Hiring Chill
Two hoary economic truths rediscovered by the Obama administration are not just that the state can’t “create jobs” but also that it can, through one …
Separated at Birth?
A year and a half into the Obama presidency, I, as neither Republican nor Democrat, am struck by how much he resembles not Jimmy Carter, …
The New Trickle-Down
Economic histories tell us that a principal difference between Herbert Hoover and FDR, in responding to continuing unemployment in the early 1930s, is that the …
Mayor’s Little Helpers
The great surprise in the recent New York City mayoral election was that Michael Bloomberg, the incumbent, nearly lost to himself. This wasn’t expected, as …
Reparations
In a recent exhaustive interview “In Depth” on C-SPAN, Bill Ayres introduced a category, new to me, of “descendants of enslaved peoples” deserving special consideration. …
Ebony and Ebony
The first black president remains popular despite dubious economic policies, while the first black governor in New York state is unpopular, notwithstanding his more responsible …
Remembering Jack Kemp (1935-2009)
Generally reluctant to vote Republican, I would have nonetheless supported Jack Kemp for president simply because of his passionate positions on free enterprise and race …
Corporate Comeuppance
Someday soon, let’s hope, corporate goniffs will discover that they can’t raise prices without risking failure, serious failure. Just as American auto- makers lost their …
The Markets Yawn
Hearing Dubya propose a “growth package” on January 18, I got the queasy feeling that he didn’t know what the hell he was talking about. …
Bush as Carter Redux
Hearing Dubya give an unrehearsed press conference in Israel just after Three Kings Day, I realized that, wonder of wonders, he might have finally grown …