Economists

The McCain Campaign: "Turning a Page"

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics


Harold Pollack

We're in for a barrage of depressing negative campaigning from a Republican machine that has run out of much else to say or do.

Why We Must Move a Financial Rescue Package Forward

Jim Pivonka | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home


Jim Pivonka

The right has decades of experience in turning times of confusion and discontent into newly repressive policies-we have decades of experience in watching that happen.

Chicago Economists Lead Bailout Opposition

ABC 7 | Ben Bradley | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago


Some Chicago economists are leading an opposition movement to get lawmakers to consider other options. Two economists lead the opposition movement, o...

Where Are the Economists?

Simon Jenkins | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business


Simon Jenkins

Economics has long been oversold as a science, when it is rather a branch of psychology, a study of the peculiarities of human nature, thus converting micro-economics into macro has always been a dangerous game.

Sam Stein

Impossible: Finding An Expert Who Says McCain's Energy Plan Provides Short-Term Relief

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


Last week, Sen. John McCain reversed his longstanding opposition to offshore drilling. The Arizona Senator and his campaign surrogates framed the move...

Economists' Expert Opinion: An Oxymoron?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.27.2008 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Education isn't everything. In the end, what we're reading about are opinions. And when the smart guys don't agree, what's the valuation of all this flatulation?

Economists Tell Clintons to Continue Campaign

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics


Paul Abrams

A group of 250 leading economists has signed a letter urging the Hillary to continue her campaign for the Democratic nomination: the money she and Obama spend bolsters the economy.