Tag Archives: Robert J. Shapiro

January 19, 2011

What the Obama-Hu Meetings Can Mean for the U.S. Economy

Barack Obama and China’s President Hu Jintao have genuinely important economic matters to talk about this week, even if there’s…Continue reading

December 8, 2010

Taxes and the Art of the Possible

Barack Obama exhibited this week what Machiavelli called the essential quality of a successful statesman, “virtu,” or the capacity to…Continue reading

October 27, 2010

Lesson in Economics for the National Deficit Commission

The French statesman Georges Clemenceau famously called war “too serious a matter to entrust to military men”; and in the…Continue reading

June 9, 2010

Memo to the President and other World Leaders: Resist a…

A dangerous and infectious economic idea is spreading around the world. Last week, the liberal majority in the House of…Continue reading

April 29, 2010

A New Progressive Economic Strategy, Part 4: The Global Economy

In a global economy, even the world’s largest economy by a factor of three (that’s us, compared to Japan and…Continue reading

March 30, 2010

A New Jobs Program for America

We have a really, serious problem with job creation. It’s been more than a half-year since the economy began to…Continue reading

March 10, 2010

Why Progressives Should Work to Control the Rising National Debt

Politicians on the lookout for ways to stir up voters recently have lit upon America’s fast-growing national debt, whether the…Continue reading

March 3, 2010

Broadband and American Jobs

With the FCC preparing to issue new rules and policies to promote universal broadband access, Washington’s hive of think tanks…Continue reading

February 10, 2010

The New Dominos as the Economic Crisis Enters its Latest…

The dislocations from the worldwide, economic meltdown aren’t over by a long shot. Nearly two years after Bear Stearns’ collapse,…Continue reading

February 4, 2010

Cutting Payroll Taxes to Create Jobs

Looking for ways to jumpstart job creation, the White House and Senate heavyweight Chuck Schumer have both come around to…Continue reading