More Chips For Tax Reform
As we scurry around looking for new revenue to help address the yawning budget deficit, let’s zero in on the proper rate for capital gains and dividends.
View ArticleFrom All Sides, Fiscal Plans Fall Far Short of What’s Needed
All of the current proposals for dealing with the "fiscal cliff" would fall far short of the $4 trillion over a decade needed to keep the country's debt-to-G.D.P. ratio stable.
View ArticleRising Inequality, Even Among College Presidents
Income inequality has grown even among individuals doing the same work. Some college presidents have pushed hard for seven-figure pay packages that are no longer unusual in academe.
View ArticleThe Liberation of General Motors
The federal government's divestment of its ownership stake in G.M. will end an uncomfortable and distinctly un-American period of our nation's economic history.
View ArticleAmerica in 2012, as Told in Charts
Nine charts tell the story of the United States in 2012.
View ArticleIndia Is Losing the Race
It’s a popular bet. Will China win? Or will India? Now it’s not even close.
View ArticleTimothy Geithner’s Legacy
A recent reunion at the Treasury Department underscored Timothy F. Geithner’s successes in taming the financial crisis of 2008-9.
View ArticleBreaking Down the Budget Mess
Do our political leaders have the courage to compromise and agree on a long-term balanced approach that ends budget making by crisis?
View ArticleA Sneaky Way to Deregulate
It’s called a jobs act, but it’s really a con job for small investors.
View ArticleStop Stealing From Our Kids
Forget the sequester. Washington's focus should be a short-term growth strategy, coupled with long-term reform of entitlement programs that threaten the nation's fiscal solvency.
View ArticleReclaim the Center
It’s time for the sensible majority to speak up and push for a rational approach to our fiscal challenges.
View ArticleDeficit Reduction, Minus the Reduction
The president’s new budget, while admirable in many respects, comes up short in one big way.
View ArticleThe Warnings Behind the Numbers
The latest G.D.P. announcement belies more troubling news for America’s economy.
View ArticleEurope’s Careless Dithering
European countries need to make bold moves toward full integration of their economic policies.
View ArticleBehind the I.R.S. Mess: A Campaign-Finance Scandal
The behavior of some individuals at the tax agency is inexcusable. What it reveals about our election laws is worse.
View ArticleThe Corporate Tax Dodge
When companies shelter their profits overseas, everyone else loses.
View ArticleThe New Economic Risk: Complacency
Lawmakers have let the slightly better news on the economy lull them into inaction.
View ArticleAn Orphan Jackpot
Combine ill-thought-out government incentives with a misguided corporate tax system and what do you get? A blockbuster drug.
View ArticleWe Have to Step In and Save Detroit
It isn’t fair to cut pensions in Detroit. The workers didn’t cause this mess.
View ArticleThe Right Leader for the Fed
Larry Summers’s intelligence, analytical mind and extensive experience make him the top candidate to head the Federal Reserve.
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