May 23, 2013

NBC, Reuters: Weekly jobless claims jump “unexpected”

Seriously? For those readers who wonder why I haven’t written about the weekly initial jobless … [Read more...]

How nice: We’re stuck in the weakest economic recovery since WWII

Womp, womp. You know we’re in trouble when even the Associated Press can no longer … [Read more...]

How nice: We’re stuck in the weakest economic recovery since WWII

Womp, womp. You know we’re in trouble when even the Associated Press can no longer … [Read more...]

How nice: We’re stuck in the weakest economic recovery since WWII

Womp, womp. You know we’re in trouble when even the Associated Press can no longer … [Read more...]

President Obama welcomes Paul Ryan to the race

Uh oh. At a campaign fundraiser on Sunday, President Obama offered his initial public reaction to … [Read more...]

Even more exciting up-and-coming financial regulation: Big banks now required to produce emergency plans

Rationalizing rationality. Blergh. It appears that federal regulators have recently required that … [Read more...]

Obama campaign planning their next pivot?

Oh, goody. Maybe it’s just me (and maybe it doesn’t help that I thought the criticisms … [Read more...]

Happy 100th birthday, Milton Friedman

Brain crush. In these strange times of Obamanomics, populism, Keynesian revival, envy politics, big … [Read more...]

Palestinians are not pleased with Mitt Romney’s visit to Israel

Breakin' my heart. Before departing for Poland, Romney held a fundraiser in Israel during which he … [Read more...]

Palestinians are not pleased with Mitt Romney’s visit to Israel

Breakin' my heart. Before departing for Poland, Romney held a fundraiser in Israel during which he … [Read more...]

Good news: Interior Department opening up more federal land… for solar panels

Yes, because who cares about oil and gas when solar panels have created so many productive … [Read more...]

Good news: Interior Department opening up more federal land… for solar panels

Yes, because who cares about oil and gas when solar panels have created so many productive … [Read more...]

Obama campaign: Does Romney “even understand how our economy works?”

Do you really want to go there? Steel yourself — these three minutes of relentless … [Read more...]

Obama: When I try something that doesn’t work, I don’t try it again — except when I do

More housing-market messes. I realize I already discussed this moment in an earlier post, but there … [Read more...]

Once again, celebrities demonstrate their apt leadership on complex environmental issues

Frack. Blergh. I apologize in advance for my intellectual prudery — I realize that Jimmy … [Read more...]

Once again, celebrities demonstrate their apt leadership on complex environmental issues

Frack. Blergh. I apologize in advance for my intellectual prudery — I realize that Jimmy … [Read more...]

Why Obama’s calls for more public-sector spending are not a good idea

A little less demagoguery, a little more critical thinking, if you please. As part of his recent … [Read more...]

GOP leadership: Carbon taxes are not up for negotiation

Two can play at that game. Earlier today, certain Congressional Democrats let it be known that their … [Read more...]

Obama cites a “nonpartisan economist” — who also happens to be a campaign donor

Wait... what? President Obama is continuing his campaigning this week, this time swinging back … [Read more...]

Senate Dems introducing the “Team USA Made in America Act of 2012.” Seriously.

The outrageous outrage continues. I’m having trouble typing this, because I absolutely cannot … [Read more...]

California senate passes “anti-Arizona” immigration bill

Incentivizing. Once again, here comes California, demonstrating their peculiar knack for proving … [Read more...]

DOE Secretary Chu: The U.S. must make electric cars more affordable

Uhm, must we? Ugh, the never-ceasing folly of central planning in all of its hybridized forms! This … [Read more...]

Bad news, guys: America doesn’t score too well on the “Happy Planet Index”

Green for thee, but not for me. The “Happy Planet Index,” a project of the New Economics … [Read more...]

Obama: We need more taxes and regulations, so we can have more bottom-up economics

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. President Obama has a provoking … [Read more...]

Obama: Republicans haven’t “lifted a finger” for job creation

Stalemate. Some of our politicians have taken to providing us with “weekly addresses” to … [Read more...]

Video: Boomtown, North Dakota

The land of opportunity. While the Obama administration continues to limit access to America’s … [Read more...]

Led by Germans, Europeans are increasingly disillusioned with Obama

Honeymoon's over. Oh, how the mighty fall! When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, plenty … [Read more...]

Paul Ryan: It’s “pretty amazing” that Romney is tied with the Obama campaign “machine”

"I think being tied at this stage... is pretty impressive." House budget guru Paul Ryan appeared on … [Read more...]

Lisa Jackson: EPA isn’t to blame for coal industry’s problems

Oh, honestly. Is this some sort of inept, tasteless joke? Try to read around the relentless … [Read more...]

Yes: Billions in agriculture subsidies could face the chopping block

And it feels so good. While the economic malfeasance of agricultural subsidies may be relatively low … [Read more...]

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