Read more Steven Pearlstein stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/35265/steven-pearlstein.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:42:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67230/face-it-the-public-options-a-no-go.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe public health care option is simply a “political litmus test” pushed by left-wingers to represent their side of an “ideological war”—and it’s time to give it up, writes Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post . “There is nothing about having one government-owned health insurance company that is likely to...http://www.newser.com/story/67230/face-it-the-public-options-a-no-go.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 8:31:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66869/change-the-fed-keep-bernanke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Federal Reserve is ripe for some major changes everywhere but at the top, Steven Pearlstein writes for the Washington Post . It's finally clear that the job "involves a lot more than adjusting interest rates," and we've seen the drain that happened when we "left the previous chairman in the...http://www.newser.com/story/66869/change-the-fed-keep-bernanke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 6:52:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64974/inaction-costlier-than-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you want to see a health care plan that will hike your taxes, increase your medical expenses, and swell the deficit, Steven Pearlstein can name one: "Doing nothing as we continue to search in vain for the perfect plan." For the Washington Post columnist, a somewhat flawed health bill...http://www.newser.com/story/64974/inaction-costlier-than-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 7:24:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62309/obamas-bank-plan-punts-on-tough-parts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama knows what caused the financial crisis, but his regulatory plan “basically punts on the question of how to keep it from happening all over again,” writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times . Obama’s plan takes the crucial step of regulating the “shadow banking” system, giving the Fed...http://www.newser.com/story/62309/obamas-bank-plan-punts-on-tough-parts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 7:48:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54200/dont-listen-to-krugman-this-plan-might-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven before the full details were released, critics were bashing the Treasury's public-private asset purchase plan; Paul Krugman predicted it would fail and lead the country into depression (not to speak of the writer into despair). Steven Pearlstein begs to differ, and the markets seem to agree. For the Washington...http://www.newser.com/story/54200/dont-listen-to-krugman-this-plan-might-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Mar 2009 7:51:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52332/calm-down-government-debt-wont-kill-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublicans have become born-again deficit hawks, decrying the debt President Obama is handing America’s grandkids. “What’s missing,” writes Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post , “is any sense of perspective.” The added $2 trillion pales before the $66 trillion spent annually on Social Security and Medicare, and could be paid back...http://www.newser.com/story/52332/calm-down-government-debt-wont-kill-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Mar 2009 12:11:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51107/autoworkers-bankers-have-a-lot-in-common.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThey may not seem all that similar, but Detroit’s autoworkers and Wall Street’s bankers have the same story, writes Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post. From the 1950s up until, say, yesterday, "autoworkers were the aristocrats of the blue-collar world, (and) Wall Street traders and investment bankers were the aristocrats...http://www.newser.com/story/51107/autoworkers-bankers-have-a-lot-in-common.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 9:11:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48754/no-silver-bullet-for-crises-like-these-pearlstein.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith various factions blaming a single factor—and pushing a single solution—for the financial crisis, Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post cautions that there won’t be a silver bullet. Reducing foreclosures, removing toxic assets, and nationalizing banks will all come into play; meantime, we must “resist the fetching idea...http://www.newser.com/story/48754/no-silver-bullet-for-crises-like-these-pearlstein.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Jan 2009 11:22:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47891/quit-griping-about-bailout-its-working.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCritics of the Treasury’s $700 billion bailout—and there are so many of them these days—grouse that it’s done nothing but line the pockets of undeserving bankers. “Maybe I’m missing something,” writes Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post, “but I don’t see how it’s possible to rescue the banking...http://www.newser.com/story/47891/quit-griping-about-bailout-its-working.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 11:18:00 CST