Politico is running my op-ed today explaining the linkage how the wrong health reform bill will hurt the economy.
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Many mixed signals
8 July 2009 
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The President and Vice President have this week sent mixed and confusing signals on the macroeconomic picture. This seems to be part of a broader problem with the Administration’s ability to send clear, coordinated, and internally consistent signals on economic policy.
Read more Scrambling for a macroeconomic message
8 July 2009 9 Comments
Provoked by the Vice President’s comment on Sunday that the Administration “misread the economy,” the Obama Administration is partway through an unplanned shift in their topline economic message. It’s hard to reconcile a “stay the course” strategy with (a) new bad data, (b) “we misread the economy” and (c) “we had incomplete information.”
Read more Misreading the economy
6 July 2009 10 Comments
The Vice President says that “We and everyone else misread the economy,” and that “No one anticipated, no one expected that that recovery package would in fact be in a position at this point of having to distribute the bulk of money.” This is inaccurate.
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