Unemployment | The New Ledger

Of course, the numbers are grim. But just as grim is the economic message we need to take away from the latest information on the state of the economy, a message that puts the lie to the claim that the $787 billion stimulus package passed earlier this year is having any real, positive effect on the economy thus far:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Economic Ignorance, economy, Joe Biden, Keynesian Stimulus, Nick Gillespie, Obama Administration, The Failure Of Keynesian Stimulus, The Unbearable Lightness Of Being Joe Biden | Comments

Democrats Turning Against The President

September 4, 2009 – 12:55 pm

Maybe Barack Obama’s upcoming speech to Congress will take care of this problem, but it appears that Congressional Democrats are turning against the President on the issue of health care reform, given the fact that the White House has rather completely botched what was once thought to be a winning legislative and general political issue for the Democratic party:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Anthony Weiner, Barack Obama, Democrats, Doug Schoen, Economic Ignorance, economy, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Politics | Comments

I Hate To Say “I Told You So . . .”

August 25, 2009 – 1:31 pm

But . . . well . . . recall this piece, which I wrote immediately after a White House press conference back in March, and the following excerpt contained within it:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Budget Deficit, Economic Ignorance, economy, Fiscal Policy, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, National Debt, Obama Administration | Comments

The Job Market

August 7, 2009 – 10:47 am

My colleagues, Ben Domenech and Francis Cianfrocca discussed the new job numbers and the larger picture of the financial crisis.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Ben Domenech, economy, Francis Cianfrocca, Obama Administration, Politics | Comments

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