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The Disappointing Economics of Rick Santorum

Ian Fletcher | Posted 02.12.2012 | Politics

Read More: Elections 2012, Rick Santorum, Rick Santorum 2012, U.S. Economy, 2012 Election, Economy, Politics News
Ian Fletcher

My take on Rick Santorum on economics is that he's partly well-intentioned on some level, but has little grip on the really key policy questions, is susceptible to dangerous Republican clichés pushed by various obsession groups, and is given to posturing.

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"Half-Time in America" Highlights Our Political Dysfunctionality

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 02.11.2012 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economic Recovery, Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Commercial, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
Mohamed A. El-Erian

For the sake of both current and future generations, let us hope that Clint Eastwood's "Half Time in America" commercial will be remembered for more than just igniting yet another round of political bickering and finger pointing.

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Obama: Boosting European Growth Is Important 'To Our Economy Back Here'

Reuters | Posted 02.10.2012 | Business

Read More: European Debt Crisis, U.S. Economy, Video, Europe Economy, European Economy, Eurozone Crisis, Obama Europe, Reuters, Business News, Euro Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Thursday that the United States w...

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Biden Predicts America's Economic Future

AP | By ANN SANNER | Posted 02.09.2012 | Politics

Read More: Obama Biden 2012, US Economy, Vice President Biden, Video, Joe Biden Economy, Economy, Obama Biden, Joe Biden, Vice President Joe Biden, Vp Joe Biden, Obama 2012, Politics News

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Vice President Joe Biden says he's convinced America is better positioned than other nations to continue to lead the world's economy...

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Weighing the Economic Evidence

Jerry Jasinowski | Posted 02.09.2012 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
Jerry Jasinowski

The New Year got off to a strong start as economic indicators and the stock market both have performed better than expected. The question is -- how much of this reflects fundamental economic strength and how much of it is due to the flood of liquidity?

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The Long War

Mike Lux | Posted 02.09.2012 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Big Banks, Eric Schneiderman, Mortgage Fraud Settlement, US Economy, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Settlement, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street, Robo-Signing, Middle Class, Mortgage Fraud, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Settlement, Business News
Mike Lux

We'll win some but we'll lose some, and some of the time we will do both at the same time. That is the story of the robo-signing settlement that has finally become a done deal after many long months of struggle over it.

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Alexander Eichler

Employment Rate For Young Adults Lowest In 60 Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.09.2012 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Income Gap, Earning Gap, Income Inequality, Young, The Lost Generation, Adults Recession, College Graduates Recession, Job Market, Labor Market, Young Adults, Unemployment, Great Recession, Wage Gap, Young Adults Unemployment, Youth Unemployment Rate, Youth Unemployment, College Graduates, Generation Y, Video, Business News

Are you young and looking for work? You're in good company. Just 54 percent of Americans ages 18 to 24 currently have jobs, according to a study re...

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What's Their Counterfactual?

Jared Bernstein | Posted 02.08.2012 | Business

Read More: Mitt Romney, U.S. Economy, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
Jared Bernstein

Mitt Romney's got real economists on his team. If he wants to make the case that things would be better if we followed his plan, which is explicitly anti-stimulus on jobs and would liquidate the housing market, let's see the economic model for how it would work.

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Mark Gongloff

Consumer Borrowing Spree May Not Be Healthiest Economic Sign

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.07.2012 | Business

Read More: Auto Loans, U.S. Economy, Gdp, Credit, Economics, Great Recession, Consumers, Credit Cards, Student Loans, Consumer Spending, Borrowing, Business News

Consumer credit posted a second straight eye-popping monthly gain in December, according to a new Fed report, which some are taking as a sign of a new...

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Many With Only High School Diploma Laid Off During Weak Recovery

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.09.2012 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Job Losses, Baby Boomers, Recovery, Poverty, Job Loss, High School Graduates, Recession, Layoffs, Video, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Jobless Recovery, Great Recession, Economic Recovery, Foreclosure, African-Americans, College Graduates, Business News

For many in the United States, the two years since the end of the recession have been worse than the downturn itself. Among those Americans with o...

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Mark Gongloff

The Bond Market Is Trying To Tell Us Something

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.07.2012 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Bond Market, U.S. Economy, Markets, Economic Forecasts, Economics, Stocks, Stock Market, Bonds, American Economy, Stock Market News, Business News

For the past few months, the stock market has been behaving like a reveler who's had just a little too much to drink, and the bond market has been beh...

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Just 6 Percent of College Students Want To Work In Government: Poll

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.07.2012 | Business

Read More: College Students, Government Workers, State Government, Deficit, U.S. Economy, Video, Unemployment, Federal Budget Deficit, Federal Government, Employment, Jobs, Hiring, Government Jobs, Local Government, College Graduates, Business News

The public sector, the part of the economy experiencing cuts at every level, may soon be facing a staffing crisis of sorts. Just 6 percent of stud...

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It's Up to the 99% to Insist Upon a Better Form of Capitalism

Peter Smirniotopoulos | Posted 02.07.2012 | Politics

Read More: Paris Hilton, U.S. Economy, Global Economy, Economy, We Are the 99 Percent, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Big Oil Profits, Clean Air Act, GOP Candidates, Politics, The One Percent, Apple Ipad, Apple Iphone, Big Oil, Newt Gingrich, Kim Kardashian, Michael Vick, Politics News
Peter Smirniotopoulos

It's time for the 99% to put up or shut up; time to "vote with our wallets and pocketbooks"; time to act as much like the "good global citizens" our rhetoric suggests we want everyone else in the world to be.

