Category Archives: Economic Strategy

September 22, 2020

Trump’s Failures and Lies about Manufacturing Jobs

To hear President Trump describe it, “the manufacturing sector is booming,” and “we’ve witnessed one manufacturing miracle after another.”  These…Continue reading

August 22, 2020

Is Trump Playing a Long Game to Stay Out of…

Donald Trump has a serious dilemma. If Joe Biden loses in November, he can go home and settle in as…Continue reading

August 13, 2020

Donald Trump’s Big Lies about What He Has Done for…

Donald Trump and his operatives haven’t figured out how to go after Kamala Harris. Now that Joe Biden has named…Continue reading

August 5, 2020

Trump and Senate Republicans Pose a Grave Risk to the…

The headline from last Thursday’s report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on second quarter GDP was horrific: The…Continue reading

July 24, 2020

Investors are Doing Great in this Crisis, But What About…

Welcome to Crony Capitalism 2.0, brought to America by the Trump administration and the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington’s current approach to…Continue reading

July 1, 2020

Trump’s Bungled Pandemic Response Has Badly Damaged Americans’ Incomes

Donald Trump may have normalized cognitive dissonance for many of his supporters and some young people.  But wishing away the…Continue reading

May 11, 2020

The Official Unemployment Numbers Are Technically Fake News

April’s 14.7 percent unemployment rate, announced by the Labor Department last Friday, is awful by any standard. The official tally…Continue reading

April 13, 2020

How Much Trump Has Cost Americans in this Pandemic

Most of the economic carnage we see Americans suffer today is the result of measures that federal, state, and local…Continue reading

March 2, 2020

The Threat the Coronavirus Poses to the Economy

In 2005, the National Science Foundation, World Bank and other American and global organizations convened to discuss the threat of…Continue reading

November 18, 2019

An Affordable Approach to Universal Coverage

A majority of Americans and virtually all Democrats believe in universal healthcare coverage and the federal government’s responsibility to make…Continue reading