Category Archives: Political Strategy
Forget about Spending and Get Serious about the Economy
Washington today, especially the Congress, has a textbook case of cognitive dissonance. A confluence of black swan developments may well…Continue reading
The U.S. Economic Debate Gets a Failing Grade at the…
At the private conference this week convened by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), 30 world-class economists talked for two days…Continue reading
The Economics and Politics of Cutting Deficits
The 2011 battle over the budget brings to mind the U.S.-Soviet nuclear arms talks of the 1970s and 1980s. The…Continue reading
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
The Pitfalls of Economic Nostalgia
The United States faces economic problems as daunting as any seen since the 1930s. GDP growth and job creation remain…Continue reading
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
While the President Promotes U.S. Interests Abroad, His Opponents Deny…
Most of Washington is stuck "in what we call the reality-based community . . . people who believe that solutions…Continue reading
The Mid-Term Elections and the Failure, Yet Again, of Trickle-Down…
This week’s seismic shift in the Congress will not change the problems facing its members and the President. This is…Continue reading
Time for a Midcourse Correction in Economic Policy
The economic proposals unveiled this week by the Administration suggest that the President’s determination to target his policies for the…Continue reading
In Promoting Universal Broadband, Less Truly Is More
The right federal policy isn’t always hard to figure out. Take broadband. As broadband becomes an increasingly important factor in…Continue reading