Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy.

You searched for: label/Alan Simpson

…Steve Rattner Council of Economic Advisers: Alan Blinder; “potential CEA members would include economists Bill Gale and Peter Orszag” U.S. Trade Representative: Gene Sperling or Lael Brainard Federal Reserve: “Alan

The Master of Doublespeak Take a look at these headlines from two different news sources, reporting on the exact same speech by Alan Greenspan that he made today: From CBSMarketwatch:…

…the answer is clear: cut Social Security benefits. AB UPDATE: CalPundit had a post on Sunday, THREE CARD MONTE WITH ALAN GREENSPAN, which made the same observation and concluded, “A…

Greenspan and Job Security Fed Chair Alan Greenspan must both want to keep his job and think that Dean is going to be the next president. On Friday, CNN and…

The Tale of the Dragon Slayer

…in Economics and Finance (actually, Modelli Dynamiche Economiche e Finanza) in Urbino, Italy. Alan Kirman was in attendance and was much frustrated (as was I) with the tendency for junior…