The Trillion Dollar Coin Compromise Everybody Can Support
Treasury should only use a trillion dollar coin as insurance against an outright debt default More »
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Matthew O'Brien is an associate editor at The Atlantic covering business and economics. He has previously written for The New Republic.
Treasury should only use a trillion dollar coin as insurance against an outright debt default More »
The only thing we have to fear is fear of the trillion-dollar coin itself. More »
Expectations. It's all about expectations. More »
Latvia's economy is doing worse than Iceland's, compared to their pre-recession levels. And Iceland basically went through national bankruptcy! More »
Households making between $200,000 and $500,000 saved the most compared to a world where we went off the cliff forever More »
The payroll tax cut is set to expire, and with it, about a half million jobs in the coming year More »
It will cost us $375 billion over the next decade if we keep the estate tax from going back to its Clinton-era levels More »
Beware the looming payroll tax hike! More »
The Fed says it will tolerate more inflation, but won't create it. Congress should. More »
Under the Senate's bill, If the expiring payroll tax doesn't get you, the expiring Bush tax cuts will. More »
Not that much, but that doesn't mean it makes sense. More »
Eat your heart out, Ross Perot. Here are all the economic charts that mattered in 2012. More »
The rumored grand bargain would cost the economy about half a million jobs in 2013 More »
Ben Bernanke shouldn't forget about Poland when it comes to monetary policy More »
Chicago Fed president Charles Evans has gone from dissenter to intellectual leader in just a year. The future of the recovery might be at stake More »
Unemployment looks normal for everyone except those out of work for six months or longer. If we don't act soon, the long-term unemployed will become unemployable More »
A single mandate for nominal GDP, instead of inflation, could help the Fed save the economy More »
Some rich people accuse Obama of class warfare while they praise the bipartisan deficit commission. Do they realize that the latter raises taxes more on the top 0.1%?(Reuters)Pop quiz, hotshot. Which fiscal cliff plan raises taxes on the rich more, President Obama's or Bowles-Simpson? The answer is ... both. Obama's plan increases taxes more on the top 1 percent, but Bowles-Simpson increases taxes more on the top 0.1 percent. The chart below breaks down the top-end… More »
Here's how the Bowles-Simpson, Obama, and Republican fiscal cliff plans match up More »
