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Keeping Clear Boundaries Jun. 20, 2020
Dear Annie: I was given up for adoption at four months old and was adopted by my maternal grandparen... Read More
Give Individuals and Small Businesses a Government-Backed Line of Credit Jun. 18, 2020
The economy is reopening. Consumer spending increased by almost 18% last month, sending the stock ma... Read More
Suspending the Payroll Tax Really Would Stimulate the Economy Jun. 02, 2020
The recovery stage for our economy is finally here, and now the policy priority has to shift to gett... Read More
Trump's Plot to Take Out the Post Office Apr. 29, 2020
"The post office is a wonderful establishment! ... If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all t... Read More
Keeping Score: Coronavirus Heroes and Villains Apr. 24, 2020
John Jacob Astor, the richest man on board the Titanic, famously gave up a seat in the final lifeboa... Read More
Don't Put Uncle Sam in Corporate Boardrooms Apr. 07, 2020
There is nothing worse than the government bailing out private industries. I've spent a career oppos... Read More
Why Trump Can't Restart the Economy Mar. 26, 2020
The federal government's effort to combat the new coronavirus carries an economic price that is gett... Read More
Going Viral: Politicizing This Pandemic Gets Us Nowhere Mar. 26, 2020
By now the tropes have become almost typical. Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, drumming u... Read More
How to Relieve the Growing Economic Pain -- and How Not To Mar. 19, 2020
In normal times, we expect the people who make economic policy to do everything possible to avoid a ... Read More
Please, Not 'Shovel-Ready' Projects Again! Mar. 17, 2020
It was just a little over 10 years ago, at the height of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, that House ... Read More
Trump's 'Infrastructure' Plan Versus Obama's 'Stimulus': Part II May. 16, 2019
My previous column objected to President Donald Trump and Sen. Chuck Schumer's, D-N.Y., proposed $2 ... Read More
Trump's 'Infrastructure' Plan Versus Obama's 'Stimulus': What's the Difference? May. 09, 2019
What's the difference between the $2 trillion "infrastructure" plan that Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,... Read More
Trump's Building Plan Has Merits Feb. 20, 2018
Ignore the flimflam and President Donald Trump is offering some good ideas with his infrastructure p... Read More
Trump's Infrastructure Illusions Nov. 17, 2016
"We've got shovel-ready projects all across the country. And governors and mayors are pleading to fu... Read More
Thank Gridlock for Economic Turnaround Jan. 02, 2015
The Obama Boom is finally here. Gross domestic product grew by a healthy 5 percent in the third quar... Read More
No, There Is No Consensus on Obama's Policies Feb. 21, 2014
Since its inception, the Obama administration has engaged in the deceptive routine of claiming that ... Read More
Recalling the Stimulus That Really Wasn't Feb. 19, 2014
Five years ago this week, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The $78... Read More
Obama May Be Best Economic President Ever Dec. 31, 2013
Lend me your ears. I have come to praise President Obama and bury the myth that Republican president... Read More
The Economy and the Future Nov. 27, 2013
Dear Mr. Berko: Why has the stock market continued to make new highs while unemployment remains high... Read More
The Four Lies About the Economy That Obama Needs Voters to Believe Jun. 05, 2012
President Barack Obama's re-election turns on his ability to convince voters that 1) Obama inherited... Read More
