by Dan Mitchell | Aug 25, 2010 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Economics
One of the main factors determining incumbent election success is economic performance. When disposable income is rising and people feel good about the future, it is difficult for an incumbent to lose. So why, then, is Obama pursuing policies that are undermining...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 22, 2010 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Government Spending
In a column in today’s New York Post, I mock White House unemployment calculations and then explain why companies are not anxious to hire more workers. The White House last year released a supposedly scientific analysis that claimed to show that adopting the...