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25 Aug 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Is support for Donald Trump a function of economic anxiety or bigotry? [read post]
10 Aug 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
It is a measure of how bad things are going for Donald Trump that “his campaign called his delivery of a prepared economic speech in Detroit[] evidence of a newfound political discipline. [read post]
19 Jul 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Even with the blast of negative publicity from the FBI Director’s gratuitous comments about the Clinton email controversy, the fundamentals of a victory for Hillary Clinton remain firmly in place. [read post]
15 Jun 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
One of the well-worn tropes of the 2016 presidential campaign is that the presumptive nominees of the two major parties both have “high negatives. [read post]
13 Jun 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The political discussion in the United States has become increasingly panicked, with people on the left and the right expressing concerns about a possible Trump presidency. [read post]
1 Jun 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
During the Great Recession and its immediate aftermath, there was serious concern about whether the world would see a turn away from the rule of law, with totalitarian movements rising in response to economic catastrophe.That concern was well founded, based on historical experience. [read post]
10 May 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Late last week, the world wondered whether Donald Trump would begin to sound at least a tiny bit responsible in his comments, now that he is the Republican nominee-apparent. [read post]
13 Apr 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Tomorrow is April 15, Tax Day, which means that this is the week in which politicians make speech after speech attacking the U.S. tax system and its severely under-funded enforcement agency, the IRS. [read post]
6 Apr 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
In my March 24 Verdict column, “Social Security Will Be There When Today’s Young People Retire,” I took Republicans to task for trying to mislead young Americans about the future of Social Security. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
One of the safest statements to make in public life (and in the economics profession, as I will explain below) is that “free trade” is good. [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Republicans have been gunning for Social Security for decades. [read post]
24 Feb 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Two caucuses and two primaries, in states containing less than four percent of the nation’s population, have already narrowed the Republican presidential race down to three men with extremist views on a wide variety of issues: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz. [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The political commentariat is now busily pondering the results of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
In early 2015, a remarkable thing happened. [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
It is now widely known that the Republican-dominated government of Michigan created, through deliberate decisions as well as malign neglect, a public health emergency in the City of Flint. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
When politicians need to make a safe appeal to voters, one of their tried-and-true applause lines is to declaim loudly that “our children and grandchildren” should be the focus of our concern. [read post]
16 Dec 2015, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The escalating series of outrageous comments by Donald Trump on the presidential campaign trail has reportedly created enormous headaches for the party’s leaders and backers. [read post]
8 Dec 2015, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
After the Republican presidential candidates held one of their joint press conferences (also known, quite inaccurately, as debates) on the cable network CNBC in October, the candidates and their handlers engaged in a gratuitous round of press bashing by complaining vociferously about the questions that they were asked. [read post]
18 Nov 2015, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The world is still in the early stages of trying to comprehend the horrors that took place in Paris last week. [read post]