you pay for the war - salon.com (April 22^nd, 2004)
• The Bush jobs chasm – salon.com – (April 6^th, 2004)
• Commentary – U.S. annual report on Social Security, Medicare/How to save these troubled services – NPR Marketplace – (March 23^rd, 2004)
• Behind the jobs debacle – salon.com – (March 15^th, 2004)
• Bush’s Hail Mary – salon.com – (February 9^th, 2004)
• The no jobs president – salon.com – (January 19^th, 2004)
• Book review – Works on Progress, on: Downsizing in America, on: Reality, Causes, and Consequences, The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans and Their Families – The American Prospect – (January 1^st, 2004)
• The American Economic Problem – INTERVENTION journal of economics – (2004)
• Congress Should Spend More, Give $ to States – townhall.com – (2004)

2003

• Doubting Out Load – The Texas Observer – (November 24^th, 2003)
• Book review - Cashing Out, on: In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington – washingtonpost.com – (November 23^rd, 2003)
• Kennedy, Vietnam and Iraq – salon.com – (November, 22^nd, 2003)
• The Iraqi Quagmire – The Texas Observer – (August 29^th, 2003)
• Don’t turn the world over to the bankers – Le Monde Diplomatique – (May, 2003) – French Version
• Commentary – Forgiving National Debts – NPR Marketplace – (April 22^nd, 2003)
• Healthy Skepticism – The American Prospect – (April 16^th, 2003)
• The Only Moral and Practical Option – The Texas Observer – (April 11^th, 2003)
• Los verdaderos costes de la guerra - El Pais - (April 3^nd, 2003)
• Still Wrong – The American Prospect – (April 1^st, 2003)
• What Economic Price this War? – Boston Globe – (March 24^th, 2003)
• The Paramilitary Mind – The Texas Observer – (March 14^th, 2003)
• Commentary – Cost of War – NPR Marketplace – (March 5^th, 2003)
• The Big Fix: The Case for Public Spending – The Levy Economics Institute – (January, 2003)
• Exit Strategy – Boston Review – (September, 2003)
• What is the American Model Really About? – The Levy Economics Institute – (2003)

2002

• Lötterdämmerung – The American Prospect – (December 17^th, 2002)
• The Realities of Resistance – The TexasObserver – (November 22^nd, 2002)
• The Unbearable Cost of Empire – The American Prospect – (November 18^th, 2002)
• The Cheney Doctrine – The Texas Observer – (October  11^th, 2002)
• Interview – NPR Marketplace – (August 29^th, 2002)
• Book(s) review – Shock without Therapy, on: The Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy, The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia, Russia’s Post-Communist Economy, The New Russia: Transition Gone Awry – The American Prospect – (August 26^th, 2002)
• Defending Democrats…and Democracy – The Texas Observer – (May 10^th, 2002)
• Henry S. Reuss: A Personal Note - (February 22^nd, 2002)
• Enron and the Next Revolution – The Texas Observer – (February 1^st, 2002)
• The Brazilian Swindle and The Larger International Monetary Problem – The Levy Economics Institute – (February, 2002)
• The Economy and the Need for Action - The National Press Club - (January 7^th, 2002)
• Book review - A Perilous Progress: Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth Century America - (January, 2002)
• Hangover in America? - (2002)
• Can we please move on? A note on the Guerrien debate - (2002)
• with Philip Angelides Help for States and Cities Will Help the Economy Too - (2002)
• Statement in support of Midwife services in Austin - (2002)
• with Bill Black Tracking Down the Corporate Crooks - (2002)

2001

• Incurable Optimists – The Texas Observer – (December 10^th, 2001)
• The Future Oil War – The Texas Observer – (November, 23^rd, 2001)
• A War Economy...But Without the Usual Wartime Stimulus? – The American Prospect – (October 22^nd, 2001)
• Questions of War and Oil – The Texas Observer – (September 28^th, 2001)
• Save The Economy First - (September 10^th, 2001)
• The War Economy – The Levy Economics Institute – (August, 2001)
• Globalization Fails to Make the Money Go Around - Sydney Morning Heral - (July 26^th, 2001)
• Dangerous Dead-End – The Texas Observer – (June 8^th, 2001)
• Lies, Dumb Lies, and Sample Statistics – The Texas Observer – (March 16^th, 2001)
• Put Your Chips on 35: Future History, or the Humphrey-Hawkins Process and the Deeper Thought of Alan Greenspan – The Levy Economics Institute – (April, 2001)
• Book Review: Watching Greenspan Grow, on: Greenspan: The Man Behind Money, Maestro:Greenspan’s Fed and American Boom – The American Prospect – (January 29^th, 2001)
• Corporate Democracy, Civic Disrespect – The Texas Observer – (January 19^th, 2001)
• A Better War - (2001)
• Book Review: A Review of American Foundations: An Investigative History by Mark Dowie - (2001)
• The End of Ungoverned Globalism - (2001)
• Greenspan Agonistes - (2001)
• I Love Vermont - (2001)
• Missle Defense: A Deadly Danger - (2001)
• To the Editor of the Austin American Statesman - (2001)
• A Contribution on the State of Economics in France and the World - (2001)
• Thoughts on the War Economy - (2001)
• The Price of the War System - A Lecture at the New School - (2001)
• Response From an Economist Who Also Favors Liberty - (2001)

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