Government & Politics
Tactical coverage of politics, usually from inside the Beltway.
- Cutting the Iran-China Connection Ilan Berman 02/14/2013
- Time for meaningful non-military pressure against Iran is quickly running out. U.S. policy needs to inflict more economic pain now.
- A Business Perspective on the Federal Debt Steve Conover 02/13/2013
- A proper analysis of the debt burden tells a much different story than the debt level by itself.
- The ‘Scrooge’ Who Begat Plenty Amity Shlaes 02/12/2013
- Civility to one’s opponents, certainty, restraint, federalism, economy, thrift, and respect for faith: these and other Coolidge ideals are needed today.
- A Winning Strategy on the Debt Ceiling (Courtesy of Warren Buffett) Steve Conover 02/07/2013
- Gauge our ‘ability to handle’ the debt by considering it in relation to the size of the economy.
- Reform Government Pay with Step Decreases Arnold Kling 02/06/2013
- Longevity is the wrong characteristic to reward in the case of government workers.
- Entrepreneurs, Risk Managers, and Uncertainty Alex J. Pollock 02/05/2013
- Hyman Minsky offered profound thoughts about the economic dialectic between, as he characterized it, ‘entrepreneurs and bankers.’
- The Personal Income Tax at 100 John Steele Gordon 02/03/2013
- Few areas of American public life are more in need of thorough reform — and, alas, more difficult to change — than the tax system.
- Calling the Keynesians’ Bluff Nathan Smith 02/01/2013
- It’s time to enter the inner sanctum of Keynesian theory and see what (little) it’s worth.
- Can the GOP Be Saved? The Myth of the Demographic Fix Lee Harris 01/30/2013
- Conventional wisdom holds that as African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and gays increase their political clout, Republicans must devise a way of reaching out to these critical demographic groups. Is this wisdom correct?
- The GOP Must Lead (Again) on Civil Rights Cliff Asness 01/29/2013
- Here are three important civil rights issues that the GOP should take action on.