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Michael Mandel

Michael Mandel is chief economic strategist at the Progressive Policy Institute.

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Zuckmentum!: Why the Silicon Valley App Boom Could Sink Romney

Zuckmentum!: Why the Silicon Valley App Boom Could Sink Romney

The surprising link between Mitt Romney and the upcoming Facebook initial public offering… More »

What the App Economy Can Teach the Whole Economy

What the App Economy Can Teach the Whole Economy

The lessons from an infant industry, including the power of cooperation and importance of regulating with a light touch… More »

The Truth About New Hampshire: It's the Government Spending, Stupid

The Truth About New Hampshire: It's the Government Spending, Stupid

Nearly all of income growth in New Hampshire from 2000 to 2010 came from government spending… More »

Newt Gingrich's Tax Plan Is a Giveaway to America's Global Elite

Newt Gingrich's Tax Plan Is a Giveaway to America's Global Elite

Eliminating investment taxes, as the GOP presidential hopeful would like, is a needless gift to investors and executives profiting off the gains from outsourcing and a frothy global economy… More »

There Are Only 2 Ways to Save the Economy: Innovation or Inflation

There Are Only 2 Ways to Save the Economy: Innovation or Inflation

It all comes down to this: We have to match growth to debt. If we can't create miracles from growth, we have to consider inflation to reduce the value of our debt… More »

The Most Important Sentence in Obama's Speech

The Most Important Sentence in Obama's Speech

It wasn't a proposal. It was an admission.… More »

The Consumption Economy Is Dying—Let it Die

The Consumption Economy Is Dying—Let it Die

The big problem with consumer spending is that if you buy a product made outside the U.S., it doesn't encourage domestic investment. And that's what we really need.… More »

America's Coming Infrastructure Crash

America's Coming Infrastructure Crash

The U.S. seems likely heading for an infrastructure crash that will terribly damage both our prospects and those of our children.… More »

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