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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
New for GOP: Resurgent Republic
Ed Gillespie, the former GOP chairman and counselor to President George W. Bush, and top pollster Whit Ayres on Tuesday are launching Resurgent Republic, a group aimed at shaping the debate as the party regenerates itself for the upcoming elections...
James Buckley discusses the challenges we face after the 2012 election
This week on Uncommon Knowledge, author and former Senator James Buckley discusses the transformation of the federal government and the challenges we face after the 2012 election. (28:30)
“It is going to be an extraordinary challenge for [future generations] but there are certain realities that are going to be faced. If the debt goes off on the trajectory it is currently on, in terms of devastating, destroying the economic basis of the country my grandchildren are going to face problems that I never dreamed of and you never dreamed of. Nevertheless insofar as they pay any attention of any advice I might give them it would be you have responsibilities not only to yourself and your family but to the public.”
From Hoover Press: The Road Ahead for the Fed, by George Shultz, Allan Meltzer, Peter Fisher, Donald Kohn, James Hamilton, John Taylor, Myron Scholes, Darrell Duffie, Andrew Crockett, Michael Halloran, Richard Herring, John Ciorciari
In this new book, The Road Ahead for the Fed (Hoover Press, 2009), coeditors John B. Taylor and John D. Ciorciari bring together twelve leading experts to examine and debate proposals for financial reform and exit strategies from the financial crisis...
Obama lied and the economy died
As President Clinton’s campaign mouthpiece James Carville put it so succinctly in the 1990s, “It’s the economy, stupid...
Taylor's Ruling: Government Created Credit Crisis
James Freeman interviews Stanford professor John Taylor about how Washington created the credit meltdown...
Hamilton on Debt, Default, and Oil
James Hamilton of the University of California, San Diego, and blogger at EconBrowser talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the rising levels of the national debt and the growing Federal budget deficit. . . .
Bernanke & the Bond Market
John Taylor, fmr. Under Secretary of Treasury of International Affairs; James Bianco, of Bianco Researcy; and the CNBC news team discuss the bond market and the Fed...
Is An Economic Relapse Coming?
Discussing whether the economy should brace itself for a relapse, with Mort Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report; Niall Ferguson, Harvard University and James Paulsen, Wells Capital Management...
No cost-of-living increase next year for Social Security recipients
When James Cunningham found out this week that there would not be a cost-of-living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the 68-year-old Victorville resident questioned the federal government's priorities...
Global Scorecard for the Economic Slowdown
Former World Bank chief James D. Wolfensohn and historian Niall Ferguson gave a gloomy assessment of the world economy and said that while the outlook for the U.S. is dim, that for Europe is far worse...
Tax Code Should Be ‘Tossed Out,’ Expert Tells Senators
Tax experts agreed Tuesday that comprehensive tax reform will help boost economic growth, with one expert suggesting the best way to achieve this is to "toss out" the current tax code and start again.
Why Does The Federal Reserve Fear A Real Audit?
What is Janet Yellen afraid of? That question will be percolating in Congress next week when the Senate Banking Committee starts considering proposals for reforming the Federal Reserve that she chairs.
Mankiw On Dynamic Scoring
The issue: When the congressional budget office "scores" legislation, figuring out how much it will raise or lower tax revenue and spending, it has been using "static" scoring.
Ed Lazear On CNBC
CNBC's Rick Santelli discusses jobs report, productivity gains, and trade promotion authority, with Ed Lazear, Hoover Institution senior fellow.
Charles Blahous On The John Batchelor Show (9:35)
Charles Blahous talks about the Congressional Budget Office and the influence on elections.
Republican Senators Lee And Rubio Timidly Talk Tax Reform
In their Wall Street Journal article of March 3, 2015, Republican Senators Mike Lee and Marco Rubio throw their tax reform hat into the ring.
Brown Should Go All-In
He’s popular and California is (temporarily) solvent. This is the moment for Jerry Brown to put California into the black.
Why More Infrastructure Spending Is Unlikely to Create Jobs and Stimulate the Economy
Annus horribilis: Two futuristic looks at the crash of 2009
In 2005's fictional "Countdown to a Meltdown," The Atlantic magazine's James Fallows describes America's coming economic crisis by looking back from the election of 2016 -- when the 46th president of the United States will be the first since before the Civil War to be neither Democrat nor Republican...