Raising the minimum wage would be good economicsPresident Barack Obama laid out a number of good ideas in his state of the union addressTue Feb 19 2013 - 00:00
Ignorance caucus has firm grip on Republican partyLast week Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, gave what his office told us would be a major policy speech.Tue Feb 12 2013 - 00:00
Trying their best to allow bankers to do their worstLike many advocates of financial reform, I was a bit disappointed in the Bill that finally emergedTue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
Obama's 'Big Deal' is delivering for millions of AmericansOn the day President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, an exuberant vice-president Joe Biden famously pronounced…Tue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
Will break from stagnation be made in Japan?For three years economic policy throughout the advanced world has been paralysed, despite high unemployment, by a dismal orthodoxy…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Premature shift towards austerity a terrible errorIt’s that time again: the annual meeting of the American Economic Association and affiliates, a sort of medieval fair that serves…Tue Jan 08 2013 - 00:00
Whither long-term economic growth and who will benefit?ECONOMICS: The great bulk of the economic commentary you read in the papers is focused on the short run: the effects of the “…Fri Jan 04 2013 - 00:00
Why a $1 trillion deficit is not as scary as it soundsAs you might imagine, I find myself in a lot of discussions about US fiscal policy, and the budget deficit in particularTue Dec 18 2012 - 00:00
Robots and robber barons changing face of societyECONOMICS: The American economy is still deeply depressed. But corporate profits are at a record high. How is that possible?Tue Dec 11 2012 - 00:00
Fiscal cliff puts empty GOP rhetoric dangling mid-airIn the ongoing battle of the budget, President Barack Obama has done something very cruelTue Dec 04 2012 - 00:00
US should ignore phantom menace of debt crisisECONOMICS: These are difficult times for the deficit scolds who have dominated policy discussion for almost three yearsTue Nov 27 2012 - 00:00
Economic justice need not be at the cost of prosperityThe Twinkie, it turns out, was introduced way back in 1930Tue Nov 20 2012 - 00:00
Deficit advocates using fear to shred social safety netBack in 2010, self-styled deficit hawks – better described as deficit scolds – took over much of our political discourseTue Nov 13 2012 - 00:00
Sandy not doing for Obama what Katrina did for BushECONOMICS: As Sandy barrelled towards New Jersey, there were hopeful mutters on the right to the effect that it might become…Tue Nov 06 2012 - 00:00
Romney win would be a bitter pill for Americans on MedicaidECONOMICS: For those who get cover through it, Medicaid is a much-needed form of financial aidTue Oct 30 2012 - 00:00
Romney in denial over reasons for protracted recessionTHE US economy finally seems to be recovering in earnest, with housing on the rebound and job creation outpacing growth in the…Tue Oct 23 2012 - 01:00
Ugly reality of Romney's plan to deny millions healthcareMITT ROMNEY doesn’t see dead peopleTue Oct 16 2012 - 01:00
The right can't handle the truth that the economy is healingIF ANYONE had doubts about the madness that has spread through a large part of the American political spectrum, the reaction …Tue Oct 09 2012 - 01:00
Time for Europe to end the cruel nonsense of austeritySO MUCH for complacency. Early last week the conventional wisdom was that Europe finally had things under control.Tue Oct 02 2012 - 01:00
Do you believe in magic? Mitt Romney doesMITT ROMNEY is optimistic about optimism. In fact, it’s pretty much all he’s gotTue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Romney joins the economic swamp crittersECONOMICS: Romney’s language echoed that of the ‘liquidationists’ of the 1930s, who argued against doing anything to mitigate…Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
Obama-era fiscal policy defined by Republican stonewallingDOES ANYONE remember the American Jobs Act? A year ago, President Barack Obama proposed boosting the economy with a combination…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Republicans running completely fraudulent campaignLike the Ryan plan, the Romney plan offers huge tax breaks to corporations and the wealthyTue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Just another boaster bent on keeping rich a cut above restTHERE WILL be two big stars at the US Republican national convention this week, and neither of them will be Mitt Romney.Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Ryanomics is and always has been a con gameECONOMICS: MITT ROMNEY’S choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate led to a wave of pundit accoladesTue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
