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Monday, July 23, 2012

Budget

News                                                                                                                             
WSJ | Greece Seeks More Cuts as Deadlines Loom
Greece's newly elected government is seeking billions of euros of additional budget cuts—and looks poised to announce the first steps toward streamlining the country's bloated public sector—ahead of the return of a troika of international inspectors to Athens this week.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
The Atlantic | A $150 Billion Burden: What to Do About Subprime Student Loans
Today, the Obama administration offered us some very bad news and some very good news about the America's student debt burden.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Coordination Problem | Not Just a Confusion Over Monetary Policy, The Fiscal Policy Debate as Well is Confused
We have to consider not only short-run disturbances, but long-run consequences for economic growth.