Posts Tagged ‘Economics’
PANDYA: Were the Euroskeptics Right?
Om Pandya, Conservative
Looking back at the debate and presently at the crisis facing the EU, it seems as if those who pushed for the independence of British currency have every right to gloat.
HOLLINSHEAD: A To-Do List for Obama, Dems
Kevin Hollinshead, Progressive
If an anti-reform Republican was able to win the seat of universal health care’s greatest champion, what do this November and November of 2012 hold for Democrats? Unless the Obama administration shakes things up, they’re on thin ice.
BARON: The High Cost of Republican Federalism
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
What price is the conservative wing of the Republican Party willing to pay for blind adherence to traditional dogma? The answer: any price, just so long as they can get re-elected.
EDWARDS: How to Invest in the Current Economic Climate
With everyone greedily investing in the US and China, the most stable and sure returns will come from Europe.
PHILLIPS: Happiness, Sustainability and Economic Success
Examining quality of life and sustainability alongside GDP.
Goldin: The Age of Diminishing Returns
Neoclassical economics and current international trade is a threat to our economy, our ecosystem and the developing world.
MEYER: Michael Moore’s Lies
Cynthia Meyer, Staff Writer
Ideology: Conservative | Writing From: George Washington University
Michael Moore has sunk to a new low with his most recent movie, Capitalism: A Love Affair. In the film, [...]
Pernell: Regulation We Need
Economic greed will always need a watchdog. Government is our best bet.
SIEFF: WWI and the Socio-Politics of 2009
The two wars ans the current recession facing the United States may stand to change American culture.
MEYER: Obama’s Broken Promises
Cynthia Meyer, Staff Writer
Ideology: Conservative | Writing from: Austin, TX
The top five broken promises of the Obama Administration.
It is now over six months into President Obama’s term. Has he [...]
WALK: Just Cut Taxes
Instead of expanding entitlement programs like unemployment benefits, the government should cut taxes on small business to bolster the economy.
EDWARDS: What Obama Financial Plan?
Raising the minimum wage and cap-and-trade legislation may sound like good ideas to President Obama, but ultimately those two issues, and the national debt, might spell further disaster for the American economy.
BARON: Capitalism as Democracy (Part III)
Noah Baron, Associate Editor
Ideology: Religious Progressive | Writing From: New Jersey
Democracies prefer markets, but markets do not prefer democracies.”
- Benjamin Barber
Thus far, my posts in this series have presupposed [...]
BARON: Capitalism As Democracy? (Part II)
Associate Editor Noah Baron continues his series on the democratic implications of capitalism.
McCAFFREY: Clunking Along
Associate Editor Kathleen McCaffrey critiques the ‘Cash-for-Clunkers’ program in the wake of its suspension from a free-market perspective.