US recovery has been sabotaged for selfish political gainTHERE HAS been plenty to criticise about President Barack Obama’s handling of the US economyTue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00
Austerity is no cure for euro's deep malaiseECONOMICS: LAST WEEK Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, declared his institution “is ready to do whatever…Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Climate change disaster is happening right nowECONOMICS: A COUPLE of weeks ago, the northeast was in the grip of a severe heat waveTue Jul 24 2012 - 01:00
US election about the rich versus the restECONOMICS: A LOT of people inside the Washington Beltway are tut-tutting about the recent campaign focus on Mitt Romney’s personal…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Romney Senior could teach son a lessonONCE UPON a time a rich man named Romney ran for presidentTue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Still no sign of a policy shift to save Europe's currencyECONOMICS : OVER THE past few months I’ve read a number of optimistic assessments of the prospects for Europe.Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
US should think before mocking European fecklessnessAMONG ECONOMISTS who know their history, the mere mention of certain years evokes shiversTue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
Greece is the victim of other people's hubrisECONOMICS : EVER SINCE Greece hit the skids, we’ve heard a lot about what’s wrong with everything GreekTue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Darth Vader approach to economic policy risks disasterECONOMICS: OH, WOW – another bank bailout, this time in SpainTue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Republican electoral strategy is gigantic con gameECONOMICS: WHAT SHOULD be done about the economy? Republicans claim to have the answer: slash spending and cut taxesTue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
When budget concerns give way to financial backersWill Chris Christie’s budget temper tantrum end speculation that he might become Mitt Romney’s running mate?Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00
Reckless bankers are never short of friends in high placesECONOMICS: SOMETIMES IT’S hard to explain why we need strong financial regulation – especially in an era saturated with pro-…Tue May 22 2012 - 01:00
Thank you, JPMorgan, for proving banks need regulationONE OF the characters in the classic 1939 film Stagecoach is a banker named Gatewood who lectures his captive audience on the…Tue May 15 2012 - 01:00
Europe's voters wiser than the continent's policy eliteSure enough, Iceland is experiencing the recovery Ireland was supposed to have but hasn’tTue May 08 2012 - 01:00
Time to stop wasting the minds of a whole generationECONOMICS : IN SPAIN, the unemployment rate among workers under 25 is more than 50 per centTue May 01 2012 - 01:00
Romney not allowing facts to get in way of spin crusadeJust how stupid does Mitt Romney think we are? If you’ve been following his campaign from the beginning, that’s a question you…Tue Apr 24 2012 - 01:00
European leaders seem determined to ruin their economyON SATURDAY the New York Times reported on an apparently growing phenomenon in Europe: suicides “by economic crisis”, people …Tue Apr 17 2012 - 01:00
Republicans pass most fraudulent budget in US historyECONOMICS: THE BIG bad event of last week was, of course, the US Supreme Court hearing on health reformTue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
How crony capitalism is warping criminal justiceFLORIDA’S NOW-INFAMOUS Stand Your Ground law, which lets you shoot someone you consider threatening without facing arrest, let…Tue Mar 27 2012 - 01:00
Lies may kill health reform before it gets startedIT’S SAID you can judge a man by the quality of his enemiesTue Mar 20 2012 - 00:00
Let's stop invoking Greece as a warning on deficitsWhat the Greek experience shows is that trying to eliminate deficits once you’re already in trouble is a recipe for depression…Tue Mar 13 2012 - 00:00
Fiscal austerity slowing recovery in USTHE ECONOMIC news is looking better latelyTue Mar 06 2012 - 00:00
False stories about EU's woes are warping the truthECONOMICS: LISBON, Portugal – Things are terrible here, as unemployment soars past 13 per centTue Feb 28 2012 - 00:00
Confidence fairy has failed to show despite austerityECONOMICS: LAST WEEK the European Commission confirmed what everyone suspected: the economies it surveys are shrinking, not …Tue Feb 21 2012 - 00:00
Jobs data is good news but more still needs to be done for US recoveryIN A better world – specifically, a world with a better policy elite – a good jobs report would be cause for unalloyed celebration…Tue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
