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Don't Mistake the Economy's Sparklers for Fireworks
As we officially enter the second half of 2009, some stock-taking is in order.
 
ANALYSIS
President's Historic Message Balances Urgency, Optimism
Barack Obama climbed Capitol Hill last night and staked his presidency on bringing the nation out of its economic crisis.

2008 Pulitzer Prize

Steven Pearlstein won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. The following columns were submitted for the prize:

• Yesterday Brought to You By the Irrational Herd (Feb. 28, 2007)

• 'No Money Down' Falls Flat (March 14, 2007)

• Making a Play For the Dumb Money (March 21, 2007)

• Industries Could Take Cues From Hollywood on Self-Control (May 9, 2007)

• The Takeover Boom, About to Go Bust (June 13, 2007)

• Credit Market Weight Puts Economy on Shaky Ground (Aug. 1, 2007)

• New Order Ushers in A World of Instability (Aug. 10, 2007 )

• Running Right Back to the Bank (Aug. 22, 2007)

• The Art of Managing Risk (Nov. 28, 2007)

• It's Not 1929, but It's the Biggest Mess Since (Dec. 5, 2007 )

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Climate-Change Bill Hits Some of the Right Notes but Botches the Refrain (By Steven Pearlstein, May 22, 2009)
 
Budget Scolds Shouldn't Drown Out the Chorus Calling for Health Reform (By Steven Pearlstein, May 20, 2009)
 
Can Obama Bring Back the Trust Busters? (By Steven Pearlstein, May 17, 2009)
 
Dear Mr. Buffett: About Those Newspapers . . . (By Steven Pearlstein, May 15, 2009)
 
Community Banks Cry Foul, but What's Fair? (By Steven Pearlstein, May 13, 2009)
 
Always Looking Up, No Matter How Steep the Slump (By Steven Pearlstein, May 13, 2009)
 
An Economist, an Academic Puzzle and a Lot of Promise (By Steven Pearlstein, May 8, 2009)
 
In Portugal, as in America, a 'Third Way' Is Reemerging (By Steven Pearlstein, May 6, 2009)
 
A Laughably Late Conversion to the Cause of Fairness (By Steven Pearlstein, May 1, 2009)
 
At Constellation, Not a Star Performance (By Steven Pearlstein, April 24, 2009)
 
How the U.S. Will Save GM and Chrysler (By Steven Pearlstein, April 22, 2009)
 
Tax Fantasies of the Right and Left (By Steven Pearlstein, April 17, 2009)
 
Reinventing Regulation (By Steven Pearlstein, April 15, 2009)
 
A 'Public' Fix for Health Care Need Not Abandon the Market (By Steven Pearlstein, April 10, 2009)
 
Not Quite a Confession, But a Good Start (By Steven Pearlstein, April 8, 2009)
 
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