Review of The Myth of America’s Decline: Politics, Economics and a Half Century of False Prophecies, by Josef Joffe (Liveright 2013), 352 pages, ISBN- 978-0871404497 Josef Joffe’s The Myth of ...
So much for the prophecies of Trumponomics doom: Not only did the US economy grow at a 3% rate in the second quarter, the growth was all in the private sector as the government portion shrank.
THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT: Emmy-winner Rachel Maddow points out that President Trump is bypassing Congress and ignoring court orders in an attempt to neutralize those branches of government ...
Reports of the American economy’s demise look to have been greatly exaggerated. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that retail sales were 1% higher in July, notching the best monthly gain in ...
These days, K Street has a new hurdle to face. The Treasury Department has called for an overhaul of the financial services industry, which is a major issue for our group, the Credit Union National ...
Laura: No amount of positive news will stop the economic ‘doomsayers’ from hoping for the worst Fox News host Laura Ingraham unpacks how economic ‘doomsayers’ are getting a reality check about ...
We ought to adapt to warming temperatures, but I balk at the notion that “climate is easy to forecast” (Letters, Nov. 1). Each decade of my life has been marked by an existential crisis. In the 1950s, ...
The sky is falling in has always made good copy. At the dawn of the UK’s National Year of Reading, several voices of doom have begun to promote the “end of civilisation” with an ominous catalogue of ...
I’ve always wanted to write “Doomsayers” in a headline, but not for people like this. I guess I always pictured a “doomsayer” as some gigantic rock-skinned villain out of a comic book, not as some ...
Doomsayers warn about a post-lit society – here’s why they are wrong - IN FOCUS: Our concentration levels may be going down, but predictions of the death of the novel – and reading – are wide of the ...