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A Business Recession Looms Jun. 04, 2016
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics May job report was a shocker, with nonfarm payrolls up only 38,0... Read More
America Today Resembles 1910 More Than Postwar Era May. 17, 2016
What's your benchmark? What is the historical era with which you compare life in contemporary Americ... Read More
Trump Can Win May. 12, 2016
For the umpteenth time, Donald Trump is no conservative. He is an economic populist. When asked to n... Read More
Fundamental Concepts Still Apply May. 03, 2016
Last year, they shut down the post office in our town. Well, not exactly. What they did was consolid... Read More
Growth Anemia: Blame a Collapse in Business Investment Apr. 30, 2016
GDP for the first quarter of 2016 came in at a paltry 0.5 percent. That sorry showing follows growth... Read More
How Democrats Win Debates by Corrupting English Apr. 22, 2016
Humans have been using euphemisms ever since Adam first "knew" Eve. In politics especially, obfuscat... Read More
Sorry -- Economic Conservatives are Nothing Like Trump Apr. 08, 2016
Whether you believe House Speaker Paul Ryan is a squishy Republican unworthy of the nomination, or y... Read More
Paul Ryan's Road Ahead Mar. 31, 2016
Washington — The House Speaker, the honorable Paul Ryan, recently expressed his hope for a mor... Read More
Obama's Unacceptable Love Affair With Communism Mar. 29, 2016
Conservatives and other Obama critics are entitled to a big "I told you so," after Obama's stunning ... Read More
Hillary Clinton Is Bad for Stocks and the Economy Mar. 22, 2016
In a supremely weird election season the latest weird twist is the consensus emerging on Wall Street... Read More
Republicans Can Give Workers a $1 Billion Pay Raise Mar. 01, 2016
If Donald Trump's gravity-defying ascendancy has validated anything, it is that for Middle America, ... Read More
2 Percent Growth Is a Loser for the Angry Middle Class Feb. 27, 2016
The good news is that the economy is growing at 2 percent and that there's no recession in sight (ba... Read More
Stimulate Growth Now by Cutting the Corporate Tax Rate Jan. 26, 2016
Everyone's blaming the collapse of oil prices and China's sliding economy for the rout in the stock ... Read More
Will Janet Yellen Sabotage Hillary Clinton? Dec. 05, 2015
A 211,000 jobs increase for November will finally push the Fed over the line and into a quarter-of-a... Read More
Republican Tax Fantasies Nov. 12, 2015
The Republican presidential candidates have not rallied behind Ben Carson in his clash with the news... Read More
Winning the Debt-Limit Fight Oct. 20, 2015
During his eight years in office, Barack Obama is on pace to have increased the national debt by a h... Read More
Clinton Weak on Economics Oct. 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton supporters are beaming after her performance at the first Democratic debate this wee... Read More
Americans Still Voting With Their Feet, Fleeing Blue States Sep. 29, 2015
So-called progressives love to talk about how their policies will create a workers' paradise. Why is... Read More
The Pope-Exploiter in Chief Sep. 25, 2015
Normally, the issue of the pope's infallibility wouldn't much concern me, but it does get my attenti... Read More
Liberal Reasoning: Idiotic or Dishonest? Sep. 23, 2015
Many people argue that liberals, socialists and progressives do not understand basic economics. I am... Read More
