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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. |
Salon.com February 15, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
Reaganomics redux Supply-side economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth defends President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut... |
Salon.com September 4, 2001 Anthony York |
Bring on the budget deficit Robert Reich denounces Democrats' debt-reduction fetish, and compares Al Gore to Calvin Coolidge... |
Financial Advisor October 2006 Bruce W. Fraser |
Economic Pin Balls As it stands today, Bush's economic legacy is still uncertain. Is Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. more than a Hail Mary? |
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Howard Gleckman |
As Growth Sizzles, What's A Dem To Do? Presidential hopefuls will try to ignite middle class rage over breaks for the wealthy. |
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. |
Reason November 2008 Veronique de Rugy |
Fear of a Unified Government What happens to federal spending when the Democrats control both Congress and the presidency? |
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 November 24, 2003 Robert Kuttner |
Harping On The Deficit May Undo The Dems I hope the Democratic candidates for President are in touch with Joseph E. Stiglitz, the 2001 Nobel prize co-winner in economics. Stiglitz has challenged a premise that has become like holy writ: the idea that deficit reductions caused the boom of the 1990s. |
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Bruce Nussbaum |
Why Rubinomics Worked At a time when best-seller lists are dominated by Clinton-haters, Bush-bashers, and ideologues of the right and left, Robert E. Rubin's In an Uncertain World comes as calm, thoughtful relief. |
Knowledge@Wharton April 23, 2003 |
The Bush Tax Reform Plan: Greener Pastures vs. the Road to Perdition Robert J. Barro, an economics professor at Harvard University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, took up the cudgels for President Bush's proposed $726 billion tax reform plan. On the other side of the ring was Alan S. Blinder, a Princeton University economics professor. |
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Robert Kuttner |
The Budget Mess Bush Can No Longer Ignore The U.S. economy can't grow its way out of such big deficits. |
BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Laura D'Andrea Tyson |
The Bush Tax Cuts Are Sapping America's Strength The cost is nearly three times as much as the tab from September 11, Afghanistan, Iraq, and homeland security combined. |
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 July 15, 2010 Ryan Donmoyer |
Brinkmanship Over the Bush Tax Cuts High-income Americans could be the beneficiaries of a looming fight over whether to extend or let expire the Bush-era tax cuts. |
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Michael J. Mandel |
Reaganomics vs. Rubinomics The heavyweight economy policy debate over the past two decades has been Reaganomics vs. Rubinomics. The two philosophies seem to have fought each other to a draw. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 Michael W. Lynch |
Check's in the Mail How the tax cut went from impossible to inevitable... |
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 December 27, 2004 Robert Kuttner |
What Killed Off The GOP Deficit Hawks? The Republicans are now the ones making excuses for big deficits. |
BusinessWeek October 1, 2007 Jane Sasseen |
It's The Economy Stupid 2.0 With a possible slowdown looming, the economy will be front and center in the presidential campaign. |
BusinessWeek January 24, 2005 Howard Gleckman |
The Beltway Battle Ahead If Bush is willing to deal, he'll have a chance to fix Social Security, say both Democratic and Republican insiders. But he'll need to build bridges with Democrats and sell economic conservatives on compromise. |
Inc. January 2006 Robert E. Litan |
Almost a Tax Plan The budget deficit is deadly serious. Tax reform should be too. |
CFO September 1, 2004 Ronald Fink |
It's the Deficit,... Neither Bush nor Kerry would close the federal budget gap. But that's where the policy resemblance ends. While 86 percent of CFOs are concerned about the size of the deficit, so far neither Bush nor Kerry has demonstrated much real interest in it. |
Inc. October 2008 Robb Mandelbaum |
Tax This; Tax That When it comes to taxes, John McCain and Barack Obama both want to ease the burden and spark the economy. The difference is in how they would go about doing it. Here are the specifics of each candidate's plan. |
