Government & Politics
Tactical coverage of politics, usually from inside the Beltway.
- Policy on Hold at the Fed Desmond Lachman 10/31/2009
- At its upcoming meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee will likely see little reason to change its monetary policy stance since economic developments have stood very much in line with the Fed’s expectations.
- Hondurans, Not Zelaya, Will Decide Their Future Roger F. Noriega 10/30/2009
- A new proposal by the interim government represents a triumph for the Honduran people and their constitution.
- The Healthcare Co-op: Believe It, It’s Not Butter Wistar Wilson 10/30/2009
- If healthcare overhaul legislation including a public plan fails to pass, Democrats could fall back on a homespun idea from the heartland: healthcare cooperatives.
- From Start-up to Stop: The Recession and Entrepreneurship Scott Shane 10/30/2009
- I’ve taken a look at the data, and, I’m sad to report, the Great Recession has badly damaged the entrepreneurial sector of the U.S. economy.
- Coase vs. the Neo-Progressives Jeff Eisenach and Adam Thierer 10/28/2009
- Fifty years ago this month a seminal paper challenged the prevailing intellectual orthodoxy on markets, technology, and regulation. We would be wise to revisit it today.
- About That Stimulus: The Shovel Wasn’t Ready Alex Brill and Rachel Forward 10/27/2009
- Many 'shovel-ready' projects are still tied up in administrative red tape. It is clear that the stimulus bill has done little thus far to help get workers back to work.
- Bleeding Biotech James V. DeLong 10/24/2009
- Given all the hopes for medical progress that ride on biotech progress, one might assume that Congress and the administration would seek ways to encourage investment. One would be wrong.
- Coburn vs. the Political Scientists Philip I. Levy 10/23/2009
- It would be an enormous mistake to defund political science research.
- The Copenhagen Climate Extortion Jon Entine 10/23/2009
- Going into the Copenhagen climate change summit, the delegates appear to be competing over who can offer the most ambitious and least realistic targets.
- The Baucus Plan’s Phony Deficit Reduction Andrew G. Biggs 10/22/2009
- The true effect of Senator Baucus’s healthcare bill will likely be large increases in the deficit, not an $81-billion reduction.