Thanks to Brendan Miniter at the Wall Street Journal‘s Political Diary, for awarding me “Quote of the Day” today for part of Monday’s health care post, The President’s silly health care announcement. Here’s the quote: The President is attempting to claim credit for [health care] savings that (a) do not yet exist, (b) are not […]
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Tag Archives: economics
Deficits and debt under the President’s budget
20 April 2009 
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There has been a lot of debate about whether the President’s budget improves or worsens the future deficit picture. This is a debate mostly about baselines – what do you assume would happen otherwise? Rather than engaging in that debate here, I am going to look at the results of what the President has proposed. […]
Read moreCNN interview today
3 April 2009 1 Comment
Heidi Collins of CNN interviewed former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich and me this morning around 10:30 AM on CNN Newsroom. To my surprise, Secretary Reich and I agreed on a lot. We both came out strong against protectionism, and complimented the G-20 leaders for making a strong statement about this. We’ll see if the […]
Read more Bonuses and the peril of Congressional hindsight
27 March 2009 9 Comments
Hindsight is not an appropriate basis for evaluating a contract, and Congress should not change the rules of the game retroactively.
Read moreWelcome!
27 March 2009 10 Comments
Welcome to my new blog. If you would like to learn more about American economic policy, I would be honored to be your guide.
Read moreThe transition, my new role, and the mailing list archive
20 January 2009 Comments Off
Q: This blog launched in late March of 2009, and yet there are more than 40 posts dated in 2007 and 2008. Why? A: While working for President Bush, I had a mailing list titled White House Economics, which I used to explain the President’s economic policies. This blog and the associated mailing list are […]
Read moreA bipartisan economic booster shot
24 January 2008 Comments Off
Last Friday the President spoke about the need for additional Congressional action on the economy. Outsiders are referring to this as fiscal stimulus. We’ve been calling it a growth package. There’s a lot to say, so I’m going to break this up into three big parts. what the President proposed; why the President proposed it; […]
Read more Subsidizing Manhattan farmers
28 August 2007 Comments Off
Here’s an excerpt from Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns’ remarks to the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation in Nashville on August 9th. Now you’re looking at that map and you’re saying to yourself, Mike, you’re the Secretary of Agriculture, and you’re supposed to be talking about agriculture and that looks like a map of a city. It […]
Read moreThe President's trip to Europe
4 June 2007 Comments Off
The President left this morning for a nine-day trip to Europe.
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