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Why Japan is the most interesting story in global economics right now
Through the last six years of rumbling global financial crisis, Japan has been an afterthought. In 2008, the world’s second-largest (soon to be third-largest) economy was still dealing with the consequences of its own banking crisis from the 1990s, its … Continue reading
Why Japan is the most interesting story in global economics right now
Through the last six years of rumbling global financial crisis, Japan has been an afterthought. In 2008, the world’s second-largest (soon to be third-largest) economy was still dealing with the consequences of its own banking crisis from the 1990s, its … Continue reading
Mark Sanford is no exception: Most politicians survive scandals
Poli-Sci Perspective is a weekly Wonkblog feature in which Georgetown University’s Dan Hopkins and George Washington University’s Danny Hayes and John Sides offer an empirical perspective on the issues dominating Washington. In this edition, Hayes looks at research summing up … Continue reading
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Mark Sanford is no exception: Most politicians survive scandals
Poli-Sci Perspective is a weekly Wonkblog feature in which Georgetown University’s Dan Hopkins and George Washington University’s Danny Hayes and John Sides offer an empirical perspective on the issues dominating Washington. In this edition, Hayes looks at research summing up … Continue reading
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UPDATE 1-U.S. judge finds for banks, dismisses most claims in Libor lawsuits
NEW YORK, March 29 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed a “substantial portion” of claims facing a number of banks in a barrage of lawsuits accusing them of interest-rate rigging.
The most active immigration lobbyists? Minority groups and universities
The Sunlight Foundation has done an impressively detailed data analysis of the lobbying on immigration since the last big reform effort in 2007, combing through 6,712 quarterly reports from 678 registered lobbying groups. Researchers tracked the bills mentioned in the … Continue reading
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Here’s Obamacare’s most controversial regulation
The Affordable Care Act changes the health care system in myriad ways — everything from allowing insurers to charge tobacco smokers higher premiums to guaranteeing free coverage of breast pumps. One provision, however, has engendered more controversy than any other: … Continue reading
Most Americans approve of foreign drone strikes
Poli-Sci Perspective is a weekly Wonkblog feature in which Georgetown University’s Dan Hopkins and George Washington University’s Danny Hayes and John Sides offer an empirical perspective on the issues dominating Washington. In this edition, Sides looks at the state of … Continue reading