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Consumer confidence on upward trend as economy seems to recover

| Sarah Hofmann
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Poll shows five-year high of outlook on labor market and short-term prospects

Promise of immigration stimulus sparks dispute

| Neil Munro
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Economic growth vs. wage pressure

Niall Ferguson is sorry for saying Keynes didn't care about future because he was gay, had no kids

| Eric Owens
Niall Ferguson

‘This was doubly stupid,’ now says Harvard prof

Fed members wary of continued monetary easing - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
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In minutes from the committee’s most recent meeting in March, several members indicate concern over the current state and stability of the financial system.

Gun rights advocate and former Obama colleague: President used to treat him as 'evil' - TheDC

| Jamie Weinstein
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Economist John Lott: Obama refused to shake my hand

'Obamanomics:' Stimulating unemployment, inflation and despair

| Howard Rich

Perpetual ‘stimulation’ of the welfare state only stimulates additional government dependence.

The final nail in the Democrats' coffin

| Larry Kudlow

Government planners have created a stagflationary growth recession.

Democrats start to doubt Keynes - NYT

| Chad Brady (admin)

A rift has emerged within the Democratic Party between liberal economists and elected officials who have shunned affiliation with the $787 billion stimulus

Rethinking Keynes: Dems wrestle with failed stimulus - NYT

| interns

The Fed could face increasing pressure to deploy monetary policy to lift the economy out of a rut — a prospect that has unsettled officials at the central bank

Democrats' flawed logic on taxes

| J.D. Thorpe

Obama’s reliance on class-warfare and statism punishes success and hinders recovery.

No time to be timid -- tax cuts and spending hikes

| Jamie Dettmer

We should be cutting taxes and increasing spending. We can worry about the debt later.

OPINION: Killing Keynesianism? - Washington Times

| Jeff Winkler (admin)

With government already so large, stimulus spending has little effect

Supply-side Keynesianism

| Frank Hill

We need to cut taxes and spending, not just taxes.

Was Keynes a Keynesian?

| Frank Hill

Would John Maynard Keynes himself even agree with the Obama administration’s policies?

OPINION: Obama is no Reagan

| interns

A deep recession knocked Reagan’s approval rating down and Republicans took a beating in the 1982 mid-terms. But he won a landslide second election. President Obama hopes to repeat this feat

TheDC analysis: Crossing the trillion-dollar economic Rubicon - TheDC

| Matt O'Connor

Has the United States crossed a virtual economic point of no return?

Why Keynes was wrong - Forbes

| interns

MBA despairs for the current state of macroeconomics

Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi's Keynesian black box

| Alan Reynolds

We should have learned from the White House’s reliance on Mr. Zandi’s forecasts in January 2009 that magical “multipliers” yanked from some forecaster’s black box are evidence of nothing

Obama spends $400K per 'created' job

| Ron Meyer

Obama is paying a premium he sees as necessary to create real private sector jobs. He finally understands these jobs are more permanent and fuel a substantial recovery. Too bad his means work against his end

Keynes vs. Hayek: The Great Debate Continues - CATO INSTITUTE

| interns

The debates raging over what policies will pull the U.S. economy out of its Great Recession replicate one that occurred during the Great Depression