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February 3, 2012 | Wall Street Journal

An American History Lesson for Europe

Our federal government refused to bail out the states in the 1840s, thus preserving their fiscal independence...
January 31, 2012 | Project Syndicate

A Referendum on Obama

Until November, divided government and contentious campaigning will most likely prevent significant policy moves. But, following the election, taxes and spending, trade policy, federalism, regulation, and defense will take a different course...
January 26, 2012 | Wall Street Journal

Lessons From the Great Expansion

Yes 'the middle class has shrunk'—because it's getting richer...
January 20, 2012 | Wall Street Journal

The Jobs Picture Is Still Far From Rosy

New unemployment claims are down, but the likelihood that an unemployed worker will find a job has not substantially improved...
January 19, 2012 | Tribune Media Services

Civilization in Reverse

In Greek mythology, the prophetess Cassandra was doomed both to tell the truth and to be ignored. Our modern version is a bankrupt Greece that we seem to discount...Washington, please take heed...
January 17, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)

Death by Wealth Tax

Egalitarian impulses will sink our struggling economy...
January 15, 2012 | Forbes.com

And Deliver Us From Systemic Risk: The Fed Transcripts

The Fed’s “intelligence failure” serves as a lesson for those calling for government to foresee systemic risk...
January 9, 2012 | Wall Street Journal

An Exit Strategy From the Euro

The euro can be phased out the same way Europe's individual currencies were. The bonds of troubled member states would benefit as a result...
January 7, 2012 | Economics One

No, Austan, Washington Is Spending Too Much

While the Congress was able to make a dent in the Administration’s spending plan, we still have a long way to go to gradually get spending back to 2007 levels, which is the pro-growth thing to do...
November 22, 2011 | National Review Online

Obama’s Economic Quackery

Obama has learned how to turn a natural recovery into a serial slowdown...