May 7, 2015 Five compromises Obama should embrace to boost the economy If Republicans win the Senate, President Obama risks another bruising recession if he doesn’t embrace compromise and abandon ineffective populist prescriptions. Here are five things Obama could do with Republicans to boost growth.
May 7, 2015 Hysteria watch: The truth about China's economy China is not now nor will it become the world’s largest economy in the next decade.
May 7, 2015 Five reasons Americans can’t find jobs The jobless rate is likely closer to 20 percent, and the root cause is slow economic growth.
May 7, 2015 October Jobs Numbers: If things are so good, why do we feel so bad? Friday we learned that the unemployment rate had ticked down to 5.8%, but that number has become a standard joke among Americans looking for a job – or those looking for a better job.
May 6, 2015 Millenials, Men and You? Meet American workers left behind as US economy picks up An exodus of workers from the marketplace has reshaped families across the country. Today only 62.8 percent of the labor force is working in the United States, the lowest rate since 1978.
May 6, 2015 House GOP budget plan gets it right. Here's why... Tom Price, the new chairman of the House Budget Committee, has just released the GOP budget blueprint for the years ahead this week. This will have a big impact on how the government spends more than 20 percent of our economy, and where the revenues will come from to fund this behemoth operation.
May 6, 2015 Our dismal GDP numbers: Under Obama US stuck in slow growth rut The Department of Commerce delivered the miserable news Wednesday morning that economic growth nearly ground to a halt during the first quarter, up a microscopic 0.2%. Even more disturbing, because the population is growing at about 0.8%, real per capita GDP is actually negative.
May 6, 2015 Want to grow America's economy? Repeal the medical device tax The quiet town of Warsaw, Indiana has been at the center of a heated debate in Washington, D.C. for the past six years regarding ObamaCare and its new tax on medical devices. As the sitting U.S. Representative of Warsaw, known as "The Orthopedic Capital of the World," I wish to state the reasons for the overwhelming calls by a wide range of lawmakers to repeal the medical device tax.
May 6, 2015 What economic recovery? The disconnect between the way Washington and Wall Street describe the state of the economy, and how real Americans feel its impact, is as wide as the Grand Canyon.
May 6, 2015 William Shakespeare's spot on economic advice William Shakespeare is not known for his economic expertise, but the advice he gives through Polonius in “Hamlet” may be the best counsel ever offered for individuals and governments.
