Category Archives: financial reform

July 21, 2022

The Case for Bill Clinton’s Economic Record

How do you argue with success?  One answer is, become a Democrat. Joe Biden learned this lesson recently when many…Continue reading

April 5, 2022

A Case Study of the Costs of Rate Reregulation: America’s…

The railroad industry can give us some singular insights into the conditions, costs and benefits of economic regulation, and today’s…Continue reading

June 27, 2021

Post-Pandemic, a Strong Expansion Needs Less Personal Saving or More…

For two generations, economists and other custodians of financial propriety have chastised Americans for not saving enough. Getting the public…Continue reading

February 3, 2021

What’s Really Going on with GameStop

The investors’ struggle over the videogame retailer GameStop has been cast as David versus Goliath story.  Allegedly, this is 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 18, 2019

Trump Acts Like a Populist. His Regulatory Record Suggests Otherwise

The administration has consistently favored big businesses over average people. by Robert J. Shapiro At some point, every president has had…Continue reading

January 16, 2018

The New Economics of Jobs Is Bad News for Working…

Many political observers still seem flummoxed by the fact that millions of working-class Americans voted for Donald Trump after supporting…Continue reading

October 3, 2017

Blame the Economy for Widening Inequality – And Washington for…

America’s widening income inequality has become a subtext across most debates in domestic policy.  GOP plans to repeal and replace…Continue reading

September 13, 2017

The Three Choices for Tax Reform

Trump administration officials and GOP leaders in Congress are still putting together their tax plan. Nevertheless, the early signs point…Continue reading

July 24, 2017

It’s Still the Economy, Stupid!

Republicans know that the terrain for next year’s midterm elections could be treacherous.  Off the record, they bemoan their inability…Continue reading