Elizabeth Warren’s Strange Journey
A friend who was a student of Elizabeth Warren at the University of Pennsylvania Law School assures me that back then she was a Republican. So she has some history…
Christie: “Why has the income of middle-class Americans failed to grow for 15 years?”
In a bid to maintain viability as a presidential candidate, Chris Christie yesterday authored an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, “My Plan to Raise Growth and Income,”and traveled to…
Huckabee’s Economic Populism
Over at the National Journal, Josh Kraushaar makes the case against smartypants politically dismissing Mike Huckabee in a column tellingly called “Mike Huckabee’s Message is as Formidable as Jeb Bush’s…
With New Tech Pick, Is Rand Paul Also Making Statement on Money?
There’s been a lot of talk about Rand Paul’s Internet operations, most of it good. The presidential candidate has invested in his online presence on a scale not seen since…
Another Jobs Report, Another Disappointment
The headlines today don’t tell the whole story. While 223,000 new jobs in April sound like a positive development for our economy, the cold, harsh reality is that millions of…
De Blasio Set to Unveil “Progressive Version” of the “Contract with America”
According to a Politico Playbook report, New York City Mayor, and rumored presidential hopeful, Bill de Blasio is set to unveil a progressive version of the “Contract with America.” Politico…
Steve Wynn: “Real inflation is much higher than they say it is”
The front page of the Drudge Report today links to an article reporting on an interview businessman Steve Wynn, founder and CEO of Wynn Resorts, gave to a local PBS…
George Gilder on the Power of Money
An article published last week by the New York Business Journal covered George Gilder’s recent appearance at the OnFinance conference. During his remarks to the conference’s attendees, Gilder endorsed the…
Why Did GDP Just Flatline Again?
A release by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) on Wednesday noted: Economy Off to a Sputtering Start in 2015 “Working families continue to suffer in the slow-growth Obama economy,” says House economic…
Looking In Reverse to Move Forward: Why U.S. Monetary Policy is Inherently Flawed
There’s been a lot of discussion about the Federal Reserve lately. To be independent of Congress or not to be. To audit or not to audit. To decide interest rates…
Immigration, Wages, and Scott Walker
Unsurprisingly, Scott Walker is drawing a good deal of criticism for his comments on immigration last week, much of it from fellow conservatives. The Cato Institute’s Alex Nowrasteh, The Daily…
Janet Yellen’s Pickle
Have you ever heard of a pickle? I don’t mean what you put on a hamburger. I’m talking about one of the funniest sequences in baseball—when a base runner gets…
GOP Has Opportunity on Middle Class Economics
In the early days of the Presidential campaign, there has been a surprising movement towards consensus among the GOP field. On major issues like Common Core and immigration reform the…
Will the Lee-Rubio Tax Plan Doom Rubio’s Candidacy?
The Rubio announcement of candidacy on Monday (April 13) was frustrating for its lack of policy substance, the “what and how” that would define his presidency. He seems intent on…
What Marco Needs to Say Tonight
With much excitement surrounding Sen. Marco Rubio’s speech at the Freedom Tower today, there’s been little speculation about what he’s going to say outside of his tax plan with Sen. Mike…
Rubio Should Revive Sound Money Theme
Marco Rubio has been putting forward a lot of new and innovative policy proposals lately and people are beginning to take notice. CNN reporter MJ Lee recently praised Rubio’s strategy,…
What Does Janet Yellen Fear?
A conversation last month between New York Sun editor (and former WSJ editor) Seth Lipsky and radio host Dawn Bennett raised some interesting points on monetary policy and the Fed: Ms. Bennett: It…
Audit the Fed is Not Enough
There’s a lot to admire in Alex Pollock’s Saturday piece in The Wall Street Journal, “It’s High Time to ‘Audit’ the Fed.” Pollock, a longtime chief executive of the Federal…
Rick Santorum Tests a Populist Message
For a guy with such a strong showing in the 2012 primaries, Rick Santorum gets surprisingly little coverage in the presidential field. Yesterday, however, The Iowa Republican reported that Santorum…
Jindal Joins the Fed Debate
Over at his widely-read Iowa blog Caffeinated Thoughts, ThePulse2016.com’s own Shane Vander Hart asked Gov. Bobby Jindal during his Iowa visit about a lot of things, including why the economy is…
