John Cochrane launched what appears at first to be a critique of Paul Krugman. Among the things that Cochrane insists economists do: Econ...

Meet the Press had an incredibly stupid discussion of the economy this morning. The Republican governor of Ohio wanted to talk about ...

Global growth rates are declining, the EU economies are falling into outright recession, and people ranging from Simon Johnson to Tyler Cowe...

The headline news from the May 2012 Employment Situation sounds awful: Nonfarm payroll employment changed little in May (+69,000), and the...

At MarketWatch today there's an article entitled ' Spain up against a wall as borrowing costs soar '. Of course, it's logi...

This news title says it all: Romney marks Memorial Day with call for continued military strength I guess he’ll pay for all the extra def...

Paul Krugman reacts to the following childish insult from The Telegraph : To his followers, he’s a saint; to his detractors, he’s a false ...

Brian Beutler offers a very good discussion on whether Obama or Romney is offering more austerity with Brian correctly noting the short-ter...

After letting my book languish for almost five years Palgrave let The Confiscation of American Prosperity, they are about to release a pap...

CNN has a good story on all the fuss about the latest from the GOP Presidential candidate on unemployment: "I can tell you that over ...

On today's Washington Post editorial page, Marc Reuel Gerecht, formerly of the CIA, and Mark Dubowitz, current Director of the Foundatio...

In 1996, Lester Thurow's book entitled 'The Future of Capitalism' was published.  I found his book a very interesting read in th...

The Congressional Budget Office has considered the effect on real GDP growth in 2013 under two alternative fiscal policies: Under current ...

Mercifully the Speaker of the House’s oped was short. I’m trying but that’s the only kind thing I can find to say about it. Its growth by...

Tom Donohue has a similar view as Mitt Romney on the recent JPMorgan fiasco: The first government to help the banks was George Washington,...