China Exports Excess Capacity Below Cost US producers displaced by Chinese dumping WASHINGTON – In order to build strong defenses against the ill effects of the 2008 Great Recession China launched a...
Hyper Regulated US Solar Energy In the US, lawyers, not engineers, are the best renewable energy consultants WASHINGTON – Recently I read a very good piece on the future of solar power in the United States....
Amtrak Tragedy Turned Into An Ugly Political Argument DEemocrats immediately argued that the train derailed because of chronic under investment willed by the Republicans in Congress. Not a shred of evidence WASHINGTON – In this venomous Washington political climate nobody can resist the temptation to turn even a tragedy into...
Chris Christie’s Economic Agenda Is Just Common Sense How can a plain pro-growth recipe be controversial? WASHINGTON – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a likely Republican White House contender, laid out his fiscal and economic reforms...
In The New Economic Normal, Bad Is Actually Good We are told that barely growing Europe is actually doing well WASHINGTON – The worst part of the economic “new normal” created by the massive central banks interventions is that we...
Asia’s Slowdown Will Affect America’s Growth No lift for US exporters from Asian demand WASHINGTON – Can America count on buoyant global demand to drive more US exports, and therefore more sustained growth...
If The US Economy Slows Down, Hillary Clinton Will Not Be Elected America is not doing well. If this tepid recovery stops before the 2016 election, almost impossible for any Democrat to be elected president WASHINGTON – If we go back to the 2012 presidential campaign, the brilliance of the Obama team was in...
America Needs Structural Reforms No sensible policy proposals. Politicians are afraid to deliver bad news WASHINGTON – There is no doubt that millions of Americans are economically worse off because of the negative impact...
Tepid US Jobs Growth Fewer jobs and a soft economy. We are not back to normal WASHINGTON – The weak US jobs report, coupled with downward revisions for the two preceding months, is a reliable, if disturbing, indicator of...
In A Slowing Economy Invest In R&D, Education And Infrastructure We can make America more productive by getting better educated people, new airports and oil pipelines WASHINGTON – America is doing OK, (if compared to declining Europe and Japan), but not great. The once powerful US...