We are right up to the election, so it is a good time to review how the two presidential candidates stand — or refuse to stand — on some important economic issues. Trade: Neither candidate is wholeheartedly for trade and…
FEMA debate obscures huge issue
How the federal government responds to natural disasters may not be the most pressing issue on the national agenda, but it is one we should address. Unfortunately, a politically shame-based overreaction to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina pushed back the issue rather…
Economic data don’t lie, but interpretation can be tricky
As an economist, I don’t like the adage that “figures don’t lie, but liars can figure” because it implies that no quantitative data can be trusted. But, having worked with economic data for some three decades, I know that even…
Issue of currency manipulation really isn’t new
A lot of economists and corporate leaders who are involved in international business have dinged Mitt Romney for his repeated pledge to name China a currency manipulator on his first day in office. The criticism is being blown out of…