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Financial Turmoil Evokes Comparison to 2008 Crisis
Stocks are plummeting. The economy is slowing. Politicians seek solutions but can’t agree. Is 2011’s turmoil a repeat of the financial crisis of 2008?

U.S. economy created 117,000 jobs in July
U.S. businesses stepped up their hiring in July, offering a modest amount of optimism after the worst stock-market sell-off since the 2008 financial crisis.

Fed Papers Show Breadth of Emergency Measures
Efforts to help stabilize the markets at the height of the financial crisis reached far beyond Wall Street and deep into the economy, newly released data show.

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High...
We are living in the most reckless financial environment in recent history. Arcane credit derivative bets are now well into the tens of trillions. According to Charles R. Morris, the...

The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the...
Arthur Laffer -- the father of supply-side economics and a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board -- joins economist Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal editorial...