AUGUST 10, 2011 A New Strategy for Economic Growth Growth is not just about economics. Growth unleashes human potential. By KEVIN WARSH AND JEB BUSH As the economy continues to struggle, we are reminded of a course offered at Yale University titled “Grand Strategy.” Drawing on a weighty curriculum of history and philosophy, the course […]
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NEWS & OBSERVER July 26, 2011 Sold short by the mortgage market BY KATHY GOSNELL SEILER – MCT Information Services Published in: Other Views LOS ANGELES From the front door of the house to the back is a straight shot unbroken by walls, handy for pacing, 24 steps each way. It is a small house
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JUNE 28, 2011, Normal interest rates would raise debt-service costs by $4.9 trillion over 10 years, dwarfing the savings from any currently contemplated budget deal. By LAWRENCE B. LINDSEY Washington is struggling to make a deal that will couple an increase in the debt ceiling with a long-term reduction in spending. There is no reason
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JUNE 15, 2011 Notable & Quotable Lawrence B. Lindsey on how the Federal Reserve has forced itself into keeping interest rates low. Economist Lawrence B. Lindsey writing in the Weekly Standard, June 13: Right now, thanks in large part to Federal Reserve policy, Uncle Sam can borrow at an average cost of just 2.5 percent.
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JUNE 11, 2011 ‘On the Beach, I Bring von Mises’ The tea party favorite on her start in politics, where she learned her economics, and why she disagrees with Reagan on the War Powers Resolution. By STEPHEN MOORE “If I’m in, I’ll be all in,” says Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, artfully dodging my question
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JUNE 10, 2011 The Texas model added 37% of all net U.S. jobs since the recovery began. Richard Fisher, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, dropped by our offices this week and relayed a remarkable fact: Some 37% of all net new American jobs since the recovery began were created in Texas.
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APRIL 23, 2011 By TOM LAURICELLA The U.S. dollar’s downward slide is accelerating as low interest rates, inflation concerns and the massive federal budget deficit undermine the currency. With no relief in sight for the dollar on any of those fronts, the downward pressure on the dollar is widely expected to continue. The dollar fell
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