Government & Politics
Tactical coverage of politics, usually from inside the Beltway.
- Does Bernanke Really Deserve a Second Term? Desmond Lachman 07/02/2009
- The Federal Reserve chairman’s tenure has been checkered at best. There must be other candidates who could be expected to do a better job.
- The GOP's Real Problems for 2012 Michael Barone 06/30/2009
- The Ensign and Sanford scandals are beside the point. The Republican Party is going to have a hard time coming up with a strong presidential nominee in 2012.
- The Cap-and-Trade Giveaway Alan Viard 06/26/2009
- A cap-and-trade system with freely allocated permits is equivalent to a carbon tax in which the tax revenue is given to stockholders.
- The Court Kicks the Can—What’s Next? Edward Blum 06/25/2009
- Although the Supreme Court dodged the constitutionality question of Section 5, most Court observers believe that the opinion unambiguously foretells that this Court is prepared to declare the provision unconstitutional.
- The Transformers at the Supreme Court? Michael M. Rosen 06/24/2009
- The Supreme Court’s examination of Bilski this summer will not be quite as big a blockbuster as “Transformers,” but in the world of patents and technology, it will be pretty close.
- A Healthcare Free Lunch? Tim Worstall 06/19/2009
- Will the government taking over responsibility for healthcare reduce the total cost of it?
- Emissions Control, Myths, and Realities Drew Thornley 06/19/2009
- The United States is having better luck at controlling its emissions than most other countries, without the multi-billion-dollar mandates of Kyoto.
- The Next Regulatory Fight: Avoiding Another AIG Emily Renwick 06/16/2009
- As Congress weighs the benefits of a new federal insurance regulator, it is worthwhile to pause and consider the weaknesses of the current system, and whether a new regime would effectively fill that gap.
- The Problem with the Biggest Tax Break in America Arnold Kling 06/15/2009
- How can we cut back on employer-provided health insurance and at the same time reduce the number of households that are uninsured? We must reconceive the very concept of health insurance.
- A Fat Tax That’s Hard to Swallow Alex Brill and Aparna Mathur 06/12/2009
- Your beverage might soon contain the cost of universal healthcare.