Former Navy Chief: “Military Must Be Kept Strong”
Retired Admiral Gary Roughead, former chief of naval operations, recently expressed concerns over looming defense cuts caused by sequestration. He joins a chorus that includes… Read More
Morning Bell: Unemployment Rate Inches Back Up
The October jobs report essentially agrees with the rest of the current data on the economy—the economy is growing slowly, too slowly to bring down… Read More
Morning Bell: The Specter of Taxmageddon Rises
On this Halloween, a truly frightening specter is looming. No amount of garlic, crosses, or exorcists can help us—only Congress and the President can chase… Read More
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Obama Already Banking on Sequestration?
When the topic of sequestration arose during the final presidential debate Monday, President Obama declared, “It will not happen.” Considering that Obama has also previously… Read More
Sequestration: Spending Cuts Needed, but Get the Policies Right
Tonight’s presidential debate is a good opportunity for President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney to tell the nation what they would do about our spending… Read More
Morning Bell: 10 Questions for the First Presidential Debate
Tonight’s debate between President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney is supposed to focus on domestic policy, with a major concentration on the economy…. Read More
Chart of the Week: Obamacare’s Barrage of Tax Hikes Coming in 2013
The first presidential debate takes place in Denver on Wednesday with a focus on domestic issues, including President Obama’s unpopular health-care law. Obamacare imposes numerous… Read More
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Why Larry Summers Is Wrong About the British Economy
Harvard economist Larry Summers claims in The Washington Post that aggressive fiscal austerity in the U.K. is the primary cause of its continued economic stagnation…. Read More
Don’t Play Politics with the Nation’s Security
The political grandstanding around sequestration is shameful. As Bob Woodward described in his book The Price of Politics, the present crisis was not the product… Read More
Two Huge Flaws in the Legend of the Clinton Economy
Two inescapable flaws mar the Clinton economic legend. One is conveniently papered over; the other conveniently forgotten. Even so, a flawed legend is better than… Read More
