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  Five Years After the Crisis, Can We Prevent the Next One?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  The U.S. has made progress, but measures like money-market fund regulation are needed to avert future financial instability, a Fed governor says.

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  Why Not Just Fall Off the Fiscal Cliff?

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 20, 2012

  Contrarians and some politicos on both the left and the right have started to ask the forbidden question: Why not just fall off the fiscal cliff?

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  Simpson, Bowles: To Fix Fiscal House, ‘We Need Patriots, Not Panderers’

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 16, 2012

  Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles’ blunt, tough message on fixing the fiscal mess gets a warm reception among Schwab Impact attendees.

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  Deficit Reduction Deal: 3 Dueling Plans to Achieve It

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  November 14, 2012

  As the politicians prepare their negotiation stances ahead of Friday's White House budget talks, liberal and conservative economists are offering their ideas on how to solve America’s growing fiscal gap.

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  9 Crucial Eras in U.S. Income Tax History

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  October 25, 2012

  Listen to Obama and Romney debate tax policy today and you'll hear echoes of the past, all the way back to the Civil War.

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  Medicare, Taxes, Retirement Are Targets in Hearing

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 19, 2012

  Among the proposals was one to change the tax treatment of retirement plans.

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  Senate Finance’s Baucus: U.S. Headed Toward Fiscal Crisis Like Europe

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 11, 2012

  Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said Monday that any tax reform plan “must be developed with a sound budget in mind that reduces deficits and debt.”

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  Rivlin: Time Is Running Out to Repair Economy

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 3, 2012

  This presidential race is sure to draw sharp divisions on budgetary questions in 2012, but prominent policymakers are hoping a flickering of bipartisanship may keep alight the flame of cross-party cooperation long enough to stave off national financial ruin.

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  Fed Critics Hot Under Collar Over Dollar-Swaps to Europe

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 13, 2011

  The Fed’s decision two weeks ago to lower the cost of dollar funding to liquidity-starved European banks has aroused criticism on the both the left and right, but also strong words from a noted bank analyst.

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  Larry Summers: Three Ways to Combat Rising Inequality

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 21, 2011

  Lawrence Summers, past president at Harvard University, Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration and economic advisor to President Barack Obama, took to the pages of The Washington Post on Monday to decry the growing gap between rich and poor. He then offered three suggestions that he claimed would help distribute...