A Very Weak American Economy While the US economy remains very fragile, the presidential campaign is about "anchor babies" WASHINGTON – The slow but steady decline of the US economy should be the main theme of this unfolding...
Capitalism In Peril? Dangerous public policies have undermined the pillars of the free market system WASHINGTON – In a well crafted WSJ op-piece (The World-Wide Undermining of Free Markets, August 11, 2015), financial adviser...
US Media Tell Us That America Is Doing Well Many experts portray economic mediocrity as good news WASHINGTON – Despite evidence to the contrary, most media tell us that all is well with the US economy....
Ready For A Leftist Clinton Presidency? Hillary Clinton embraced a populist agenda mostly to deflect attacks from potential leftist opponents WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton just relaunched her presidential campaign with a big public event in New York City. The...
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....
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...
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...
The Republicans Should Promote a Genuine Opportunity Society Creating a sound macroeconomic environment is not enough. Millions of poor Americans have no access to education and real jobs WASHINGTON – Despite recent electoral victories, US Republicans may be condemned to irrelevance. And this is because of...
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...