Category Archives: National Security

October 21, 2020

Continuing Job Losses in Swing States May Seal Trump’s Fate

As Donald Trump sees it, “We are leading the World in Economic Recovery.” Yet, less than two weeks before election…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 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 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

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

June 21, 2019

How much credit does Donald Trump deserve on the economy?…

Presidents deserve credit on the economy when their policy changes leave most people better off by creating conditions that stimulate…Continue reading

January 17, 2019

The Shutdown Poses a Serious Threat to the American Economy

The government shutdown has produced a serious economic threat that’s hiding in plain sight: The people who collect, analyze and…Continue reading