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Economists may not see eye to eye on much, but over the years I’ve found a few core concepts on which all but the most politically motivated would agree.

When President Barack Obama “pivoted” to jobs a few months back (from what, the White House didn’t say), he said he was going to take his plan to rebuild the U.S. economy directly to the American people.

From the looks of the youthful, costumed characters swaying to the music and flying colorful balloons, it was hard to tell if Occupy Wall Street was a street fair, a ’60s-style love-in or a protest rally.

When a patient walks into a doctor’s office complaining of a chronic condition, the first thing the physician does is take a medical history. When did the symptoms start? Describe them. Have they gotten better or worse? Have you consulted a doctor previously, and if so, what did he prescribe? What was the response?

When George W. Bush took up residence in the White House in January 2001, total U.S. debt stood at $5.95 trillion. At the end of July it was $14.3 trillion, with $2.4 trillion more freshly authorized by Congress.

Failure to raise the U.S.’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by Aug. 2 “could plunge the world economy back in recession,” President Barack Obama said.

Senate Democrats want to eliminate a tax break for the five biggest multinational oil companies. Republicans oppose the idea on the grounds that rescinding a tax break qualifies as a tax increase.

The deed is done, and the world is a better place. At least the stock market is higher.

On March 25, 2010, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke went before the House Financial Services Committee to outline exit strategies, or tools the central bank could use to drain the $1 trillion of excess reserves held by the banking system. At the time, financial markets were focused on whether the Fed would be able to bottle up those reserves, once the economy improved, to prevent an inflationary expansion of credit.

Pick up any newspaper and you’re bound to see a prominently featured story about someone somewhere losing a government benefit and enduring hardship as a result. The New York Times is publishing a series of such stories under the rubric, ...

Congratulations! You’ve just finished working for the government. April 9 was Tax Freedom Day, the day on which Americans have earned enough to pay their federal, state and local taxes, as calculated by the Tax Foundation, a non-partisan tax research ...