Obama’s Weak Economy: Five Reasons
by Scott L. Vanatter What kind of economy did Obama inherit? Brit Hume put it this way: “A central premise of the Obama campaign is that he inherited an economy…
Princeton Economist: Romney Tax Plan Mathematically Sound
by Tony Lee Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama, and liberal think tanks have claimed Mitt Romney’s plan to cut tax rates across the board by 20 percent is bad arithmetic,…
New Data: Recovery or Recession?
by George Landrith A new study by the liberal Pew Research Center finds that the median income today is lower than it was during the “Great Recession.” When President Barack…
Credit Unions Offer Alternative for Consumers and Small Businesses
Congress Must Act to Lift Restrictions on Consumer Choice and Access to Credit in the Market by Horace Cooper Much has been written about the over-reach of Dodd-Frank and the…
Saved GM? Really? GM is losing $49,000 on each Volt it builds
by Bernie Woodall and Paul Lienert and Ben Klayman (Reuters) Nearly two years after the introduction of the path-breaking plug-in hybrid, GM is still losing as much as $49,000 on each…
Trade Obama’s Excuses for Romney’s Results?
by Steve Huntley Hope needs more time. That was President Barack Obama’s message in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night. But a country that was forced…
Saved General Motors? It Is Headed For Bankruptcy — Again
by Louis Woodhill President Obama is proud of his bailout of General Motors. That’s good, because, if he wins a second term, he is probably going to have to bail…
No, Obama Hasn’t Cut Small Business Taxes 18 Times
by Investors.com President Obama has been running around lately claiming he’s cut small business taxes more than a dozen times. That no doubt would be news to the nation’s small…
Are We Better Off? Business Publication Says No
Economic Conditions: All weekend, Democratic party leaders kept fumbling their answer to a simple question: Are we better off than we were four years ago? There’s a good reason for that:…
Why ‘Catch Shares’ Is the Solution for Fisheries
Seafood Is Yummy; Bureaucratic Mismanagement Is Not Public policy on fisheries continues to rely largely on outdated central planning. This has led to hazardous fishing conditions, depletion of many fish…
Economics that don’t work
by George Landrith President Barack Obama continues to argue against keeping taxes low to spur economic growth and job creation. At the same time, he argues against significantly cutting government…
Obamanomics is not working
by George Landrith Barack Obama is nearing the fourth year of his presidency and the economy continues to languish as evidenced by the fact that the unemployment rate “unexpectedly” shot…
Why is Obamanomics failing?
by Peter Ferrara On Inauguration Day, 2009, President Obama seemed so politically blessed by the timing of developing economic trends. I expected that based on American economic history, recovery from…