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What It Will Cost The preliminary estimates of the healthcare reform bill's costs released by the CBO helped bolster support for the bill three days before the House voted.   |
Reason
January 2009
Matt Welch |
Obama's Numbers The president-elect has promised to make his math add up. Therein lies a glimmer of possibility. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2011
Morgan Housel |
What You Need to Know About the President's Plan to Save $4 Trillion President Barack Obama laid out a plan to slash $4 trillion from the deficit between now and 2023. Here's roughly how it'll get done. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Hawk in Hock: Obama pretends to be frugal as we sink deeper in debt The president wants to signal that he's serious about cutting the federal budget. Unfortunately, his plan hinges on the assumption that Americans do not know how to calculate percentages. |
National Defense
May 2011
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
What the Latest U.S. Budget Crisis Means for the Future of Defense Even if defense survives significant 2012 budget cuts, the probability is that 2013 or 2014 will be very tough years for military budgets. |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2011
Mike Dorning |
Obama's Budget and Its Discontents To Republican free-market purists, Obama's 2012 budget priorities smack of Keynesian interventionism. |
Reason
June 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
The Age of Debt Barack Obama's first budget promises "fiscal responsibility" but delivers the opposite. |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2009
Jack & Suzy Welch |
The Power of Pushback Is dissension returning to U.S. politics? We hope so: Its benefits are undeniable. |
BusinessWeek
October 21, 2010
Heidi Przybyla |
Alice Rivlin's Bid to Cut the Deficit Alice M. Rivlin's shadow commission to trim spending, without any political candidates, goes where the real commission dare not. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Balance the Budget Deficit in 3 Easy Steps Willie Sutton robbed banks "because that's where the money is." Those wrestling over how to attack the deficit would be wise to think the same way. |
BusinessWeek
February 25, 2010
Charlie Rose |
Peter Orszag: Putting the Deficit on a Diet A conversation with Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management & Budget. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Jeffrey A. Miron |
The Case for Doing Nothing The only plausible argument for bailing out banks crumbles on close examination. The empirical problem with the claim that bank failures destroy intermediation capital is that there isn't strong evidence to support it. |
BusinessWeek
April 22, 2010
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Rahm Emanuel The President's Chief of Staff talks about the prospects for financial reform and middle-class anger in an edited version of an Apr. 19 TV interview. |
BusinessWeek
April 13, 2011
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Paul Ryan Congressman Ryan (R-Wis.) gives his immediate reaction to President Obama's Apr. 13 speech on U.S. debt -- and defends his own budget plan |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2010
Brian Orelli |
What Bipartisan Health-Care Reform Means for Investors Republicans and Democrats will debate on TV, but little may come of it. |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Heidi Przybyla |
Social Security Gets a Reprieve--for Now Obama may put off Social Security reform until a hoped-for second term, unless Republicans take the initiative. |
BusinessWeek
July 29, 2009 |
Obama Tells BW He's Not Antibusiness In a wide-ranging interview, the president says "to return to some semblance of balance is hardly radical" |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2009
Thomas Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- An Exit Strategy for the Stimulus Plan We need to ensure that the government's intervention into the private sector is as brief as possible. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Green Shoots? Somebody's Smoking 'Em Are we only delaying, but not diverting, any one of a host of ever-nastier outcomes for the economy such as a double-dip recession, high inflation, government insolvency, increased joblessness, or worse? |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 25, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Obama Says Stimulus is for Helping People, Not Banks In his speech before Congress President Obama expressed his confidence in the banking system itself, reassuring Americans that their money was safe in the nation's banks. What he said was of concern to him was the credit crisis. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
Albert R. Hunt et al. |
Tax Reform Is in the Eye of the Beholder Obama wants any tax overhaul to trim the deficit or be revenue neutral. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2011
Morgan Housel |
How the Surplus Became a Deficit Tearing apart CBO's numbers. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2010
Rick Kahler |
Healthcare on the Critical List Even if Congress does enact a new law, it seems that the same old problems will remain, at least for the next few years. So let's take a careful look at what's at stake. |
BusinessWeek
June 17, 2009
Catherine Arnst |
Why the AMA Will Likely Support Health-Care Reform Obama's plan might lower specialists' pay, but it would help primary-care doctors, save the industry billions, and please voters. |
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Melanie Waddell |