BusinessWeek December 10, 2009 Ryan Donmoyer |
How Many Ways Can You Tax the Rich? Democrats are scrambling to fund their wish list while keeping Obama's pledge to go easy on most Americans. |
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 |
Robert Rubin: Embrace Kerry Clinton's Treasury Secretary says the Democrat has what's needed to get America out of its "threatening fiscal hole" |
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 |
Reason June 2009 Veronique de Rugy |
The Age of Debt Barack Obama's first budget promises "fiscal responsibility" but delivers the opposite. |
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 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 April 6, 2011 Przybyla & Armstrong |
The Audacity of Paul Ryan His plan would privatize Medicare, cut taxes, and cap social spending. |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Howard Gleckman |
Wesley Clark: Marching Down the Middle He sets a centrist economic agenda, -- relying on former Clinton advisers. |
BusinessWeek May 26, 2011 Drake Bennett |
Grover Norquist, the Enforcer For decades, the Americans for Tax Reform founder has locked in lawmakers to oppose new taxes. The deficit debate is his greatest triumph -- and biggest test. |
BusinessWeek January 26, 2004 Howard Gleckman |
Why the Democrats Can't Win On Taxes Only hikes can fund plans for health care, education -- and yes, breaks for workers. |
Inc. July 1, 2003 Bobbie Gossage |
Back to the Future The tax cut makes this Bush look very Reaganesque. |
Salon.com March 27, 2001 Joe Conason |
Has Bush doomed his tax cut? By sowing fear about the economy, the president has opened the door for the Democrats' quick-fix tax plan... |
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Howard Gleckman |
The Fog Of The Budget How Bush will mask the biggest national debt in history. |
Salon.com September 28, 2001 Damien Cave |
Greenspan's New Deal Save the poor! No breaks for the rich! Has the Fed chairman become a tax-and-spend Democrat? |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2004 Rugaber & MacNealy |
Kerry vs. Bush: Duel Conclusion Chris Rugaber: It's Not a Lie If You Believe It... Jeremy MacNealy: Texas Hold 'em... |
Salon.com June 14, 2000 Jake Tapper |
Gore to voters: It's the economy, stupids! Trailing in the polls, the vice president basks in our "prosperity" while promising more. |
Reason June 2003 Jesse Walker |
Trading Places In matters economic, Democrats are supposed to be the party of big government, Republicans the faction of fiscal and regulatory restraint. But when it comes to the executive branch, the sides seem to have reversed. |
Salon.com July 25, 2000 Steve Bodow |
No relief Repeal of the estate tax will help only the rich, but will cost us all. |
BusinessWeek September 20, 2004 Gleckman & McNamee |
What A "Fairer" Tax Code Might Look Like A reelected Bush may rework the existing system -- or try for a consumption tax. His previous tax cuts and other ideas offer some hints as to where Bush-style reform might go. |
Salon.com September 1, 2001 Anthony York |
Breaking into the lockbox Thanks to his massive tax cut, President Bush is under pressure to raid the Social Security surplus to fund his budget -- and some liberal Democrats agree. |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2004 Rugaber & MacNealy |
Kerry vs. Bush: Who Wins? Would you like to return to the economic policies of the roaring '90s, when unemployment fell to record lows, wages rose, and the stock market soared?... The administration's strategies (for our economy, businesses, individual investors, and the average American) stand to benefit our country in the near term and for generations to come... |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2011 Ilan Moscovitz |
Next Stop: Economic Armageddon? What failure to raise the debt ceiling means. |
Salon.com March 16, 2001 Herman Schwartz & Aida Hozic |
Who needs the new economy? Bush's bias toward industrial dinosaurs is strangling America's high-tech-driven growth. The stock market's turn away from technology shares reflects the perception that old economy companies which donated more to the GOP will benefit. |
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. |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 Richard S. Dunham |
Dean Starts Testing The Tightrope Can he bash business and tax cuts -- and still woo the Investor Class? |
The Motley Fool November 1, 2004 Mathew Emmert |
Presidential Portfolio Potluck What the candidates are bringing to the tax table. |