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Election thinking

…hopeful scenario is not the way Barack Obama’s first year unfolded. Instead of making a radical break with Wall Street…This book is an exploration of why Obama did not rise…

Bush vs Obama Deficits: In pictures.

by Bruce Webb Reader BuffPilot has been asking Angry Bear for awhile now to post the following graph http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/ If you follow the link you will see that Heritage updated…

Stock market under Obama

By Spencer: Well at least the stock market seems to like Obama’s economic package. But every day I listen to CNBC analysts and others who seem to believe they did…

Megan McArdle Has a Question

…like, totally awesome for the economy? Presuming that we’re stuck–as seem very likely–in at least a couple of years of really grinding low-to-no growth, Obama is going to destroy their…

Time to move beyond "Nothing" on Social Security?

…Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government) is particularly interesting in that as well as being a former Clintonista he is currently one of the top three economists on Obama’s economic team….

Budget 2010 is telling?

rdan NYT reports on the thinking of the Obama team on our budget deficit concerns. The budget will provide the first clues to how Mr. Obama will reassert fiscal discipline…

Obama Administration Watch

As President Obama issues executive orders and presents bills to Congress, Angry Bears will respond, or guests will post. However, such changes appear to be happening so quickly I am…