The Iranian people use a pro-regime holiday to demand democracy.
Stimulus 3.0? – by Jacob Laksin
December 9, 2009 By 13 Comments
President Obama promises to spend the country out of recession – again.
FOXNews.com – Obama Pitches Jobs Program, Points Finger at GOP for Economic Mess
December 8, 2009 By 2 Comments
President Obama used his speech rolling out a stimulus-style jobs program Tuesday to point the finger at Republicans for allegedly facilitating the economic crisis and then foisting it off on his administration to solve. via FOXNews.com – Obama Pitches Jobs Program, Points Finger at GOP for Economic Mess.
Edward Lazear: Stimulus and the Jobless Recovery – WSJ.com
December 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
With the news that GDP grew at 3.5% in the third quarter, it seems apparent that economic recovery is underway. How much of this was a result of government programs? To evaluate this, it is important to understand what constitutes a recovery. There are three developments needed to restore the economy to its prior vibrancy. [...]
The Flight from Fiscal Responsibility – by Tony Blankley
December 7, 2009 By 3 Comments
Paying the price for deficits, debts and the falling dollar.
Kay S. Hymowitz: What Cornel West and Larry Summers actually agree about, City Journal
December 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Is there anyone in public life more reviled than economic eminence and White House chief economic advisor Larry Summers? Liberals, moderates, women, academics, and now, with his hand in the financial crisis, Middle America: he’s managed to offend them all. But if there is any good still lingering anywhere in the vicinity of Summers, the [...]
The How-to-Destroy-Jobs Summit: Starring Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
December 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As if the winter of 2008-09 wasn’t harsh enough (despite all that global warming we were promised when Bush was elected) an additional chill ran through the state of Michigan when we saw our Governor, Jennifer Granholm, in the background of nearly every camera shot as . Barack Obama assembled his economic team.
It’s not news, [...]
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Clueless On How To Create Jobs
December 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Fresh after rolling out his surge-and-withdraw Afghanistan strategy, President Obama held a forum at the White House to seek new ideas on how to solve the job crisis and to create jobs. He needs them. Everything that he has tried so far has failed. His team of czars and economic advisors is like the gang who could not [...]
Jaws Summit
December 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’m trying to come up with a yardstick to measure the incompetence of the Obama administration — and failing.
And it’s political incompetence I’m talking about. You come into office in the midst of the biggest financial crisis in decades and facing what you at least are telling the public the threat of a general economic [...]
