Obama Should Be Attacking Casino Capitalism — Both Romney’s Bain and JPMorgan (JPM)

May 24, 2012, 9:06 AM

I wish President Obama would draw the obvious connection between Bain Capital and JPMorgan Chase (JPM). That way his so-called “attack” on private equity is... Read »

Republican War On Economic Data is Anti-Business and Anti-Growth

May 21, 2012, 1:01 PM

The House Republicans appear to be conducting a war on economic data. They seem to think that defunding data collection is all gain and no loss. In fact, the anti-data... Read »

How the Euro Crisis Could Sink the Obama Campaign

May 18, 2012, 3:41 AM

The busy shop floor at Miller Weldmaster Corp could make a great location for an Obama campaign ad. As workers assemble the family-owned company’s hot-air... Read »

Why are Pundits on the Left More Willing to Criticize Their Own Team?

May 13, 2012, 7:55 PM

Why is the left so much more willing than the right to criticize members of its own team when they mis-step? There seems to be far more people on the left criticizing... Read »

Have Markets Priced the Presidential Campaign?

May 13, 2012, 9:37 AM

It is our sense the conventional wisdom has assumed an Obama victory in November. The polling shows a much closer race, in fact, a dead heat. Romney has opened a... Read »

We Don’t Need Socialism, We Need a Capitalism that Works

May 8, 2012, 8:36 AM

Francois Hollande’s victory doesn’t and shouldn’t mean a movement toward socialism in Europe or elsewhere. Socialism isn’t the answer to the basic problem... Read »

Economy is Heading for a Stall

May 4, 2012, 10:56 AM

We’ll know more tomorrow when the jobs report is announced, but today’s report on America’s massive service sector – which make up about 90 percent of the... Read »

The World Belongs to Those Collecting Capital Gains

May 1, 2012, 2:05 PM

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 13,338 Tuesday, it’s highest since December, 2007. The S&P 500 added 16 points. Wall Street will remember May 1 as a great... Read »

Paul Krugman & Ron Paul Face Off on Spending, Inflation, and The Fed

Apr 30, 2012, 6:54 PM 7

Sparks flew when Paul Krugman and Congressman Ron Paul faced off today on Bloomberg TV’s “Street Smart” with Trish Regan and Adam Johnson…. Watch... Read »

How The Secret Service Scandal Protects Obama

Apr 30, 2012, 8:01 AM

Don’t assume that President Obama is terribly upset about the misbehavior of his Secret Service protectors in Colombia. The president now knows that a well-timed... Read »

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