126. Remarks on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” May 23, 2010; available online at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37279599/ns/meet_the_press/.

127. Thomas L. Friedman, “Our One-Party Democracy,” New York Times, September 8, 2009; available online at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/opinion/09friedman.html.

Chapter Three

1. Philip Pangalos, “Greece on brink of abyss as three bank workers killed in riots,” The Times, May 6, 2010; available online at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7117546.ece.

2. Emily Ford and David Charter, “Q&A: The Greek Crisis,” The Times, May 4, 2010; available online at http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article7115701.ece.

3. Interview with Thames TV, London, England, February 5, 1976; available online at http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102953.

4. United Nations, “Total Fertility Rate (children per woman),” UNData; available online at http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=PopDiv&f=variableID%3A54.

5. Alan S. Blinder, “The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Keynesian Economics,” Library of Economics and Liberty; available online at http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/KeynesianEconomics.html.

6. Remarks during state of the state address in Sacramento, California, January 9, 2007; available online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/09/AR2007010901427.html.

7. Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives, “Benefits push Bell ex-manager’s compensation to more than $1.5 million,” Los Angeles Times, August 8, 2010; available online at http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/08/local/la-me-bell-benefits-20100808.

8. Christopher Palmeri, “California Official’s $800,000 Salary in City of 38,000 Triggers Protests,” Bloomberg, July 20, 2010; available online at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-20/california-official-s-800-000-salary-in-city-of-38-000-triggers-protests.html.

9. Nicole Gelinas, “Bell’s Debt Tolls,” City Journal, August 6, 2010; available online at http://www.city-journal.org/2010/eon0806ng.html.

10. Peter S. Green and Martin Z. Braun, “NYC Snow ‘Overwhelmed’ Emergency System, Mayor Says,” Bloomberg, December 31, 2010; available online at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-29/new-york-city-s-emergency-response-overwhelmed-by-blizzard-mayor-says.html.

11. Ibid.

12. Sally Goldenberg, Larry Celona and Josh Margolin, “Sanitation Department’s slow snow cleanup was a budget protest,” New York Post, December 30, 2010; available online at http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sanit_filthy_snow_slow_mo_qH57MZwC53QKOJlekSSDJK.

13. Edgar Sandoval and Larry McShane, “Sanitation boss John Doherty’s street plowed clean, but nearby streets remain winter blunderland,” New York Daily News, December 29, 2010; available online at http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-12-29/local/27085710_1_clean-street-winter-blunderland-east-side.

14. Ray Long and Michelle Manchir, “Thousands rally at Illinois Capitol—for a tax increase,” Chicago Tribune, April 21, 2010; available online at http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-04-21/news/ct-met-state-capitol-rally-tax-increase-020100421_1_sales-tax-tax-increase-income-tax.

15. Landon Thomas Jr., “Patchwork Pension Plan Adds to Greek Debt Woes,” New York Times, Mary 11, 2010; available online at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/business/global/12pension.html.

16. Ibid.

17. BBC, “Greek Officials Strike Over Cuts,” February 4, 2010; available online at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8497912.stm.