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• In the Shadow of Hoover

  U.S. Economy

  William Greider: Deficit spending is a cure for our troubles, not the cause. If Obama reduces the red ink, the Great Recession could be born again

• Tell The Nation: Recession Stories

  Labor

  Our Readers: In response to Lizzy Ratner's "Generation Recession," young readers from across the country wrote to The Nation to share how the recession has impacted them.

• Shareholders Alone Can't Correct 'Too Big to Fail'

  Economic Policy

  Zach Carter: At major US banks, shareholders actually want their executives to be rewarded for taking on excessive risk.

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• Can China's Wind Save the World?

  Energy

  Brett Story: The Nation's Christian Parenti explains how the growing industry of wind turbines can reduce harmful pollution and ultimately wean China off its coal addiction.

• 'Drop the Rock': Repeal Unfair Drug Laws

  Drug Policy/Drug War

  Brett Story: The change in leadership at the New York state level seems poised to make a dramatic change to the state's Rockefeller Drug Laws.

• Joseph Stiglitz on the Economic Meltdown

  U.S. Economy

  Brett Story: Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains what drove the US economy off a cliff and what steps need to be taken to rectify the situation.