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Reason
June 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
The Age of Debt Barack Obama's first budget promises "fiscal responsibility" but delivers the opposite.   |
BusinessWeek
April 6, 2011
Przybyla & Armstrong |
The Audacity of Paul Ryan His plan would privatize Medicare, cut taxes, and cap social spending. |
BusinessWeek
April 13, 2011
Peter Coy |
Washington Plays Chicken With the Debt Forcing a U.S. default is no small matter, yet many Americans say they want just that. It's time for cooler heads on Capitol Hill to step up and lead |
BusinessWeek
August 5, 2010
Peter Coy |
The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts Most economists agree there's little choice but to end tax cuts from George W. Bush's era. That means the fiscal war in Washington is only going to get uglier. |
BusinessWeek
May 5, 2011
Jonathan Alter |
Why the Republicans Are Boxed In They'll have to come up with a whole new deficit-cutting deal, and their options are few. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Hawk in Hock: Obama pretends to be frugal as we sink deeper in debt The president wants to signal that he's serious about cutting the federal budget. Unfortunately, his plan hinges on the assumption that Americans do not know how to calculate percentages. |
BusinessWeek
April 8, 2010
Peter Coy |
U.S. Economy: The Case for More Stimulus The worst thing about the uptick in hiring? It could undermine a second wave of federal spending that may be needed to stave off a double-dip recession. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Przybyla & Faler |
Deficits and Debt as Far as the Eye Can See Neither the President's panel nor the most hawkish budget-cutters would balance the federal budget for decades to come. |
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Ryan J. Donmoyer |
Would Ending Bush's Tax Cuts Hurt Small Business? Some small business income would be subject to higher taxes under Obama's plan, though not the 50 percent the GOP claims. |
Investment Advisor
February 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
Ryan Reveals GOP Budget Agenda to Investment Advisor New House Budget Committee Chair says Dodd-Frank, health care, spending all in play. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Julie Hirschfeld Davis |
Obama's Trump Card on Oil Subsidies The President (again) calls for cutting oil industry tax breaks |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2011
Ilan Moscovitz |
Next Stop: Economic Armageddon? What failure to raise the debt ceiling means. |
BusinessWeek
March 4, 2010
James Rowley |
Wisconsin's Paul Ryan: Congressman and Calculator His combination of math and politics, including a proposal to privatize Medicare and Social Security, has made him a go-to Republican. |
BusinessWeek
February 3, 2011
Lisa Lerer |
The Tea Party: Playing Chicken with Debt The White House and congressional Republicans draw lines in the sand |
National Defense
May 2011
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
What the Latest U.S. Budget Crisis Means for the Future of Defense Even if defense survives significant 2012 budget cuts, the probability is that 2013 or 2014 will be very tough years for military budgets. |
BusinessWeek
November 4, 2010
Tackett & Dorning |
Voters to Republicans: Don't Get Too Comfortable The lesson of the midterms may be that voters no longer trust incumbents and are willing to keep shifting the balance of power. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2009
Thomas Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- An Exit Strategy for the Stimulus Plan We need to ensure that the government's intervention into the private sector is as brief as possible. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Runningen & Nichols |
Obama's Budget: Something for Everyone to Hate The President's proposed 2012 spending cuts won't win him a lot of friends |
BusinessWeek
January 21, 2010
Jane Sasseen |
Taxes: Ready to Rumble How Obama will target business, and how business will fight back |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
Albert R. Hunt et al. |
Tax Reform Is in the Eye of the Beholder Obama wants any tax overhaul to trim the deficit or be revenue neutral. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
Mandel & Dunham |
Can Anyone Steer This Economy? Global forces have taken control of the economy. And government, regardless of party, will have less influence than ever |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
McCormick & Dodge |
Bloomberg National Poll Shows Obama at Risk Republicans stand to benefit from voters' deep concern about the economy and federal deficit. |
BusinessWeek
April 8, 2010
Mike Dorning |
Why the Obama Plan Is Working Polls say the economy is heading in the wrong direction. Markets say it's back on track. This time, the markets are right. |
Reason
May 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
When Do Deficits Matter? While Democrats and Republicans switch sides regarding deficit spending, economists try to pin down a tipping point. |
BusinessWeek
October 21, 2010
Heidi Przybyla |
Alice Rivlin's Bid to Cut the Deficit Alice M. Rivlin's shadow commission to trim spending, without any political candidates, goes where the real commission dare not. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2010
