Category Archives: Politics
On Scientific Management of the Economy and Going for Broke
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should never have left Princeton. He’s much better suited for a lifetime of pontification than real work. Not that chairing the Federal Reserve is real work. Yet, even so, at least as a professor his … Continue reading
The Economic Shredding Machine
Like the U.S. Treasury, President Obama’s recent jobs proposal is bankrupt. Quite frankly, we weren’t counting on much. But that doesn’t mean we still weren’t disappointed by its burdensome emptiness. The most remarkable thing about the President’s latest jobs creation … Continue reading
More Public Spending Only Hastens the Demise
Kicking off Labor Day weekend last Friday was a report by the Labor Department that, on balance, the U.S. economy failed to create a single job in August. On the bright side, this also means not a single job was … Continue reading
Clever Ideas to Fix the Economy
Yesterday’s stock market didn’t seem to give a darn but last Friday a notable revision was made. An important economic mile marker was shifted down and to the right…realigning the economy onto the road to recession. According to the Commerce … Continue reading