The Great Health Reform Debate President Barack Obama has set an ambitious deadline of October to achieve comprehensive healthcare reform. |
National Defense
March 2011
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Follow the Bouncing Ball of Defense, Federal Budgets: Disoriented Yet? Across the entire spectrum of military programs, affordability has become a predominant theme. As one senior official said, "It is no longer readiness at any cost, it is readiness at best value." |
BusinessWeek
April 8, 2010
Mike Dorning |
Why the Obama Plan Is Working Polls say the economy is heading in the wrong direction. Markets say it's back on track. This time, the markets are right. |
BusinessWeek
April 13, 2011
Peter Coy |
Washington Plays Chicken With the Debt Forcing a U.S. default is no small matter, yet many Americans say they want just that. It's time for cooler heads on Capitol Hill to step up and lead |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2008
Tristan Heinrich |
Could the Election Ruin Your Investments? How can you prepare your portfolio for the coming administration? Read on for ideas. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
70 Times Bigger Than the TARP Chinese companies are well represented among the 10 stocks that have suffered the greatest loss in market value in the year to March 1, 2009. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Maria Bartiromo |
Summers on Obama's New Financial Regulations Larry Summers is adamant that the reforms will result in more economic stability and, ultimately, a more enduring prosperity. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2011
Morgan Housel |
What the Debt Deal Might Do to the Economy Probably nothing good. |
Managed Care
November 2007
John Carroll |
Plans Unsettled By Prospect of Democrat in White House The health insurance industry might be able to help itself by coming up with ideas to influence the presidential debate. |
BusinessWeek
September 9, 2009
Jane Sasseen |
Obama's Woes Are Emboldening Lobbyists The President's health-care troubles are giving lobbyists the confidence to go after a bigger swath of his agenda. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Will Health-Care Reform Hurt Investors? The bad news here is that there's quite a bit of uncertainty around this issue, and that some health-care-focused companies may end up suffering. Read on to see who. |
CFO
October 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Waiting and Wondering While it's not yet known exactly what health-care reform will look like, it's even less clear what the impact on company finances will be. |
BusinessWeek
April 6, 2011
Przybyla & Armstrong |
The Audacity of Paul Ryan His plan would privatize Medicare, cut taxes, and cap social spending. |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2010
Albert R. Hunt |
A Presidency Restored to Health Obama's improbable win on health-care reform is one for the history books and will boost his credibility |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2008
Jim Mueller |
How Obama Will Affect Your Portfolio Barack Obama was elected the next president of the United States of America on Tuesday night, but Wall Street isn't finished voting yet. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2009
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Jobs Now, Deficit Reduction Later The U.S. economy still needs fiscal stimulus. Attack the debt once demand returns. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Why Obama's Scared of a Trillion-Dollar Stimulus Package Rather than come out swinging with a trillion-dollar stimulus that might push international confidence in the dollar to a tipping point, President-elect Obama keeps the plan at $775 billion. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Will Obama's Stimulus Plan Work? Here are two major stimulus measures Obama has pledged, along with a few thoughts on the impact they'll have on the economy. |
The Motley Fool
November 12, 2008
Morgan Housel |
China's Stimulus vs. America's Bailout Last summer, China was looking for ways to put the brakes on its searing economy. Now its government is spending a fortune to speed things up. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Sullum et al. |
Illegal. Illiberal. Ill-Fated.: Why Washington Shouldn't Run Detroit On March 30, 2009, the president of the United States told an anxious nation: "Let me be clear: The United States government has no interest in running G.M." If only he were telling the truth. |
CFO
March 1, 2008
Edward Teach |
Thriller The federal government's annual report is not for the faint of heart. |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Glenn Hubbard |
The Social Security And Medicare Morass Entitlement reform in the U.S. -- and encouraging more private saving -- are essential. |
Reason
January 2009
David Weigel |
Beat the New Boss D.C. libertarians plot their Obama administration strategies. |
IndustryWeek
August 18, 2010
Thomas J. Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- Taxes Take Center Stage An analysis of two proposed tax plans shows only one will stimulate the economy and provide important benefits to manufacturers. |
BusinessWeek
January 20, 2010
Albert R. Hunt |
The Democrats' Long Road Back from Massachusetts After Republican Scott Brown's stunning upset, the best President Obama and his party can hope for may be a watered-down health bill with insurance reforms. |
InternetNews
February 2, 2010 |
Obama Budget Backs R&D, Security Programs Massive budget proposal focuses on economy, but would also spur IT efforts in basic research, cybersecurity and cloud computing. |
