American central banker and politician
The managing editor of Fortune magazine, Andy Serwer, shares in the latest issue some concerns about the Federal Reserve‘s continued meddling in the economy. Assuming Janet Yellen is the next…
Yes, I know there’s virtually no hope of this being true. Randall Forsyth‘s column in the latest Barron’s explains why. [Janet] Yellen is “beloved” within the Fed for her “brilliant”…
If you realize just how big a role Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac played in the Great Recession, you’ll likely find Shawn Tully’s latest Fortune magazine article disturbing. On the…
Does high government debt hurt economic growth? Consider this recent Bloomberg Businessweek report. “Growth in a Time of Debt,”, a 2010 study by Harvard University economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth…
Jim McTague reviews in the latest issue of Barron’s a memoir from a self-described member of Washington’s “Blob.” Wall Street, the Congress, and not least, the Obama administration all frolic…
President Obama has announced our nation’s new treasury secretary,White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew. Where I was not a fan of everything Timothy Geithner did in his last four…
Fred Barnes suggests to Weekly Standard readers that President Obama’s choice for his next U.S. Treasury Secretary sends a clear political signal. By choosing White House chief of staff Jacob…
He’s not the front-runner; White House chief of staff Jack Lew holds that distinction. (Lew’s is the largest photo at right.) But former Clinton-era chief of staff and former UNC…
Charles Krauthammer‘s latest column takes aim at President Obama’s approach to the negotiations over the federal fiscal cliff. This is entirely about politics. It’s Phase Two of the 2012 campaign.…
In a new editorial, the Chicago Tribune questions the president’s devotion to a “balanced” approach for addressing the fiscal cliff negotiations. Last Wednesday, in an editorial titled “Democrats, your turn…
Fred Bsrnes warns in the latest Weekly Standard that Republicans in Congress should avoid caving in to the president’s demand for higher marginal tax rates on “the rich.” Freshly reelected,…
Think only those pesky Republicans and free-market advocates oppose the way the Obama administration handled bank bailouts? Perhaps you’ll want to read a short Bloomberg Businessweek article about Neil Barofsky.…