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Mexicans slam Obama for being out of touch on economic issues

| Patrick Howley
Mexico US Obama.JPEG

‘What Mexico was he talking about?’

Economist: Immigration reform can revive U.S. economy

| Jamie Weinstein
Holtz-Eakin

Douglas Holtz-Eakin says immigration reform ‘can improve economic growth and the budgetary outlook’

St. Louis Fed president: 'I'd be willing to scale back on QE' - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
James Bullard/ AP Photo

Despite a substandard jobs report from last Friday, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard thinks it might be time to scale back the central bank’s asset purchasing program known as quantitative easing.

Is this man America's worst economics writer?

| Tim Cavanaugh
martincrutsinger

Move over, Krugman! AP’s Martin Crutsinger gets nominated for the ultimate econ Razzie

Biden and Ryan differ sharply on government's role in innovation

| Kelsey Rupp

Vice President Joe Biden believes that the government has been behind ‘every single great idea’ of the past two centuries.

On the eve of perestroika

| Fred Bauer

Over the past decade, the US economy has performed about as well as the Soviet economy performed during the USSR’s final years.

Fool's gold: British taxpayer is Olympics' biggest loser

| Patrick Basham

The London Olympics are expected to cost $38.5 billion.

Always look on the bright side of Armageddon: Paul Krugman vs. Uncle Dan

| Yates Walker

Enough with the doomsayers. Bring on the doom – the sooner, the better.

Romney is right about the importance of being able to fire people - TheDC Opinion

| Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter

Earlier this year, Romney said, ‘I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.’

Extend the Bush tax cuts now

| Larry Kudlow

John Boehner’s pro-growth message is heroic.

As oil prices fall, do speculators deserve credit? - TheDCNF

| Michael Bastasch
Oil Prices Speculators

The price of oil on the futures market and the spot market has been falling rapidly, after rising sharply in the beginning of May, tumbling 21 percent this month. It was only back in February when rapidly rising oil prices produced fears of a prolonged recession and stunted global growth. Many politicians, including President Barack [...]

Even if austerity is great, it won't work in Europe

| James Poulos

Europe and America are so different that nothing that succeeds or fails in one should be assumed to work or not work in the other.

How to restore trust in mortgage-backed securities

| Marc Joffe & Anthony Randazzo

Mortgage finance risk won’t return to the private sector until investors have faith in mortgage-backed securities.

The real confidence fairy

| Jim Huffman

Why Paul Krugman’s supreme confidence in his economic theories is misplaced.

ALEX CASTELLANOS: Different pay for different work - TheDC Opinion

| Alex Castellanos
MaddowCast

The truth about the gender wage gap.

Are all paychecks created equal?

| Steven Horwitz

The truth about the lingering gap between men’s and women’s earnings.

European austerity nothing but smoke and mirrors

| J. Keith Johnson

Western economies are struggling as a direct result of big government’s addiction to spending other people’s money.

Time to end our unwinnable drug war

| Benjamin Powell

Why America (and the world) would be better off if drugs were legal.

George Will: 'Our president is not a great student of American history' [VIDEO] - TheDC

| Jeff Poor

George Will attacks Obama for boasting about adding 600,000 new jobs to the economy in three months: ‘Our president is not a great student of American history’

The 'March toward Madness' continues

| Matthew Miller

America’s corporate tax system is woefully out of date.