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…other side, these people say, are staunch economic conservatives like Keith B. Hennessey, the new director of Mr. Bush’s National Economic Council. They have reservations about the need for an…

Illegal alien or Economic refugee

…to pursue economic and educational opportunities not available in their home countries and to build better lives for themselves and their families. As a result, they have little to gain…

income mobility

…change from 1995 to 2005 to overall economic growth and/ or individual economic mobility. But this is misleading as the dominant factor driving the changes reported in the Treasury study…

Strong Economic Growth for 2006QI

…budget surpluses. Brad is right – but I’m not holding my breath expecting President Bush to listen to such good economic reasoning. Update: Brian Riedl asks “Is spending restraint really…

Economic Security: A Couple of Good Op-eds

…issue of economic security and how some in the GOP are proposing ways to undermine the protections of Social Security, see Jonathan Cohn who echoes some of the wisdom on…

…a credible judiciary. Mentality: drum up support for economic and social reforms, encourage innovation, and place economic success at the forefront of the political discourse. Economic incentives: adopt sound economic

…current economic expansion may itself become a major political issue. Right now, it appears that the Bush administration’s economic policymakers are simply hoping that continued economic growth will eventually produce…

Recession Redefinition Amidst all the Niger Uranium furor I almost missed some interesting economic news. Fortunately, commenter Stirling Newberry alerted me to a story in the Friday Washington Post: Number…