Category Archives: Economy
Choices in Universal Health Care
Beijing, China — As the health care debate in Washington begins in earnest, a quick trip around the world over…Continue reading
Getting Serious about Our Financial Mess
The best way to clear your head of the political chatter that passes for policy debate in Washington is to…Continue reading
The Downfall of the Waxman-Markey Bill: Politics-as-Usual Meets Climate Change
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s recent approval of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill presents a crucial test for serious advocates…Continue reading
In the Debates over Economic Policy — and the Sotomayor…
President Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court hasn’t triggered a conservative firestorm; and like the dog that…Continue reading
The Courage and Cunning of the Administration’s Health Care Plans…
The administration’s new health care initiative has the distinctive “yes, but†quality of the Obama banking and housing plans: The…Continue reading
Efficient Markets and the Economic Meltdown
I found myself this week addressing the chairman of the SEC and three other commissioners at a forum on short…Continue reading
Administration Out on a Limb for GM — and for…
As Churchill famously said of democracy, the administration’s new plans for General Motors are a dismal idea, except for all…Continue reading
The Political Challenges We Face To Preserve the Earth
It’s Earth Day as I write this, and the challenges to preserve the Earth as we know it are momentous…Continue reading
How the Housing Crisis Can Change National Attitudes
The Great Depression deeply affected the attitudes of the generation that came of age in the 1920s and 1930s. For…Continue reading
Time to Face the Facts: The Economy Probably Won’t Get…
Brace yourself for a very anxious and stormy time, economically and politically, because there’s little prospect that the U.S. economy…Continue reading