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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...
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...
Mindless Yes, Austerity No: The Real Budget Problem
When his budget proposals were recently released, President Obama stated, “I want to work with Congress to replace mindless austerity with smart investments that strengthen America.” That quotation neatly summarizes how the White House is framing the basic trade-off faced in federal budgeting: between “austerity” (i.e., severe cuts in spending and deficits) and “investments” (i.e., spending on things needed to support future prosperity)...
A Feature Not A Bug In The Policy Rules Bill
In his opening line of questions for Janet Yellen at the Senate Banking Committee today, Senator Richard Shelby asked about the use of monetary policy rules and the Taylor Rule, apparently referring to the recent policy rules bill (Section 2 of HR 5018) that would require the Fed to report its strategy or rule for policy.
The Minimum Wage And Monopsony
I promised a few weeks ago to "write a further note explaining a more-sophisticated way of understanding the harmful effects of the minimum wage." This isn't it.
California Traffic Is A Symptom Of Housing Unaffordability
Two weeks ago I explored how California's housing unaffordability crisis is impacting the Golden State's business climate.
Janet Yellen’s Speech On Policy Rules
For many years, going back to the days before Google and Google Scholar helped us find and keep track of things, I created a monetary policy rule home page with links to papers, articles and speeches on policy rules, including a written version of a 1996 speech by Janet Yellen on the Taylor rule.
On RRP Pro And Con
Thanks to a comment on the last post, I found The Fed working paper explaining Fed's thinking about overnight reverse repurchases, Overnight RRP Operations as a Monetary Policy Tool: Some Design Considerations by Josh Frost, Lorie Logan, Antoine Martin, Patrick McCabe, Fabio Natalucci, and Julie Remache.
Richard Epstein On The John Batchelor Show (19:15)
Listen as Richard Epstein talks about his essay, "Greece on the brink".
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 Jeb Bush Wants Small Businesses To Grow Like It's 1985
On Wednesday, potential presidential candidate Jeb Bush heads to Washington to try to prove his conservative bona fides to none other than the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Lee Ohanian On The John Batchelor Show (32:47)
Lee Ohanian discusses his thoughts about the fare share of the tax bill.
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.
Lanhee Chen On The Hugh Hewitt Radio Show (38:11)
Lanhee Chen gives his opinion of who is responsible for the fiscal cliff.
Audit The Fed? That's A Terrible Idea
In a week when Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen got grilled pretty hard on Capitol Hill, and Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer, said the central bank was likely to start raising interest rates this year, there were a couple items that stood out as important with respect to future policy decisions.
A Recovery Waiting To Be Liberated
Bad government policy has kept the economy caged. Here’s how to spur growth quickly.
Liberate The Recovery
My piece in today’s Wall Street Journal “A Recovery Waiting to Be Liberated,” starts with data showing that economic growth last year was in the end disappointing again.
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.