DANIEL GROSS CELEBRATESthe flexibility and the robustness of the American economy, arguing that it enjoys many hidden strengths, and will expand in the future, but his bookBetter, Stronger, Fasteris undermined by a crucial ambiguity. Gross sets up as his t arget the declinists who view the economy with despair, but he does not clearly explain who the declinists are or what they believe, and in the end he provides a boosterish, one-sided account of American economic advantages that relies on anecdotes and ...

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From the blog Daniel Gross: "We know we were sloppy. We know we were stupid. We know there was bad judgment." That was J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon speaking about the news that the bank's London investment office had lost $2 billion in a derivatives t rade. These admissions are a way to get ahead of the story, express some [...]

We can already see the next six months in American politics: Tit for tat. Blow for blow. You’re Richie Rich. You’re Jimmy Carter. This is what presidential elections have been about since 1800. The only difference is that we have YouTube instead of the Pon y Express, so the noise is louder and more constant.

In The Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove reports that the administration's auto industry bailout makes Bain Capital look like an amateur on job losses and outsourcing.

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Fmr. Gov. Ed Rendell, Harold Ford Jr., Jim VandeHei, Paul Krugman, Joe Klein, Lawrence O’Donnell, Dan Gross, Col. Jack Jacobs, John Smoltz, Edward Conard, Buzz Bissinger, Tim Green, Brian SullivanMorning Joe's Louis Burgdorf talks with football legend Dan Marino about being the "Men's Life Ambassador" for AARP and what he misses about playing in the NFL

From the blog Breakout: Where other people see a stagnant, fetid economy emitting more smell than productivity, Jim Paulsen of Wells Capital Management sees the beginnings of a wellspring of growth. Paulsen's unfashionable optimism makes him an easy mark f or the cynics but his impressive track record on Breakout has earned the right to be heard. In the attached [...]

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Beazer Homes has formed a REIT with KKR that will buy and then rent single-family homes, one of the largest and most talked-about asset classes in the real-estate business.