Employing a fresh approach to jobs
It should be clear by now that everyone agrees that jobs are the No. 1 one issue facing America. Over 7 million have disappeared from the economic landscape since the beginning of the recession. The...
View ArticleAn opportunity for tax reform?
The road to tax reform includes the recognition of the importance of low marginal tax rates, the need to support the upward mobility of Americans, and the danger of inefficient tax-subsidies to favored...
View ArticleTaxing banks, no thanks
Financial regulation reform is one of the most important initiatives the country faces. A bank tax isn't going to help us now
View ArticleTaxation in the national interest
I cling to the sentimental notion that a tax code should reflect real principles of desirable economic policy. The carried interest debate shows little more than a larcenous desire to pick a...
View ArticleUnpopular, not mysterious
There is a simple explanation for the president’s woes, and those of his predecessor.
View ArticleSecretary Geithner wages class warfare at the expense of collective well-being
There is substantial and widespread evidence of an ongoing economic expansion. It is time to put aside the mistake intellectual framework of Keynesian counter-cyclical fiscal fine-tuning known as...
View ArticleGetting it wrong on small business
Like the TARP, the mini-me-TARP will carry the stigma of government lending, invite political interference in lending and bank management, and fail to enhance lending
View ArticleHelping small businesses: from the dull to the dangerous
President Obama today signed into law the Small Business Jobs Act, a moment that does not constitute either much action or any real hope for jobs.
View ArticleLeadership and facts, please
The Obama administration has constructed a political narrative that dispenses with facts and undermines confidence in the US economy.
View ArticlePuppies, kittens, sunshine and infrastructure
The public debate about infrastructure spending is completely unhinged from reality.
View ArticleThe looming budget debate
Why the GOP's new budget will face attacks from both the right and the left.
View ArticleThe EPA shouldn’t regulate greenhouse gas emissions
Why EPA regulations are the wrong way to limit carbon emissions.
View ArticleThe president is demanding that seniors fund his American Jobs Act
A provision in the proposal would increase health care premiums for more than 17 million seniors.
View ArticleThe president’s budget is disappointing, unsurprising, and dangerous
It fails to address America's most pressing challenges at a critical moment in the nation’s history.
View ArticleMedicare Part D proves capitalism works, even in healthcare
The CBO has revised its cost predictions down for the last three years, while premiums have stayed steady.
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