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Matthew O'Brien is an associate editor at The Atlantic covering business and economics. He has previously written for The New Republic.
The Old Continent has that 1930s feeling More »
Keep those souvenirs, kids (Reuters)The euro is barbarous, but it's not (yet) a relic. Whether it can stop from becoming the latter depends on whether it can stop being the former.Okay, that's a bit unfair. For all its flaws, the euro is less doomed than it used to be. Foreign borrowing and borrowing costs have both fallen considerably the past year in its troubled countries. Those countries had, with the exception of Italy, depended on big capital inflows during… More »
Hedge funders think they're smart enough to fight the Fed. They aren't. More »
In the long run, critics misinterpret what he meant by the 'long run' More »
Do not underestimate the power of bad ideas More »
Austerity is forcing the Fed to think about doing more. More »
This is what a permanent underclass looks like. More »
The Excel error heard 'round the world has deficit-cutters backpedaling More »
The austerians' foundational text lost a battle with Excel -- and reality More »
It's an awful catch-22: employers won't hire you if you've been out of work for more than six months More »
And bring back the payroll tax cut. More »
14 years later, Japan is finally taking Ben Bernanke's advice More »
Barbarous relics are relics for a reason More »
