The economic policies proposed for states by the conservative American Legislative Council Exchange (ALEC) not only don’t work, but carry risks for states’ economies, according to new research by the…

…money you owe someone else, you do NOT increase your deficit… you just exchange one debt for another. And in any case… the person you borrowed from did NOT increase…

…so-called “entitlement” programs that amount to the beginning of the unraveling of the New Deal that the right so detests) in exchange for their going along with increases to the…

…to prevent another disastrous war, this time with Iran. Obama’s foreign policy has been mostly atrociousand the never-ending “war on terror” continues to expand, while most Americans’ living standards have…

…problems of disaster relief: By renting the [Chicago Board of Trade] trading floor and using the exchange, supplies and services would be better allocated to disaster victims than they are…

…you on your retirement. This revealing exchange was followed by some politically strategic talk by both candidates about how current retirees shouldn’t be worried, because, as we all know, their…

Here’s an exchange between Tim Worstall and me in the comments to my post below titled “Spain. Please,Mr. Obama, talk about Spain. Please.”: WORSTALL: If you’re going to comment on…

…It is an article of faith for Republicans and Democrats have decided that they can get more important changes in exchange for lower rates. But as far as I know…

…going around a long time. (And I’ll wager someone reporting that meeting covered the exchange.) The problem, as Scott Thomasson noted (and got from Don Marron and the Tax Policy…

…Portoguese and especially Greek (PIIGS) bonds are not at all like US Treasuries. They are not close substitutes for money at alllll (I personally will absolutely not exchange any of…