To Infrastruct or Not To Infrastruct?

I confess it occurred to me shortly after the horror of last Tuesday had begun to settle in that at...

Good Economic Results Include More Health Care Coverage

Thanks to James Hohmann of the WaPo’s Daily 202 for the following nice summary of recent economic good news from the...

Economists Overwhelmingly Say Clinton Best for Economy

Who’s best for the economy? Among voters, roughly a tie: https://t.co/M4kSxBrxPT Among business economists, 55-14: https://t.co/IrQCg0saiD — Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman)...

Krugman: Cheap Money Talks

Historically low and ever-lower interest rates mean bond markets are begging us to borrow, roads and bridges are falling apart,...

Is Bruce Rauner “Doing Heroic Things”?

A posting on Capitol Fax today captures just some of the many, many harmful things coming out of the Governor’s...

Robert Riech: the Truth About the Economy (in Just Over Two Minutes)

I saw where NTDO Precinct Director Paul Mandrik posted this on Facebook earlier today and I found it so impressive...

Readings: Bad Lip Reading, The Donald, etc

More readings from recent days: I hadn’t been aware of “Bad Lip Reading” until this.  Funny stuff.  The Bad Lip...

Congressman Bill Foster: The Nature of our Government

…in my in-box just now from Congressman Foster: Steve- Our country faces a fundamental debate over the nature of government....

Belated (my fault) Year-in-Review from Robert Reich

I don’t always keep up with all the bloggers I like to read, but sometimes it’s worth a quick review....

Calculated Risk Blog: Best Year for Employment Since the 90’s

Today’s employment report was exceptional – the best so far in what has become a long string of good employment...