Bret Stephens is right to marvel at how seriously Al Gore's blather is taken ("Al Gore's Doomsday Clock," Global View, July 22), especially given his dismal record of prognostication and judgment on technology over many years...
What if I told you that a prominent global political figure in recent months has proposed: abrogating key features of his government's contracts with energy companies; unilaterally renegotiating his country's international economic treaties; dramatically raising marginal tax rates on the "rich" to levels not seen in his country in three decades (which would make them among the highest in the world); and changing his country's social insurance system into explicit welfare by severing the link between taxes and benefits?...
Bazooka Hank means to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac just as sidekick Ben Bernanke risked the Fed's $29 billion to get Bear Stearns absorbed by JP Morgan...
“We don’t look to arsonists to help put out fires but we do look to politicians to help solve financial crises that they played a major role in creating...
The Working Group on Economic Policy brings together experts on economic and financial policy to study key developments in the U.S. and global economies, examine their interactions, and develop specific policy proposals.