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Car Prices Expected To Go Up If Economy Improves

AP | Posted 02.05.2012 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, New Cars, Car Prices, Vehicles, Luxury Cars, Cars, Economic Recovery, Used Cars, Vehicle Prices, Auto Industry, Consumer Spending, Auto Prices, Video, Business News

LAS VEGAS -- Car buyers will likely pay more for new and used cars this year as the economy improves. That's according to the National Automobile Dea...

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"I Just Want a Job"

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 02.04.2012 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, College Students, U.S. Economy, Poverty, Economy, Budget, Eviction, Economic Crisis, Drugs, School, Working Poor, Child Poverty, Education, Hunger, Homelessness, College, Homeless, Poor, Poverty in America, Forclosure, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Safety Net, Tanf, Food Pantries, Employment, Jobs, Unemployment, Job, Food Pantry, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Anyone who thinks welfare recipients do nothing but sit around and cash their checks isn't familiar with the schedules of Tiffany and many others like her.

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Are All Rich People Job Creators, or Does It Take Something More?

Scott Bittle | Posted 02.03.2012 | Business

Read More: Jobs, U.S. Economy, Innovation, Joblessness, Unemployment, Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, Business News
Scott Bittle

To assume that rich people are creating products, opening markets or even building on what they have simply because they're rich is laughable -- and dangerous.

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How to Bring Back U.S. Manufacturing Jobs

Devon Swezey | Posted 02.03.2012 | Business

Read More: US Economy, State of the Union, Manufacturing, U.S. Manufacturing, President Obama, Business News
Devon Swezey

The president is right to stake much of his vision for America's economic future on renewed American leadership in advanced manufacturing. But realizing that vision will require new strategies and new thinking.

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Is Obama a Failed President?

Bob Burnett | Posted 02.03.2012 | Politics

Read More: Mitch Daniels, Obama State of the Union, Ronald Reagan, State of the Union, Failed Presidency, Barack Obama, President Obama, US Economy, Great Recession, Economy, Politics News
Bob Burnett

Given Republican treachery, it's a miracle the US economy shows any life. To the extent that it does, credit Barack Obama. He's not a failed president; he's succeeded despite perfidious Republican obstruction.

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Inequality, the Middle Class, and Growth

Jared Bernstein | Posted 01.31.2012 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Wealth Inequality, Income Inequality, Economy, Wage Inequality, Economic Inequality, Economic Growth, Inequality, Business News
Jared Bernstein

The trickle-down, deregulatory agenda presumes that the economic growth chain starts at the top of the wealth scale and "trickles down" to those at the middle and the bottom of that scale. Problem is, that hasn't worked. As more income, wealth, and power is concentrated at the top of the income scale, narrow coalitions form to influence policy decisions in ways less likely to promote overall, or middle-class, well-being, and more likely to favor those with disproportionate power and resources. In the current economics debate, we clearly see these dynamics playing out again and again. It's now time to start thinking about new economic models to replace the old, worn out ones.

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The Biggest Risk to the Economy in 2012, and What's the Economy for Anyway?

Robert Reich | Posted 01.30.2012 | Business

Read More: European Debt Crisis, U.S. Economy, Economic Recovery, Economy, Economic Crisis, Gdp Growth, Business News
Robert Reich

Tim Geithner recently said the "critical risks" facing the American economy this year were a worsening of Europe's chronic sovereign debt crisis and a rise in tensions with Iran that could stoke global oil prices. What about jobs and wages here at home?

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Reinventing Unemployment Insurance

Trooper Sanders | Posted 01.30.2012 | Politics

Read More: Jobs, Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Unemployment Insurance, US Economy, Unemployment Benefits Extension, Unemployment Benefits, Insurance, Economy, Politics News
Trooper Sanders

As America's economy goes through another historic transition, tapping the power of the market to help workers avoid financial ruin is not only the right thing, it is the smart thing to do to strengthen American capitalism for all of its people.

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Gingrich Grandiosity and Supply-Side Economics

Alan Reynolds | Posted 01.30.2012 | Politics

Read More: US Economy, Elections 2012, Newt Gingrich 2012, Economics, Newt Gingrich, 2012 Election, Supply-Side Economics, Politics News
Alan Reynolds

Whenever Newt Gingrich has been asked to explain why he is supposedly more "conservative" than other Republican presidential candidates, he has replied that he "helped Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp develop supply-side economics." If that were true, I would know about it.

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Bonnie Kavoussi

An Illusory Holiday Shopping Season: Americans Spent Less In December

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.30.2012 | Business

Read More: Earnings, U.S. Economy, Video, Holiday Shopping, Economic Indicators, Economy, Spending, Holiday Shopping Season, Holiday Shopping 2011, Consumer Spending, Income, Business News

The boost that the holiday shopping season was supposed to have given the economy proved to be mostly an illusion. Consumer spending actually decli...

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That Uncertainty Word -- I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means

Jared Bernstein | Posted 01.29.2012 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economic Uncertainty, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News
Jared Bernstein

The evidence doesn't come close to supporting the conservative talking point that what's holding back hiring is Obama-driven regulatory uncertainty.

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