Category Archives: Economy
The World Is Watching and, Oops, There Go Our Interest…
Here’s a piece of dry financial data that could herald big changes in our politics and economy: Over the last…Continue reading
Two Thoughts for President Obama on his Way to Copenhagen
With the President getting ready for Copenhagen, the EPA did what Congress would not: Put in place a policy to…Continue reading
One Way to Create 1 to 2 Million Jobs without…
At last week’s Jobs Summit, President Obama said he’ll consider any good idea to create jobs. I heard him say…Continue reading
How to Create New Jobs in a Troubled Economy
The inconvenient truth that lies behind this week’s White House jobs summit is that there are no magic bullets for…Continue reading
Storms on the Economy’s Horizon
The high economic anxieties that most Americans felt six months ago may have faded, but count me among economists who…Continue reading
Health Care’s Raw Deal for Middle-Class Families
Health care reform advocates often point out that the costs of reform should be weighed against the costs of doing…Continue reading
A New Economic Strategy for Hard Times and Good Times
You might not know it from what passes for economic commentary on cable TV, but the U.S. economy remains pretty…Continue reading
Who Really Will Pay for Goldman Sachs’ $23 Billion in…
It was an auspicious week for the touchy issues surrounding executive pay. One after another, President Obama’s pay czar, Kenneth…Continue reading
What Washington Should Understand and Do to Create Jobs
Policymakers and pundits finally are worried about a “jobless recovery†– and our actual prospects are worse than that term…Continue reading
The Latest Attack on the Census is an Attack on…
The latest fight over the Decennial Census is part of a 30 years’ war over efforts to count everyone in…Continue reading