This Michael Roberts’ summary and analysis of the fiscal cliff agreement stage 1 agreement reached in the USA on New Years Day. Of interest and importance he highlights not just what is wrong with the Republican Austerian position and, also, the inadequacies of the “neolaboralist” position put forward by Democrats and supported, at least in part, by some progressive economists, eg Paul Krugman.
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