An Academic Argues That We Need Socialist Policies in America Socialism is good, we have never really tried it
WASHINGTON – In the course of a TV program focused on economic freedom, a leftist university professor was interviewed...
Category: US
Why Are Americans In Love With Crazy Political Ideas? Trump and Sanders succeed because we no longer have any consensus about which policies improve the common good
WASHINGTON – “I play to people’s fantasies. I call it truthful hyperbole”. This is what Donald Trump once said,...
David Stockman: We Are Losing Manufacturing Jobs Higher employment is due mostly to growth in the services sectors, mostly health care and the food industry
WASHINGTON – In his Contra Corner blog David Stockman (Budget Director under Ronald Reagan) has been warning us that...
Donald Trump Is Making Politics “More Fun” A laarge segment of US public opinion likes politics as contact sport featuring loud tough guys
WASHINGTON – I just heard a personality commenting about Trump on a major TV business news show. He said...
America Losing Its Small Companies No credit, high taxes and too much regulation are stifling the engine of US economic growth
WASHINGTON – Dozens of analysts tell TV viewers that, whatever may be happening in China, things look good in...
Populist Trump: Great Appeal, No Agenda Many voters like his style. But America needs a real national leader
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s unexpected popularity is largely the result of the unappealing mediocrity of the rest of the...
Will Tesla Be The Electric Car Maker of The Future? The company has an absurd market valuation, while it keeps losing money. Does it matter?
WASHINGTON – Thank God, US IT tech companies are still in the lead. It is hard to match the...
US Hit By Global Slow Down Impossible for America to insulate itself from the down turn
WASHINGTON – Will US stocks recover? Or are they headed even lower? The optimists tell us that Wall Street...
America Needs Good Pro-Growth Structural Reforms Let's go back to Simpson-Bowles. We need action on fiscal and tax issues, deregulation and public education
WASHINGTON – After the August 24 sell off, there was no real bounce back. The US stock market regained...
Trouble Ahead For America The Stock Market did not crash, but America is not on solid foundations
WASHINGTON – May be we should not try to read too much into the Dow Jones 1,000 points plunge...