I spent Friday morning at the Americans for Prosperity Conference, Defending the American Dream. (blog here) I was struck by several things about it. First, there were a lot of people. 1,600, and they said that they turned away more people. A lot of these are Republican activists. Some of Read more…
The whole framing of this is interesting. Rudy is speaking in the middle of a nasty fight with Mitt Romney over their economic records. Rudy starts by saying that he is a supply-sider and that he had made supply-side policies work That’s his theme of 23 tax cuts. He also Read more…
From WESH Orlando: Flagler County is the fastest-growing county in the United States. One of every five homes in Flagler County is for sale. Celebration is feeling the same pain because 50 percent of the homes there are for sale. Moss Park, east of Orlando International, where nearly 9 percent Read more…
Now there are plenty of interesting things to say about the economics of the UAW strike. But let’s talk politics. What are the Dem candidates going to do? Does John Edwards run to join the picket lines? Does Hillary Clinton, confident in her primary victory, stay lukewarm? Or, sensing that Read more…
This struck me as an interesting point from Capital Commerce, one of my favorite blogs that links economics and politics: "A record 26 percent of U.S. homeowners say the value of their homes has fallen during the past year, above the previous peak of 24 percent seen in 1992, a Read more…
Top line numbers: The number of foreclosure filings reported in the U.S. last month more than doubled versus August 2006 and jumped 36 percent from July, a trend that signals many homeowners are increasingly unable to make timely payments on their mortgages or sell their homes amid a national housing Read more…
I have argued that housing will be a big issue in 2008. Matt Stoller of Open Left has a great example of one way that this is playing out in a Maryland Democratic primary. The Washington Post has a story about how the housing crisis is impacting the Fort Myers Read more…
James Pethokoukis at Capital Commerce asks an important question. Where is the economics in the GOP primary? Talk about weird. It was as if Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate hosted by Fox News was beamed in from an alternate reality— Earth 2 or something—where the economy is still booming and Read more…
Excuse the disorder of my notes. This should have somewhat more organized thoughts. In some real sense this was my first exposure to Huckabee as a candidate. I had interacted with him previously through the Young Republicans, and I knew that he was doing what he was doing to move Read more…
I am really surprised that the tax fight hasn’t been engaged really. There was some, but not too much, noise when the tax-raising budget was passed by a Democratic Congress. But this is going to come back. In theory, the Bush administration helped the 2008 GOP nominee because imminent, steep Read more…