Daniel Gross

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A Birder’s Guide to D.C.
The deficit hawks squawk too much.
November 5, 2009

A once endangered species is staging a robust comeback: the deficit hawk. Hunted nearly to extinction during the Bush years, many varieties not seen in Washington in a decade are now perching on branches and dropping their wisdom. Look, there's the Puff-Chested Congressional Peacock Hawk, strutting around Sunday-morning television-show sets complaining about pork while emitting loud honks upon the receipt of stimulus funds. The Furrowed-Brow Warbler Hawk (natural habitat: the op-ed pages) loathes deficit spending for the purpose of funding social insurance, but loves it when it's used to finance military actions abroad. The Blue-Bellied Partisan Hawk nests in think tanks; it goes mute when members of its own party run the show but squawks loudly when opponents run up debt. And on Nov. 3, birders sighted the rare Skinny Parrot Hawk, which repeats back the calls about fiscal probity. Said President Obama: "The government is going to have to get serious about reducing our debt levels." ( Click here to follow Daniel Gross ).

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Stock Market Mysteries
If the economy's stagnant, why are stocks up? The answer is disturbing.
November 3, 2009
Megavitamins
The vitamin business thrived through the recession. Why?
October 30, 2009
Paper Hangers
Newspapers aren't doing as badly as you think.
October 29, 2009
How China and America Became One
This superfused economy helps both countries with debt, intellectual know-how, and product sales.
October 28, 2009
The Chamber's Mistakes
The Chamber of Commerce pursued failed policies during the Bush years, so why should Obama listen to it?
October 27, 2009
Rules of the Jungle
Wall Street bonuses won't go quietly.
October 24, 2009
Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Anti-Obama paranoia is good for at least one business.
October 21, 2009
Cover Stories (4)
Cover Story
The Recession Is Over
Now what we need is a new kind of recovery.
July 25, 2009
Cover Story
Stop Saving Now!
As consumers hibernate and investors hoard cash, the economy is withering. This new age of thrift is understandable. But for a recovery to take hold, Americans will need to start taking risks again.
March 14, 2009
Cover Story
The Captain of the Street
Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson has a radical game plan for beating America's financial crisis. This former investment banker may be the right man at the right time.
September 20, 2008
Cover Story
The U.S. Economy Faces the Guillotine
America is on the road to recession, and many predict a worldwide slowdown. But it's a new economic order, and the emerging markets could take the lead.
February 4, 2008
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open quoteFor $40 apiece, Obamamaniacs are taken to view holy sites like the Punahou School (the prep school Obama attended) and the building on Beretania Street where his beloved grandmother lived. ... there aren't many takers, since most tour companies have integrated these spots into their existing tours, "like what they did with the places familiar from the filming of Lost."
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