'We are extremely disappointed," the White House press secretary said after Moscow granted asylum to fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden. A nice understatement.
The debate over health-care policy has become so polarized that it’s hard to see how progress on any new reforms can be possible. But here’s a health-care reform that can attract bipartisan support: transparency in price and quality information. Recently, the high prices that some health-care providers charge — and their role in driving...
Fifty years ago, the historian Elizabeth Monroe published a beautifully written book with a dismissive title: Britain’s Moment in the Middle East, 1914-1956. Although one can quibble with the description—the Britis
It wasn’t any fun updating my charts this morning with the new data released this week. None of the charts looked better and some looked worse. The EKG chart showing real GDP growth quarter-by-qua...
It takes no savvy to know what Vladimir Putin will do next. Putin (Vova or VVP, as he is known by Russians) can be counted on to do exactly what his declared “enemy” – the United States – does not want him to do. He will do so, moreover, unadorned [...]
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, a Michigan Republican, talks with Bloomberg's Al Hunt about overhauling the U.S. tax code for individuals and corporations. Bloomberg's Rich Miller and Julianna Goldman discuss today's U.S. jobs report for July and the outlook for budget negotiations. Commentators Lanhee Chen and Margaret Carlson talk about U.S. national security and Larry Summers as a possible nominee for Federal Reserve chairman. (Source: Bloomberg)
Robert Pindyck of MIT talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenges of global warming for policy makers. Pindyck argues that while there is little doubt about the existence of human-caused global warming via carbon emissions, there is...