Coy & Przybyla |
Debt and Taxes: Will America Ever Grow Up? Two new proposals to get serious about the U.S. budget deficit are colliding with the same old dysfunctional politics. |
BusinessWeek
November 11, 2010
Rowley & Donmoyer |
What Will Washington's Lame Ducks Do? The issues facing the returning outbound congresspeople, and what to expect. |
BusinessWeek
March 4, 2010
Mike Dorning |
Slashing the Deficit without Massive Tax Hikes President Obama has asked a high-level commission to come up with ways to shrink the shortfall drastically by 2015. Doing so won't be painless...but it's possible |
Salon.com
January 11, 2002
Damien Cave |
The dangers of overstimulation The right time to jump-start the economy may already have passed... |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Devin Leonard |
Obama and the Chamber Start Over Why is the President suddenly blowing kisses at the Chamber of Commerce's Tom Donahue? |
Reason
January 2009
Matt Welch |
Obama's Numbers The president-elect has promised to make his math add up. Therein lies a glimmer of possibility. |
National Defense
October 2011
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
President's Half-Trillion Dollar Jobs Plan Muddies the Defense Budget Waters What one wonders though is how the new requirement to "pay for" the Jobs Bill will affect defense spending. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Keynesians Many Keynesian economists are softpedaling the idea that our gigantic -- and growing -- deficit and public debt are highly dangerous. Shame on them, and on anyone who believes there's anything sustainable about the faux economic "growth" we're now seeing. |
BusinessWeek
April 28, 2011
Rich Miller |
Why a Fed Rate Hike May Be Delayed The GOP's calls for austerity increase the likelihood of long-term budget cuts, and mean interest rates may hold longer than expected. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2011
Morgan Housel |
What You Need to Know About the President's Plan to Save $4 Trillion President Barack Obama laid out a plan to slash $4 trillion from the deficit between now and 2023. Here's roughly how it'll get done. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Healthcare Reform Picks Up Momentum Healthcare reform is still moving ahead, despite opposition from Republicans and well-covered populist discontent over the plan. |
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004
Howard Gleckman |
The Budget: Hey Guys, Get Real President Bush says he wants to cut the deficit in half by 2009. Here's why that's not likely to happen. |
BusinessWeek
February 24, 2010
Paula Dwyer |
How the Political Gridlock in Washington Might End Anger at Washington and midterm elections are driving both parties to recalibrate their self-interest. A tentative bipartisanship is emerging. |
Reason
May 2009
Nick Gillespie |
Will We Be Stimulated? Suspecting that there was more disagreement out there than the president was letting on, reason magazine asked 10 economists what they expect from the stimulus package. The results were not very optimistic. |
BusinessWeek
October 14, 2010
Kate Andersen Brower |
Joe Biden's Tough Campaigning Job for Obama Joe Biden has one of the hardest jobs in politics this year: selling his boss's economic stimulus package to voters. |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Heidi Przybyla |
Social Security Gets a Reprieve--for Now Obama may put off Social Security reform until a hoped-for second term, unless Republicans take the initiative. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2011
Ilan Moscovitz |
From the White House: What's Going on With the Economy We've got a long way to go. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2011
Morgan Housel |
What the Debt Deal Might Do to the Economy Probably nothing good. |
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004
Michael J. Mandel |
Cutting Through The Budget Smoke Long-term growth matters to the health of the U.S. federal budget, and so does reforming entitlements. |
BusinessWeek
June 9, 2011
Julie Hirschfeld Davis |
Debt Challenge Makes for Two Lonely Republicans As a deadline nears, lawmakers Kevin McCarthy and Tom Coburn urge their colleagues to get serious about the debt |
BusinessWeek
January 21, 2010
Michael McKee |
As the Economy Recovers, What Is 'Normal'? The Great Recession had many experts fretting about America's long-term growth potential. Now a survey of Wall Street economists shows a less pessimistic view. |
BusinessWeek
January 19, 2004 |
Bush's Borrowing Is Sapping Our Strength The GOP-led Congressional Budget Office says tax cuts will likely slow growth |
BusinessWeek
September 16, 2010
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Paul Ryan The Republican representative from Wisconsin's bill -- "Roadmap for America's Future" -- proposes cutting the federal debt by partly dismantling Social Security and Medicare |
National Defense
August 2015
Jon Harper |
The Defense Budget Showdown Funding for the Defense Department in fiscal year 2016 remains clouded with uncertainty as President Barack Obama and the GOP continue to spar over the federal budget. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Just the Facts: A Look At Obama's Budget Proposal Where spending is rising, and why it's so hard to cut. |
