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Podcast: Coffee & Markets, Pilot Episode

July 27, 2009 – 9:44 am

TNL Senior Editor Francis Cianfrocca joins Ben Domenech for the Monday, July 27th edition of Coffee & Markets, a series of brief morning podcasts on politics and the marketplace.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged Barack Obama, Coffee and Markets, Francis Cianfrocca, inflation, iTunes, Newsweek, Podcast, Podcasts, Radio New Ledger, Tim Geithner | Comments

Eight. Hundred. Billion. Dollars.

July 20, 2009 – 5:06 pm

That is very nearly the size of the Obama Administration stimulus package. The one that we were told we had to have lest the economy curls up in a fetal position.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Debt, deficits, Economic Ignorance, economy, Fiscal Policy, Government Transparency, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Keynesian Stimulus, Keynesianism, Obama Administration, The Failure Of Keynesian Stimulus | Comments

“Taking Out The Trash” Gets A Whole New Meaning

July 20, 2009 – 4:28 pm

White Houses like to bury bad news by releasing it at the end of the week, or on the weekend, when it is not likely to get that much attention from the media and the public. But while there are designated bad news dump days, it appears that the Obama Administration has decided to make August a bad news month:

Cap-And-Trade Kills Jobs

July 7, 2009 – 3:51 pm

So admit the proponents of cap-and-trade.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Add new tag, Barack Obama, Cap and Trade, Congress, Democrats, Employment, Jobs Killer, Obama Administration | Comments

How Badly Did The Obama Administration Underestimate Unemployment?

July 3, 2009 – 11:01 pm

This badly:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Economic Ignorance, economy, Greg Mankiw, Obama Administration, Stimulus | Comments

Non-Reality-Based Economics And Fiscal Policy

May 12, 2009 – 11:20 pm

In a day and age in which so much of the media seems to have put aside its critical skills and adopted, instead, unthinking adoration of the Obama Administration, it is reassuring to see that there remains some skepticism of Administration claims on issues like the economy in general and the nation’s fiscal health in particular:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Budget Deficit, Economics, economy, Fiscal Policy, Obama Administration | Comments

Barack Obama And My Star Trek Frame Of Mind

May 11, 2009 – 11:13 pm

Reading about the poorly appropriated spending in the stimulus package, I am moved to paraphrase what James T. Krik said of Khan Noonien Singh–like a poor marksman, the President keeps missing the target:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Economic Ignorance, economy, Keynesian Stimulus, Obama Administration, The Failure Of Keynesian Stimulus | Comments

The Consequences Of Chavez

May 10, 2009 – 1:43 am

Those who believe that Hugo Chavez’s nationalization craze does not–and will not–impose ill effects on Venezuela have another think coming:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Authoritarianism, Dictatorship, Economic Ignorance, economy, Foreign Affairs, Hugo Chavez, Nationalization, Tyranny, Venezuela | Comments

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