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






