Nina Easton
Nina Easton
Nina Jane Easton is an American journalist and author. She is currently a senior editor and columnist for Fortune Magazine where she covers political and economic news. Easton is also the co-chair of Fortune Magazine's annual Most Powerful Women Summit, a frequent political analyst on television and 2012 fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth27 October 1958
CountryUnited States of America
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The pact creating a North American free-trade zone was President Bill Clinton's signature accomplishment; but NAFTA is also the bugaboo of union leaders, grassroots activists and Midwesterners who blame free trade for the factory closings they see in their hometowns.
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A full accounting of adoption as an option would not underestimate its emotional challenges - the grief and loss for birth mothers, the uncertainties for adoptive parents operating under a patchwork of state laws.
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Jobless workers, especially those out of work for months and years, don't have the skills to multitask in a fast-paced economy where medical workers need to know electronic record-keeping, machinists need computer skills, and marketing managers can no longer delegate software duties.
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Every journalist loves a peaceful protest -whether it makes news, shakes up a political season, or holds out the possibility of altering history.
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Globalization is stirring widespread economic anxiety, and middle class incomes have stagnated while a class of super-rich has emerged.
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Government pensions, built into law and mostly protected from stock market vagaries, are the envy of the private sector.
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I think the danger with the liberal Left is seeing the Republican Party as a monolith.
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If you like Obama, if you like a Washington that offers free stuff and taxing the rich, that's what you get. I don't see him evolving as a president.
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In 1996, Bill Clinton declared the era of big government over in the State of the Union address.
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Presidents can be judged by the company they choose to keep.
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Reality shows serve up juicy drama out of human shortcomings.
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Successful candidates follow a simple fundamental rule: Define yourself before your opponent can define you.