Category Archives: Public Policy
Why Biden’s Good Economic News Hasn’t Helped Him Politically —…
Americans’ negative views about President Joe Biden’s stewardship of the economy may be the biggest challenge to his reelection. Despite…Continue reading
The Debt Ceiling, Austerity, and the Economic Challenges Haunting President…
The latest reports on real growth and personal incomes issued last week by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) include…Continue reading
The Decline and Possible Resurrection of Radical Gerrymandering
Given Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election, it’s unsurprising that a recent survey by the National Opinion…Continue reading
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
The Truth About Today’s Inflation
The conventional wisdom about inflation needs a course correction. Here's why: The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the wages…Continue reading
$900 Billion in COVID Spending for Everyone Is Just What…
Both progressives and conservatives criticized the three major COVID-19 relief laws enacted over the last 12 months for giving away…Continue reading
Biden Opts for Growth and Equity While Republicans Whine
Congressional Republicans who eagerly supported massive increases in the budget deficit under Donald Trump have been quick to resuscitate their…Continue reading
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
Donald Trump versus the Suckers Who Pay Their Fair Share…
We need a reality check. The news earlier this week that Donald Trump, who earned $434 million in 2018, paid…Continue reading
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